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OCLC SERVICES FOR CONSORTIA. AMICAL. June 01-03, 2005 Lebanese American University, Beirut. WHAT IS OCLC (becoming)?. 1967 Automate the library catalogue 2006
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OCLCSERVICES FOR CONSORTIA AMICAL June 01-03, 2005 Lebanese American University, Beirut
WHAT IS OCLC (becoming)? 1967 Automate the library catalogue 2006 A PLATFORM for community, communications and technology that allows libraries to economically process, manage, discover and share information.
The VALUE of OCLCEnable each library to accomplish its OWN goals at its OWN pace Community Mechanisms for Cooperation Leadership / Research Standards Technology
OCLC Participants Over 58,000 libraries in 95 countries 964 4,733 41,958 3,616 785
Non-USCONSORTIA CATALOGSINWORLDCAT Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL) Digital Library for International Research (formerly American Overseas Digital Library) Red de Bibliotecas Sur-Sureste (REBIS) SABINET South Africa Singapore Integrated Library Automation Services Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) LinkUK - 75 public libraries in the UK
AMICALLanguages in WorldCat French 3.5 million Spanish 2.5 million Russian 1 million Italian 1 million Arabic 350,000 Hungarian 120,000 Greek 100,000 Bulgarian 63,000 Armenian 27,000
Practical Toolsfor Consortia Group Services OCLC Interlibrary Loan Cataloging Services Collection Analysis
GROUP SERVICES Group Catalog. A single view of your consortium’s resources Unlimited Resource Sharing Unlimited Cataloging Services Collection Analysis NetLibrary ebooks Cooperative Reference. Question Point 24/7
A Group Catalog Search all libraries in AMICAL group or extend to all of WorldCat Form “subject” catalogues Direct link to each library’s catalog
Group Catalog • Uses holdings in WorldCat • Custom, branded interface • Links directly to local catalogs • Public availability via the web
Create a Group Catalog from the Consortium’s holdings in WorldCat Records in WorldCat American University of Paris American College of Greece American University in Cairo Outside Consortium Not in WorldCat Batchloading / Custom cataloging Your Group Catalog
Group Catalog Makes It Possible Linking of resources within your group catalog Localresources E-books & e-journals AMICAL Catalog ILL & Serials Union Listing Cataloging Digital collections • E- databases & reference management
WorldCat Resource Sharing7000 Sources, 10 million requests Requests can be local, group or worldwide Create, send and track ILL Fee management Serials Online Union Listing
WorldCat Collection Analysis Analyze the age and subject content of your collection regardless of: Classification scheme Shelving location Compare your collections to other OCLC libraries
WorldCat Cataloging Copy cataloging Retroconversion Contract Cataloging (TechPro)
The Value of WorldCat Authoritative source of bib records Resource MAP and Sharing Facilitator Portal for illuminating your collections Basis for Analysis & Collection Dev.
Knowledge organization Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) FRBR work-set algorithm Work|expression|manifestation|item
9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 billion in 2006
Other Group Services netLibrary ebooks Cooperative Reference Education Open WorldCat Digital Preservation
CONTENTdm Harvested Collections • University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee • Washington State University • West Virginia Wesleyan College • Westminster College • Winnefox Library System • Wisconsin Historical Society • Broward County Library • Combined Arms Research Library • Indiana Historical Society • Louisiana Tech University • Nashville Public Library • Pequot Library • Southern Utah University
Email Books Fax Walk Up Chat Online QuestionPoint + 24/7 Phone + 24/7
Open WorldCat:LIBRARIES in a Web World • Illuminate LIBRARIES • Guide users to LIBRARIES
NetLibrary eBooks • 82,000 titles • 12,400 libraries • 450 publishers • 44 countries • Digital audio books
46645 ISBN: locate library
Practial ContributionstoAMICAL PROJECTS 2005 Professional Development: Choose a subject. OCLC will coordinate to bring an instructor to Cairo.
Practial ContributionstoAMICAL PROJECTS 2005 Pilot Union Catalog and ILL “Wash” and load institutions’ records into WorldCat Build an AMICAL CAT with full ILL capabilities
Under Development PilotforAMICAL PROJECTS 2005 Joint “single view”, common interface project with Serials Solutions, EBSCO and TDnet