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Explore the challenges faced by libraries in the progression of digitization, data and metadata management, and the impact of digitization on communication and access to information. Discover how OCLC is contributing to better communication, easier access to information, and the digitization of reference works, journals, and books.
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Information Management in a Knowledge Society Thomas Hickey OCLC
OCLC • Founded 1967 • Nonprofit membership organization • > 50,000 libraries • 84 countries • ~1,000 employees • Cataloging • Interlibrary Loan • Preservation • Dewey Decimal Classification • netLibrary • FirstSearch
Challenges to Libraries • Progression of digitization • Data • Metadata • Reference • Journals • Books • Better communication
Better Communication • Easier to ask questions • Searching • Cell phones • Ubiquitous computing
Better Communication – The Web • Easy to access • Easy to participate • Blogs • Wikis • Libraries • Easier ways of obtaining and sharing information
Progression of digitization • Data • Metadata • Reference • Journals • Books
Digitization of Metadata • Made OCLC possible • Made sharing possible • Better metadata • Faster metadata • Cheaper metadata • Reduced redundancy • Made A & I services possible • Search for articles • Alert services • Increased use of literature • Remote access to holdings of libraries
Digitization of Reference Works • Made encyclopedias cheap • Dictionaries a service • Remote usage of ‘library’ materials
Digitization of Journals • Access at your desk • Usage of physical collections ‘negligible’ • Still not seamless access
Digitization of Books • Google Print, Million Books Project • Millions of volumes • Instant access • Physical collection use? • Not quite the same as serials, encyclopedias, metadata • What about ‘mindshare’?
Combination: Digitization & Communication • Reinforce each other • Access promotes use • Use promotes better access
Trend Towards Centralization • Metadata creation • Searching • Management • Group catalogs • Circulation, interlibrary loan • Not just metadata • Electronic subscriptions • Local -> consortia -> national
Where do Libraries Fit? • Technology support
Preservation • Institutional repositories • Local digitization • Local support • Publishing • MIT DSpace • Cornell DPubS • 24x7 support