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OCLC continues to introduce new products and services and to support innovative research and library initiatives. Attend this session to hear all about the newest OCLC activities. Presented by Christa Burns at the Sirsi Midwest Users' Group Annual Conference - July 25, 2008.TRANSCRIPT
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
3
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
800-307-2665
http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/nebase
OCLC Regional Service Providers:
http://www.oclc.org/us/en/contacts/regional/