oclc a worldwide library cooperative new services and future directions

Birmingham

January 2008

Vivien CookRegional Account ManagerOCLC

OCLC a worldwide library cooperativeNew Services and Future Directions

OCLC a worldwide library cooperativeNew Services and Future Directions

OCLC - A bit of HistoryOCLC - A bit of History

41 year old, not-for profit library service and research organisation

Provides cataloguing, reference, resource sharing, eContent, preservation, library management and web services

Co-operative of 60,000 libraries in 112 countries

Member libraries and OCLC have created and maintain WorldCat, the largest & richest online resource for discovery and delivery of library materials

OCLC Presence and Activities outside the U.S.OCLC Presence and Activities outside the U.S.

First European office opened 1981 – UK based to serve EMEA

2000 – OCLC acquired 60% shares of PICA

Mid/late 2000 acquired SISIS (Germany) and FDI (UK)

2007 – OCLC acquired remaining shares of OCLC PICA

2008 – one name, one visual brand from ALL offices to reflect “a global enterprise with a unified strategy to serve libraries worldwide.”

Extending WorldCat European records & holdingsExtending WorldCat European records & holdings

2006 – 2007

OCLC focussed efforts to encourage the batchload of European records and holdings from:

Finnish National Bibliography

Dutch Central Catalogue

National Union Catalogue of Poland

German National Bibliography

GBV German consortium

Bavarian State Library

National Library of Sweden

New Bulgaria University

American University Bulgaria

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Ongoing loads from the National Library of the Czech Republic

Ongoing loads from the National Library of Education

Extending WorldCat European records & holdingsExtending WorldCat European records & holdings

Collectively created and maintained by 9,000+ libraries.

86,000,000 records (Fiscal Yr 07: 18.7 million new records added)

1,143,000 holdings

9.8 million inter library loan transactions in FY07

38.1 million reference searches in FY07

Interesting Fact: Every 2 seconds a member library record is added

WorldCat StatisticsWorldCat Statistics

http://www.oclc.org/news/publications/annualreports/2007.pdf

Reference & Discovery Metadata and Cataloguing

Resource Sharing & Delivery Collection Management

Web Exposure

WorldCat as the Foundation StoneWorldCat as the Foundation Stone

Digital objects metadata now automatically transferred to WorldCat from CONTENTdm

OCLC Metadata & Cataloguing OptionsOCLC Metadata & Cataloguing Options

Connexion – web and client interfaces

CatExpress – web-based user-friendly interface

Z39.50 Client – LMS driven

WorldCat Cataloguing partners – MARC records for e-resources

WorldCat Selection – streamline Acquisitions practice

Batchload – for MANY services……

Next generation Cataloguing Pilot – Get records earlier in the chain

Resource & DeliveryResource & Delivery

OCLC ILL – well established in Denmark

UnityUK – Physical UK union catalogue and resource sharing

solution

VDX – Virtual Document Delivery solution – Oresund Consortium

ILLIAD – Resource sharing software popular in the U.S.

A suitable solution for all.

Reference, Discovery & Web exposureReference, Discovery & Web exposure

The common theme is “finding”…

FirstSearch – online reference resource

QuestionPoint – virtual reference solution currently evaluated by Roskilde University

OpenWorldCat – First pilot project to expose Library holdings in the web space

WorldCat.org - Beta program placing the entire WorldCat database on the web

WorldCat Local - A localised version of WorldCat bringing your holdings to the fore.

Portal solution - ZPortal

OpenWorldCat – relevancy on the webOpenWorldCat – relevancy on the web

The Open WorldCat program makes records of library-owned materials in OCLC's WorldCat database available to Web users on popular Internet search, bibliographic and bookselling sites, including Google, Yahoo! Search and Windows Live Academic. Links to content in library collections—books, videos, serials, digital images and many other formats—appear alongside links to traditional Web content.

The result: WorldCat-participating libraries are more visible on the Web, and their collections are more accessible from the sites where many people start their search for information. Libraries get greater exposure to information-seekers and increased use of their online catalog, electronic content and other Web-based services.

Open WorldCat – relevancy on the web

How Open WorldCat works

1. Libraries contribute and loadholdings in WorldCat

4. Users discover “Find in a Library”links and clicks to library

5. Libraries provideservice

2. OCLC manages program & shared infrastructure formembers

3. Partners ingest metadata/link

Our destination site for public searching of the entire WorldCat database

Released August 2006 in beta form, WorldCat.org continues OCLC's efforts—begun with the Open WorldCat program—to make library resources more visible to Web users, and to increase awareness of libraries as a primary source of reliable information and helpful personal assistance. Where Open WorldCat inserts "Find in a Library" results within regular search engine results, WorldCat.org provides a permanent destination page and search box that lets a broader range of people discover the riches of library-held materials catalogued in the WorldCat database.

WorldCat.org

WorldCat.orgWorldCat.org

WorldCat.LocalWorldCat.Local

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WorldCat IndentitiesWorldCat Indentities

WorldCat RegistryWorldCat Registry

WorldCat Collection ManagementWorldCat Collection Management

Enables libraries to:

• Analyse collection age & subject content

• Compare collection to other OCLC member libraries to identify overlap and uniqueness

• Analyze group collections for uniqueness and overlap for cooperative collection development

Based on OCLC Conspectus•Supports LC, Dewey, NLM classification systems

Provide information on . . .Subject, Publication date, Language, Format, Audience level

Online access via FirstSearch

• Title-level information from WorldCat

• Tab-delimited and exportable

• Graphs are available

Group Analysis ViewGroup Analysis View

Drilldown to DivisionsDrilldown to Divisions

Drilldown to Categories in BusinessDrilldown to Categories in Business

Pre-1900 Economic Theory – 29 TitlesPre-1900 Economic Theory – 29 Titles

Graph View by Publication DateGraph View by Publication Date

Overlap ViewOverlap View

Uniqueness View - Library LevelUniqueness View - Library Level

Change Analysis – Column Values LanguagesChange Analysis – Column Values Languages

Limit Analysis ScreenLimit Analysis Screen

Limit Analysis Screen Limit Analysis Screen

Individual Analysis ViewIndividual Analysis View

Peer Group CreationPeer Group Creation

Thank You!Thank You!

Questions?