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Expert Community Experiment

Expert Community Experiment. Glenn E. Patton Director, WorldCat Quality Management. We know you’ve heard pleas like …. There are digits transposed in this class number but I can’t fix it – can someone help?

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Expert Community Experiment

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  1. Expert Community Experiment Glenn E. Patton Director, WorldCat Quality Management

  2. We know you’ve heard pleas like … • There are digits transposed in this class number but I can’t fix it – can someone help? • I discovered a problem in the new record I created last week … but other institutions have used the record so I can’t fix the problem • There’s a typo in the title in the CIP Record that affects access. I can add the physical description … but I can’t fix the typo! • This heading is controlled to the wrong authority record but I can’t fix it … and I don’t have time to do a change request. • There’s an authority record that this heading should be controlled to but, since it changes the heading, the system won’t let me replace the record.

  3. Expert Community Experiment • Experiment to test “social cataloging” with OCLC’s expert community (modeled on Wikipedia) • Interest and motivation from WorldCat Local pilot sites that want to use WorldCat Local as their “database of record”

  4. Expert Community Experiment • Allows member libraries with full-level Cataloging authos to make additions and changes to almost all fields in almost all records • PCC records (both BIBCO and CONSER) are excluded • LC records not coded as PCC are included • CIP records (not coded as PCC) can be changed but the Encoding Level must remain ‘8’

  5. Some Guiding Principles … • As with Enhance • Do no harm! • And • If in doubt, don’t!

  6. Expert Community Experiment • Experiment will begin mid-February and will last about 6 months • No need for new authorizations; all existing full-level authorizations will have the new capabilities • OCLC staff will have new reports that assist in monitoring and evaluating

  7. New Product Code • Experiment replaces counted under a new product code • ONT6390 • This product code will appear on invoices (with other similar product codes) • No credit associated with the new product code … • OCLC will monitor new activity and determine a lump sum credit adjustment later in the experiment

  8. Doing the Replace • For client users • You can replace a record without locking it first • You can do replaces in batches • For browser users • You must lock the record first

  9. Sharing Experiences • We’ll ask member libraries to use OCLC-CAT (OCLC-CAT@OCLC.ORG) as a means of sharing their experiences • A new generic email (ASKQC@OCLC.ORG) will also be available for questions

  10. Expert Community Experiment • Watch for more information in early February • Special website for documentation • Webinars tentatively scheduled for: • Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 8:00 – 9:00 AM Eastern Time • Thursday, February 19, 2009, 1:00 – 2:00 PM Eastern Time • Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 4:00 – 5:00 PM Eastern Time • Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 8:30 – 9:30 AM Eastern Time • (and recorded for future viewing)

  11. What about the Future of Enhance? • We’ve started talking with Enhance participants about some possible ways to expand Enhance capabilities: • Some merging capabilities • Headings maintenance • We’ll continue to talk about this during the experiment

  12. Thank you! Glenn Patton pattong@oclc.org

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