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OCLC WorldMap TM : Visualizing Information About Collections and Libraries Worldwide

Explore OCLC WorldMap to visualize library collections worldwide, analyze data on holdings, languages, and titles by country, and make informed decisions for collection management and assessment. Enhance your library resources through geographical representations and data mining.

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OCLC WorldMap TM : Visualizing Information About Collections and Libraries Worldwide

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  1. OCLC WorldMapTM:Visualizing Information About Collections and Libraries Worldwide Lynn Silipigni Connaway Larry Olszewski January 31, 2008

  2. Materials Represented in OCLC WorldCat • More than 86 million bibliographic records • More than a billion holdings • More than 10,000 contributing member libraries

  3. Data Represented in WorldCat Records • Title • Authors and other contributors • Publication information • Subject • Language • Format

  4. Some Global Aspects of WorldCat Materials w/non-US origins: 47.8 million (65%) Top 5: Germany: 8.8 million UK: 7.3 million France: 3.6 million Netherlands: 2.7 million Canada: 2.6 million Content Languages: 473 47% of WC non-English Top 5 non-English: German: 9.8 million French: 5.4 million Spanish: 3.3 million Dutch: 2.5 million Chinese: 2.0 million Non-English Metadata Language: 16.5 million (36 languages) Top 5: German: 5.4 million Dutch: 4.9 million French: 1.7 million Finnish: 0.7 million Japanese: 0.7 million

  5. OCLC WorldMap: Objectives • Research prototype • Complement the AAU/ARL Global Resources Network project • Project of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) • Test geographical representation of WorldCat • Titles and holdings by country of publication • Support data mining research area • Visually display mined data to ease review and analysis • Internal use • Sales and marketing • External use • Library collection assessment and comparison

  6. OCLC WorldMap: Objectives • Geographically represent WorldCat data • Holdings by country of publication • Published languages • Published titles

  7. OCLC WorldMap: Decision-making Resource • Collection management • Cooperative collection development • Comparative collection analysis • Collection assessment • Mass digitization • Off-site storage • Preservation

  8. OCLC WorldMap: Objectives • Geographically represent data from other sources • Number of • Libraries • Volumes • Librarians • Registered users • Publishers • Cultural heritage institutions • Dollars spent • People

  9. OCLC WorldMap: Data Collection • Decisions • Independent vs. dependent • Administrative units vs. service points • Inconsistent data categories • Unknown date for source data

  10. OCLC WorldMap: Data Collection • Challenges • Absence • Currency • Accuracy

  11. OCLC WorldMap: Decision-making Resource • Comparative library data • Funding • Assess cultural differences • Provide benchmarks • Authoritative vetted reference resource

  12. OCLC WorldMap:Technology • Flex and Flash • Flex is an open-source framework for developing Rich Internet Applications • Converted to Flex • Browser compatibility • Plug-in compatibility (requires Flash 9) • For a details on Flex see: http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/

  13. OCLC WorldMap:URL • http://worldmap.oclc.org

  14. OCLC WorldMap: Possible Future Enhancements • Subject information “aboutness” • Metadata language • Holdings by country of library • Other?

  15. OCLC WorldMap:Papers and Presentations • L. S. Connaway and L. Olszewski. 2006. "A Geographical Representation of WorldCat Resources: A Decision-Making Tool for Acquisitions and Collection Management." Presented at the XXVI Annual Charleston Conference, 10 November, Charleston, South Carolina (USA). http://www.oclc.org/research/presentations/connaway/20061110-charleston-worldmap.pdf • M. E. Jackson, L. S. Connaway, E. T. O’Neill, and E. Loh. 2006. “Changing Global Book Collection Patterns in ARL Libraries.” Report prepared for Global Resources Network. http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/grn_global_book.shtml • L. S. Connaway, C. Snyder, and L. Olszewski. 2005. "Geographical Representation of Library Collections in WorldCat: A Prototype." Presented at the poster session at the 2005 ASIS&T Conference, 1 November, Charlotte, North Carolina (USA). http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/archive/2005/connawayetal-asist05.pdf • L. Olszewski, L. S. Connaway, and C. Snyder. 2005. "What in the World: Leveraging Corporate Assets for Internal and External Use." Proceedings of the Special Libraries Association 2005 Annual Conference, 5-8 June, Toronto, Ontario (Canada). https://www.sla.org/Documents/conf/toronto/Olszewski.doc

  16. OCLC WorldMap Presentation will be available athttp://www.oclc.org/research/presentations/default.htmPrototype available at http://worldmap.oclc.org

  17. Acknowledgments We would like to acknowledge Jeremy Browning, J.D. Shipengrover, Timothy J. Dickey, Clifton Snyder, and the OCLC Library staff for their contributions to this project.

  18. Questions and Discussion Lynn Silipigni Connaway connawal@oclc.org Larry Olszewski olszewsl@oclc.org

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