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OCLC PICAA general overview
Janifer [email protected]
Sébastien [email protected]
SELL Presentation Madrid 16/03
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General OverviewOCLC PICA now.
-Basics-New situation-European presence-Our network in Southern Europe
Various services-Ebooks-Databases-Online collection management system-Reference Service-Other-Collaborative catalogue
WorldCat-Worldcat overview-European library holdings in WorldCat-OpenWorldCat and WorldCat.org -Support of Union Catalogues-Future Directions and Research
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Some basics
-OCLC founded in 67 in Ohio
-PICA founded in 69 in the Netherland
-Organizations joined in 2003
-We serve 57.000 libraries in 112 countries
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New situation
-SISIS acquisition-FDI acquisition-Dimema integration-RLG integration-OpenWorldCat project
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F: 3
UK: 74
NL: 97
GER: 46
AU: 6
USA: 12
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Our network in Southern Europe
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Main services:
-Collection: www.netlibrary.com/titleselect-130,000 ebooks-On going or annual access-2 simultaneous users per copy-No subscription, no entry fee
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Main services: FirstSearch
Where to find more information: http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/default.htm
-75+ Online Databases (Worldcat)
-More than 5.9 million full text articles
-6,000 journals
-53 databases with full text or links to full text
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Main services: CONTENT dm
-Online collections-All formats of records-All items (video, audio, images, books - compound objects…)-OCR – Jpeg 2000-WorldCat
ContenDM URL: www.contentdm.com
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Main services: QuestionPoint
-Collaborative digital reference service
-Proximity with users (Online Form)
-Professional reference assistance (KB)
QuestionPoint
QuestionPoint web site:http://www.questionpoint.org
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Main services: in a nutshell
-ILL systems (VDX/OCLC Resource Sharing)-Portals-Dewey classification - WebDewey-Cataloguing repository (Connexion – WorldCat)
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Main services: CBS – Union Catalogue system
Flexible solution for collaborative catalogues :
-All formats-Automatic updates-Deduplication of records-Local OPAC via web-Architecture customizable (8 modules)-WorldCat
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WorldCat.org and other initiatives
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Agenda
• WorldCat overview• European library holdings in
WorldCat• OpenWorldCat and WorldCat.org • Support of Union Catalogues• Future Directions and Research
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WorldCat Overview – 83 million records, 1.115.907.505 holdings – All types of materials
• print, maps, visual, electronic, serials, all date ranges – All languages
• Unicode support includes non-roman scripts – Global Exposure & also
• Cataloguing• Resource sharing• Reference• Collection analysis
– Interfaces • Connexion, Z39.50, SRU, SRU update, FirstSearch,
WorldCat.org
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OCLC PICA contribution to WorldCat
– 36 million European holdings – Contribution methods:
• via online cataloguing, retrospective conversion, batch loading, SRU update
– Major OCLC PICA contributors:• UK, Scandinavia, South Africa, France (pre-2002)
– Batch loaded files: • BL, Czech National Bibliography, GGC, LinkUK, Helsinki
University, NUKAT, Danish National Library of Education – Major ILL users:
• BLDSC, South Africa, Scandinavia
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Open WorldCat – making the library visible in search engines
– Started 2004 pilot with Google and Yahoo now extended to further partners
– Partners harvest limited fields in OCLC WorldCat records
– Search engine displays results as “Find in a Library”
– Link to library holdings – Deep linking to OPAC and full text
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Open WorldCat : meeting the user where the user is
Find in a LibraryFind in a Library
• 84% use search engines to begin information search • Only 1% begin an information search on a library web site• Search engines use achieves high satisfaction rates • People trust what they find on search engines• Search engines are a better ‘life style’ fit than physical libraries• ‘Self serve’ is a growing trend findings from “Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources : a report to the OCLC Membership” OCLC, 2005
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Open WorldCat
Find in a LibraryFind in a Library
Limitations on loading imposed by harvesters – Google only interested in titles with many holdings
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Self-service models
Firefox
Yahoo!
Linking by ISBN, ISSN, OCLC Number and now by search term
Accounts for 10% or more of all traffic!
Exposure
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Start with an Internet search …
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Exposure
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Exposure
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Library Info
Exposure
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Ask a Librarian
Exposure
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Other Editions
Exposure
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Reviews
Exposure
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Tables of Contents
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Purchase options
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Pilot - link to Amazon.co.uk
Books 380
Music 20
DVD 13
Electronics 6
Kitchen & House 2
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Clicks and orders every day during the pilot
Exposure
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Google Scholar
Exposure
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WorldCat.org
- OCLC’s own destination portal– builds on Open WorldCat – access to all WorldCat records – holdings of subscribing libraries only – OWC interface translations (inc Dutch)– initial beta release August 2006
Exposure
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• WorldCat.org will enable users to . . .– Discover and access libraries, their
collections, their expertise and their services – at the point of need
– Participate in an online community of library users, researchers, librarians
– Manage personal identity, relationships, collections, reading and research
WorldCat.org
Deliver Library Capacity to the Userat the Point of Need
Exposure
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WorldCat.org
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WorldCat.org Brief results
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WorldCat.org – registration
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WorldCat.org Tracked Statistics at-a-glanceImpressions:
300M to 1B/year
Click-through:
10M/ month
120M per year
Conversion:
550k/month
6.6M/year
Conversionrate:
• Overall: 5.5% = “best in class” for web site
5.9% in January 07
It’s worth noting that our conversion rate is well above Google’s “typical” range of 1-3%.
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Click-throughs to WorldCat.org pages
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Worldcat.org Traffic Drivers - Today
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WorldCat.org - where next?
– More Add more European holdings– More “Get it” options
• Integrate with European resource sharing services • Request Transfer Message
– Add payment options – Add authentication and other resolvers– Add more personalisation and social features
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WorldCat Future Directions
– Add more non-US union and national catalogues (particularly non roman scripts)
– Add more full text and digital content– Improve holdings level for e-serials– Merge with RLG Union Catalog (rich in non-
roman scripts esp Arabic and Hebrew, archival materials and special collections)
– Integrate into OCLC PICA services
Exposure
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Timeline: Social Networking Features
Milestone Target Date
Single Citation Conversion February 2007
Personal Profiling April 2007
Create & Share Lists April 2007
Citation Export April 2007
Reviews & Ratings May 2007
Recommendations & Collaborative Filters
June 2007
Social Tagging July 2007
RSS/Alerts Summer 2007
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work
manifestations in workset
Human-readableinterface
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Contribution : Follow on Services
– Collection Analysis• Analyze collection age & subject content • Compare collection to other OCLC member
libraries to identify overlap and uniqueness• Analyze group collections for uniqueness &
overlap for cooperative collection development
– Registry of Digital Masters
Exposure
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UK Public Library group analysis
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Union Catalogue Support• Data services
– FRBR– Faceted searching– Audience Level– Holdings Count - Rarity
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FRBR – Divide and conquer
• Creation of works (38 million)• Algorithm• Authority records• Cleaning bibliographic records
where necessary• No manual links created• Improved user interfaces
• Harvesting• Loading IDs & records• Authority records• Improved user
interfaces• Suggestions for the
improvement of the algorithm and records
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Without clustering
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With Clustering
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Office of Research prototypes ………
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WorldCat statistics
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Watch WorldCat grow ……..
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Questions ?
