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An Update on OCLC Asia Pacific

An Update on OCLC Asia Pacific. OCLC CJK Users Group Meeting San Diego, CA March 6, 2004 Andrew H. Wang Executive Director OCLC Asia Pacific. Building an Information Network and a People Network. OCLC Offices of Regional Responsibilities. The Americas The U.S.A. OCLC Canada

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An Update on OCLC Asia Pacific

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  1. An Update on OCLC Asia Pacific OCLC CJK Users Group Meeting San Diego, CA March 6, 2004 Andrew H. Wang Executive Director OCLC Asia Pacific Building an Information Network and a People Network

  2. OCLC Offices of Regional Responsibilities • The Americas • The U.S.A. • OCLC Canada • Latin America and the Caribbean • OCLC | PICA • OCLC Europe and the South Africa • OCLC Middle East and the North Africa • OCLC Asia Pacific

  3. Objectives • Revisit the rationale for re-evaluating jobs and building a new exempt pay structure at OCLC • Develop a general understanding of job evaluation • Review the job evaluation process at OCLC • Understand your important role in providing “quality assurance” in the job evaluation process • Update project time line

  4. Growth – OCLC Users in Asia Pacific 124% growth rate in 4 years, 2000-2004

  5. OCLC Users in Asia and the Pacific Region 1. China (Mainland) 1,012 institutions 2. Japan 515 institutions 3. Korea 329 institutions 4. Taiwan 194 institutions 5. Australia 169 institutions 6. Singapore 98 institutions 7. New Zealand 43 institutions 8. Thailand 28 institutions 9. Hong Kong 26 institutions 10. Malaysia 17 institutions 11. India 16 institutions 12. Philippines 4 institutions 13. Macau 2 institutions 14. Pakistan 2 institutions 15. Mauritius 1 institution 16. Micronesia 1 institution (Users Profiled – January 2004)

  6. OCLC Membership Categories • OCLC Governing Members • Libraries that make a contractual commitment to catalog ALL newly acquired materials on WorldCat • The key is contribution of holding symbol and original records • OCLC Members • Libraries that catalog SOME of their newly acquired materials on WorldCat • Libraries that lend materials (ILL suppliers) to other OCLC users • OCLC Participants • Libraries that choose not to contribute through cooperative cataloging and/or ILL, but wish to use other OCLC services

  7. OCLC Members Council Delegates – OCLC Asia Pacific (Term: 2001-2004) • Ms. Shirley Leung – Asia Pacific DelegateUniversity Librarian Hong Kong Baptist University • Mr. Cheng Huanwen – China DelegateProfessor and University Librarian Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China • Mr. Michitaro Urakawa – Japan DelegateDirector of the Library Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

  8. Relationships with Nationwide Consortia China (Mainland) • China Academic Library Information System (CALIS) • FirstSearch • China Library Consortium (CLC) • netLibrary eBooks • China National Publications Import & Export Corporation (CNPIEC) • ECO (eJournals) • MARC records supply

  9. Relationships with Nationwide Consortia Japan • National Institute of Informatics (NII – NACSIS) • Cataloging • System-to-system link for ILL

  10. Relationships with Nationwide Consortia Korea • Korea Education & Research Information Service (KERIS) • Cataloging and union catalog • FirstSearch • ECO (eJournals) • netLibrary eBooks

  11. Relationships with Nationwide Consortia Singapore • Singapore Integrated Library Automation Service (SILAS) • Cataloging and union catalog

  12. Relationships with Nationwide Consortia Taiwan • Consortium on Core Electronic Resources in Taiwan (CONCERT) • FirstSearch • Taiwan E-Books NetWork (TEBNET) • netLibrary eBooks

  13. Major Contributors in Asia – MARC Records of Chinese Information • Chinese University of Hong Kong • Hong Kong Baptist University • Hong Kong Polytechnic University • Hong Kong University of Science & Technology • University of Hong Kong

  14. Major Contributor in Asia – MARC Records of Japanese Information • Waseda University • Agreement of 1993 – 330,000 records • Agreement of 1998 – 300,000 records • Agreement of 2003 – 90,000 records plus 2,500 records monthly

  15. Opportunities – MARC Records of Korean Information • National Central Library of Korea

  16. Opportunities – Chinese-Language Information • Joint University Library Advisory Committee (JULAC) • HKCAN (Hong Kong Chinese Authority – Names) • Shanghai Library • Index to Journals Published in China • Shenzhen Library • Batchload over 1 million records of 23 institutions

  17. Opportunities – Chinese-Language Information • National Cheng-chi University, Taiwan • Dissertations and Thesis • Index to Newspaper Articles

  18. The End . . . Thank you! Questions?

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