what's new at oclc?

University of Connecticut

LibrariesDecember 11, 2007

Sirsi Midwest Users’ Group

Annual Conference

July 25, 2008

Christa Burns

OCLC Member Services Coordinator, NEBASE

What’s New at What’s New at OCLC?OCLC?What’s New at What’s New at OCLC?OCLC?

69,826 libraries in 112 countries69,826 libraries in 112 countries69,826 libraries in 112 countries69,826 libraries in 112 countries

1,3551,355

55,28455,284

882

882

5,6395,6394,25

34,25

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1,015

1,015

320320

The OCLC CooperativeThe OCLC Cooperative

1,080

2007-2008 OCLC Members Council2007-2008 OCLC Members Council

Executive CommitteeExecutive Committee

Advisory Committee onSmall LibrariesAdvisory Committee onSmall Libraries

•Recommended by OCLC Members Council

•How to make OCLC services accessible to smaller libraries

•Chair – George Bishop, Director, Ovid-Elsie Schools Information Center in Michigan

Governance Study ReportGovernance Study ReportMembers Council and

Board discuss findings (February 2008)

Board makes recommendations for changes (April 2008)

Members Council ratifies (May 2008)

Implementation begins (July 2008)

RegionalRegionalCouncilCouncil

RegionalRegionalCouncilCouncil

RegionalRegionalCouncilCouncil

GlobalGlobalCouncilCouncil

Board ofBoard ofTrusteesTrustees

New OCLC governance structureNew OCLC governance structure

MembersMembers

MembersMembers

MembersMembers

US Service ProvidersUS Service Providers

OCLC Western(Including Alaska and Hawaii)

OCLC Western(Including Alaska and Hawaii)

Amigos LibraryServices, Inc.

Amigos LibraryServices, Inc.

BCRBCR

NEBASENEBASE

MINITEXMINITEX

BCRBCR

WILSWILS

INCOLSAINCOLSA

MLCMLC

OHIONETOHIONET

NELINETNELINET

NyLinkNyLink

PALINETPALINET

OCLCEastern

(DC, MD, VA)

OCLCEastern

(DC, MD, VA)

SOLINETSOLINET

ILLINETILLINET

FEDLINK(All U.S. Federal Libraries)

FEDLINK(All U.S. Federal Libraries)

MLNCMLNC

CLCCLC

BLCBLC

RONDAC - Regional OCLC Network Directors Advisory CommitteeRONDAC - Regional OCLC Network Directors Advisory Committee

• PHOTO FROM 2007 annual report

Membership Reports/StudiesMembership Reports/Studies

• 84% use search engines to begin an information search

• 2% begin an information search on a library Web site

• 90% are satisfied with search engines

• libraries = books

• Internet’s readers are becoming its authors

• U.S. library Web site usage—20% (down from 30% in 2005)

• 25% of general public and 50% of college students participate in social sites

From Awareness to Funding

From Awareness to Funding

• Key findings:

• There are a lot of people who don’t know about their public libraries.

• The library’s most committed funding supporters are not the heaviest library users.

• Perceptions of the librarian are an important predictor of library funding support

OCLC Programs and Research: AgendaOCLC Programs and Research: Agenda

•supporting new modes of research, teaching and learning

•managing the collective collection

• renovating descriptive and organizing practices

•modeling new service infrastructures

•architecture and standards

•measurement and behaviors

Systems and service

architecture

Knowledgeorganization

OCLC ResearchOCLC Research

InteroperabilityCollection andUser analysis

Content management

Virtual International Authority FileVirtual International Authority File

WorldCat xISBN serviceWorldCat xISBN service

» Machine-to-machine

» FRBR

» Free for individual & non-commercial use

WorldMapWorldMap

OCLC ResearchWorksOCLC ResearchWorks

RLG ProgramsRLG Programs

•convening groups of experts

•building communities

•developing consensus on shared challenges

•prototyping innovative information tools and services

•organizing collaborative initiatives

• taking an active role in creating and promoting relevant standards and practices

RLG Programs Museum Data Exchange Study

RLG Programs Museum Data Exchange Study•$145,000 grant from

Mellon Foundation

•GallerySystemsTMS

•OAI-PMH

•Batch export of records from museum systems

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

National Gallery of Art

Princeton University Art Museum

Yale University Art Gallery

Victoria & Albert Museum

Cleveland Museum of Art

WebJunction: 5th anniversary

WebJunction: 5th anniversary

Funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

32,000 library staff registered

70,000 unique monthly visitors

Programs:

•Rural library sustainability

•Spanish language outreach

•Technology planning

•Online learning

Community Partners:

Maine

Minnesota

New Hampshire

Vermont

Washington

EqualAccess Libraries

Alabama

Arizona

Connecticut

Iowa

Illinois

Indiana

Kansas

WorldCat at April 1, 2008WorldCat at April 1, 2008

84.1m Books

4.1m Serials

3.1m Visual materials

1.5m Maps

100 million records1.14 billion holdings

3.1m Sound recordings

2.2m Scores

.7m Computer files

WorldCat at June 29, 2008WorldCat at June 29, 2008

20.0m

18.7m

9.3m

4.7m

fy2008

fy2007

fy2006

fy2005

107 million records!

Batchloading/processingBatchloading/processing

•1998: 14.7 m

•1999: 34.6 m

•2000: 31.2 m

•2001: 22.9 m

•2002: 22.9 m

•2003: 27.4 m

•2004: 24.1 m

•2005: 37.8 m

•2006: 86.4 m

•2007: 139.7m

•2008: 250 m

National files loaded or pending for WorldCatNational files loaded or pending for WorldCat

ARLICON (Russia)

Bavarian State Library

Bibliothèque nationale de France

Bibliothek Alexandrina (Egypt)

Bibliothekszentrum Baden Wurtemburg (Germany)

Bibliothesverbund Bayern (Germany)

British Library

CBUC (Spain)

Danish National Library

CURL (UK)

GBV (Germany)

HBZ Verbund (Germany)

HeBIS (Germany)

IZUM (Slovenia)

Jewish National and University Library

Lebanese American University

Libraries and Archives Canada

National files loaded or pending for WorldCatNational files loaded or pending for WorldCat

National Library of Australia

National Library of China

National Library of Finland

National Library of Iceland

National Library of New Zealand

National Library of Russia

National Library of Scotland

National Library of Slovenia

National Library of Sweden

National Central Library, Taiwan

National Library of Wales

OBV (Germany)

Qatar University

Russian State Library

Swiss National Library

The Combined Regions (UK)

VLACC (Belgium)

Zayed University Consortium (UAE)

Multilingual WorldCatMultilingual WorldCat

1998

36%

2008

50¼%

Percentage of non-English Records

Next Generation Cataloging Services PilotNext Generation Cataloging Services Pilot

• Upstream capture of ONIX metadata Libraries:

• Chicago Public LibraryPhoenix Public LibraryMIT LibraryThe Ohio State University Library

• Publishers/vendors:

• Ingram Book GroupHachette Book GroupPrinceton University PressTaylor and Francis

WorldCat APIWorldCat API

•10-15 developers from cataloging institutions in North America and Europe

•Search of WorldCat and retrieval of holdings

•Developers build applications that will enhance the value of member-contributed metadata

Dewey Decimal ClassficationDewey Decimal Classfication

CONTENTdm CONTENTdm

•Efficient online access to primary source materials

•PDF support

•Connexion digital import

•Persistent URLs

•Click-through thumbnail images on WorldCat.org

Harvest Metadata from Digital Content Management Systems

Harvest Metadata from Digital Content Management Systems

Metadata Content management server

The WebEnd users retrieve the information they need

Digital ArchiveDigital Archive

eBooks

170,000 titles

6,500 eAudiobooks

450 publishers

NetLibrary Media Center—Coming SoonNetLibrary Media Center—Coming Soon

Key Benefits:

1. Single click transfer to a portable device

2. Title segmentation

3. Makes NetLibrary audiobooks accessible to as many users as possible.

WorldCat Collection AnalysisWorldCat Collection Analysis

Analyze usage data

• ILL borrows, loans

• Circulation transactions, ratios

Authoritative list comparisons

• Choice—Outstanding Academic Titles

• Library Journal

• School Library Journal

• Doody’s Core Medical Titles

QuestionPointQuestionPoint

• jointly developed by LC and OCLC in 2002

• 1,900 libraries

• 1,500 libraries in 24/7 reference cooperative

• Global knowledge base: 18,000 records in 11 languages

• Qwidget (chat widget)

• QuestionPoint blog

• 3 millionth question—November 2008

WorldCat RegistryWorldCat Registry

• Institution type

• Industry identifying codes

• Physical & electronic locations

• Consortial memberships

• Main and branch data

• Web-based services

• Vendors used

• Budgetary and service statistics

• Administrative contacts

Orbis Cascade Alliance and OCLCOrbis Cascade Alliance and OCLC

•new consortial borrowing solution

•WorldCat.org, VDX, WorldCat Resource Sharing and a new circulation gateway

•38 libraries in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, Hawaii

•28 million volumes

Participating materials vendor partnersParticipating materials vendor partners

IBERBOOKSÁNCHEZ CUESTA,

S.A.

Coming soon…Coming soon…

WorldCat.orgWorldCat.org

WorldCat.org: Average Monthly Traffic

WorldCat.org: Average Monthly Traffic

•2 million unique users

•13 million page views

•6 million full record views

•750,000 clickthroughs to library services (OPAC, ILL, OpenURL, etc.)

20 million article-level records

20,000Inside Serials—articles from 20,000 journals

57 millionTOTAL ARTICLE-LEVEL RECORDS NOW IN WORLDCAT.ORG

British Library and WorldCat.orgBritish Library and WorldCat.org

WorldCat ListsWorldCat Lists

WorldCat IdentitiesWorldCat Identities

WorldCat: Facebook WidgetWorldCat: Facebook Widget

OCLC and Google to exchange data, link digitized books to WorldCat

OCLC and Google to exchange data, link digitized books to WorldCat

•Synchronizes WorldCat with digital collections of interest to the membership

•Participating organizations provide OCLC with a regular feed of metadata

•WorldCat is automatically updated with new MARC records as materials become available

•Reciprocal linking between WorldCat and the host site

•Automatic

WorldCat Local PilotWorldCat Local Pilot

•Faceted browse

•Evaluative content

•FRBRized results

•Citation formatting

•Relevancy Ranking

•Customized local view

•Interoperates with local systems for circulation, resource sharing, resolution to full text

WorldCat Local at UCLA LibraryWorldCat Local at UCLA Library

Limit search to UCLA LibraryLimit search to UCLA Library

Limit search to UC librariesLimit search to UC libraries

Search libraries worldwideSearch libraries worldwide

Pilot Partners

• University of Washington

• State of Illinois13 libraries

• The Ohio State University

• University of California System Melvyl pilot

Already Signed Up!

• Cornell University

• CTW Consortium

• Indiana University

• Macalaster College Library

• University of Delaware

• University of South Florida

• University of Texas at Austin

Already Activated!

• State Library of Ohio

WorldCat Local Pilots and BeyondWorldCat Local Pilots and Beyond

WorldCat Local and Resource SharingWorldCat Local and Resource Sharing

University of Washington July-Dec. 2006/2007

100%increase in ILL requests via WorldCat

70%increase in borrowing within Summit consortium

OCLCThe world’s libraries. Connected.

OCLCThe world’s libraries. Connected.

•More collaboration

•More libraries

•More archives, museums

•More countries

•More Web scale

•More innovation

GroupGroup

Local

Local

GlobalGlobal

THANK YOU!THANK YOU!

Christa Burns

OCLC Member Services Coordinator

NEBASE

cburns@nlc.state.ne.us

800-307-2665

http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/nebase

OCLC Regional Service Providers:

http://www.oclc.org/us/en/contacts/regional/