OCLC signs deal with French national library

The newest additions to OCLC Inc.’s library collections database will be coming from the French national library, the company said.

The Dublin-based computerized library catalog giant has signed a deal in Paris with the Bibliothèque nationale de France that calls for adding its estimated 13.2 million records to WorldCat, OCLC’s 108 million-record database of library collections. The company said it now has more than 30 national libraries adding images and other files to its operating system.