Library Technology Guides

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has completed another milestone in its transition to OCLC's WorldShare Management Services and WorldCat Discovery Service for the management of its own collections and for end user access to its catalog and the National Union Catalog. The library recently launched a new service called Aurora as the discovery interface for its collections. Last year the library launched Voilà as the new interface for the National Union Catalog, aggregating records from libraries throughout Canada. Both of these services are based on OCLC's WorldCat platform. The library has also transitioned away from its custom-built AMICUS library management system to OCLC's WorldShare Management Services. LAC anticipates decommissioning the legacy AMICUS system in March 2019. The launch of Aurora marks the completion of the implementation of OCLC's resource management and discovery services in this major national library.