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SLA Annual 2006 OCLC Update Breakfast. Anita Reeb Executive Director U.S. Library Services June 12, 2006. Henriette Avram. OCLC Membership. Annual report pie chart. 2005-2006 OCLC Members Council. Members Council: Government, Consortia & Special Libraries Group.
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SLA Annual 2006OCLC Update Breakfast Anita Reeb Executive Director U.S. Library Services June 12, 2006
OCLC Membership • Annual report pie chart
Members Council: Government, Consortia & Special Libraries Group • Jan Ison, Lincoln Trails Library System (ILLINET) • Eleanor Frierson, National Agricultural Library (FEDLINK) • Alice Calabrese-Berry, Metropolitan Library System (ILLINET) • Bruce Newell, Montana Library Network (OCLC Western) • Lek Choh Ngian, National Library Board,Singapore (Asia Pacific) • Kendall Wiggin, Connecticut State Library (NELINET)
Data Mining • Vanderbilt • Ithaka • G5-Harvard, Oxford, Michigan, NYPL, Stanford • Open Content Alliance
Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resourceswww.oclc.org/reports/2005perceptions.htm Survey of 3,348 information consumers Ages 14 and up English-speakers Australia, Canada, Singapore, U.K. , U.S.
New Technological Platform WorldCat script support: Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Thai, Tamil Connexion interfaces: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish FirstSearch interfaces: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, Japanese, Korean,Spanish QuestionPoint: 25 languages
Expand Global Holdings • Loaded into WorldCat: • Finnish National Bibliography • National Library of Education of Denmark • LinkUK in United Kingdom • Dutch Central Catalogue • National Union Catalog of Poland • Union catalogs in discussion: • Germany • Iceland • South Korea • Russia • Sweden • Taiwan
Recent Enhancements • Request deflection in WorldCat Resource Sharing • Open WorldCat: improved holdings presentation
Recent Enhancements • WorldCat on FirstSearch: reviews, notes, tables of contents • DLF/OCLC Registry of Digital Masters
OCLC’s Response to LC’s Decision on Controlled Series Access • —We will help member libraries continue in their efforts to provide controlled series access to their users • Software changes in loading of LC records • Changes in hierarchy governing replacement of PCC records • OCLC Quality Control section will make series changes as requested by libraries • CIP upgrade sources will continue to verify series information
ON THE HORIZON • OCLC eSerials Holding service • WorldCat.org • WorldCat Selection service
WorldCat Selection Service • ITSO CUL • Aux Amateurs de Livres International, Blackwell's Book Services, Casalini Libri, and Otto Harrassowitz
eSerials Holdings service • Increase visibility & availability of your eSerials collection • EBSCO, Ex Libris, Serials Solutions, TDNet • Automated holdings maintenance for eSerials in WorldCat • Coming July 2006
Vision OCLC will be the leading global library cooperative, helping libraries serve people by providing economical access to knowledge through innovation and collaboration.
Thank You! • Visit OCLC Booth # 2413
Then & Now 2006 54,500 member libraries 58 M records 1+ billion holdings 450 languages 109 countries 77 FirstSearch databases RLG - Partner 1994 6,702 member libraries 29 M records 525 M holdings 370 languages 61 countries 49 FirstSearch databases RLG - Competitor
A brief history • July 2003 CAPCON becomes an OCLC Service Center. • Focus on financial strength and rebuilding relationships with member libraries • Today • meeting financial goals • providing robust services to our members
The benefits accrue to you… • NO MORE OCLC CAPCON membership fees • Effective July 1, 2006 • New cost quotes ‘in the mail’ • Take another look
Highlights of 2006 • State of Maryland - group catalog • OCLC CAPCON training agreement with Fedlink • New users groups for Question Point and Illiad • Over 316 member libraries
2006/07: Building the Community • Learn what matters most to our member libraries • Expand our educational programming & cooperative purchasing • Grow our partnerships with industry leaders • Keep you informed on trends and research