Libraries Catalogs and Global Information Structure

Libraries, Catalogs, and the Global Information Infrastructure

Libraries, Catalogs, and the Global Information Infrastructure

David WhitehairGlobal Product Manager, Cataloging & Metadata Services

IV Encuentro Internacional

De Catalogadores

October 22, 2008

The Way We WorkedThe Way We Worked

BooksJournalsNewspapersGov docsMapsScoresAVDissertations

Special collectionsManuscriptsPapersUniv records

Journal articlesConference proceedingsEtc.

Library catalogs

Archives

Abstracting &Indexing services

Where Do You Begin an Online Search for Information on a Topic?Where Do You Begin an Online Search for Information on a Topic?

Starting an Information Search

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College Students’ Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources: a Reportto the OCLC Membership: http://www.oclc.org/reports/perceptionscollege.htm

LC Action Item 6.4: “Support research and development on the changing nature of the catalog to include consideration of a framework for its integration with other discovery tools.”

Calhoun, Karen. The Changing Nature of the Catalog and Its Integration with Other Discovery Tools. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 17 March 2006. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/calhoun-report-final.pdf

The Catalog in Context, 1The Catalog in Context, 1

Online catalogs represent one node in the scholar’s information universe

Geocentric/Aristotelian view:The local catalog is thesun

Heliocentric/Copernican view:The local catalogis a planet

The Catalog in Context, 2The Catalog in Context, 2

New initiatives vie for resources (both human and financial) devoted to producing catalogs

National Library Frameworks for Discovery and DeliveryNational Library Frameworks for Discovery and Delivery

• Support for public education

• Integrating access to a variety of sources

• Contribution to the culture

• Searching across institutional boundaries

• Preservation of national heritage

• Integrated information management

• “New types of information infrastructure”

• Union catalogs as a primary means of access to library collections

• A more compelling presence on the Web

Cathro, Warwick S. 2001. Keynote paper: Visions for fundamental change inlibraries and librarianship for Asia Pacific. Library Review 50 (7/8): 334-42.

National Library and Information System, Trinidad and TobagoNational Library and Information System, Trinidad and Tobago

24 public librariesHeritage LibraryNational Archives

OCLC’s Vision OCLC’s Vision

1. Extend WorldCat’s relevance for multilingual cataloging, discovery, and delivery

2. Help libraries collaborate to reduce costs and reach more citizens, students, and scholars

3. Help libraries expose their collections where the users are—on the Web, using the global information infrastructure

Some Success StoriesSome Success Stories

1. WorldCat: The World’s Cataloging at Your Fingertips

1. WorldCat: The World’s Cataloging at Your Fingertips

69,826 libraries in 112 countries69,826 libraries in 112 countries69,826 libraries in 112 countries69,826 libraries in 112 countries

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Cataloging

eBooks

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Digitization & Preservation

Resource Sharing

Collection Analysis

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The OCLC Cooperative: a decade of growthThe OCLC Cooperative: a decade of growth

1998

30,000

3,200

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38 million

668 million

participating libraries

participants outside U.S.

participant countries

WorldCat records

WorldCat holdings

2008

69,826

14,544

112

108 million

1.3 billion

90.6m Books

4.6m Serials

3.6m Visual materials

1.6m Maps

108 million records1.3 billion holdings

3.8m Sound recordings

2.4m Scores

.8m Computer files

.9m Archival collections

WorldCat at June 30, 2008WorldCat at June 30, 2008

1998

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Total Records

English

French

German

Spanish

Japanese

Russian

Chinese

Italian

Latin

Portuguese

Dutch

Hebrew

1998:37.5 records

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2.3 m

2.2 m

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55.2 m

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12.3 m

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2.5 m

1.8 m

2.3 m

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Multilingual WorldCatMultilingual WorldCat

OCLC Latin America and CaribbeanOCLC Latin America and Caribbean

•882 libraries as of June 30, 2008

• More than 48,000 records from RedALyc (network of scientific journals from Latin America, Spain and Portugal) loaded into WorldCat with access to article level full text.

• The National Library and Information Systems of Trinidad and Tobago (NALIS) became the first national library in the Americas offering the QuestionPoint service to provide virtual reference services.

OCLC Latin America and CaribbeanOCLC Latin America and Caribbean

• The Pedro Henriquez Ureña National Library in the Dominican Republic joined OCLC as a governing - cataloguing member

• More than 470,000 records of scientific material related to agriculture and animal research from Embrapa (Brazil) were loaded to WorldCat

• First Public Libraries in Mexico to use eBooks from NetLibrary

2. National or Regional Collaboration to Advance Public Education, Share National Heritage, Reduce Costs, and Increase Global Impact

2. National or Regional Collaboration to Advance Public Education, Share National Heritage, Reduce Costs, and Increase Global Impact

a. National Libraries in WorldCat

b. BibMex Group Catalog

c. Brazil’s Digital Library of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

2.a. National Libraries in WorldCat2.a. National Libraries in WorldCat

Barbados

Chile

Dominican Republic*

Mexico*

Trinidad and Tobago

New National Libraries web site: http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/catalog/national/

*Not yet loaded

2.b. BibMex Group Catalog2.b. BibMex Group Catalog

•Large bibliographic resource supporting seamless discovery and delivery workflow for citizens of Mexico (Find it and know how to get it!)

•Provides better user experience

Example of Group Catalog SearchingExample of Group Catalog Searching

Example of Group Catalog SearchingExample of Group Catalog Searching

2.c. Exposing the Nation’s Scientific Research: Brazil’s IBICT Electronic Theses and Dissertations








3. Being More Visible In the User’s World (On the Global Network)

3. Being More Visible In the User’s World (On the Global Network)

a. FUNGLODE in WorldCat.org

b. Open WorldCat - Find it on Google, get it from your library

c. Getting libraries into the user’s flow - Facebook

3.a. FUNGLODE Global: Being More Visible on the Network3.a. FUNGLODE Global: Being More Visible on the Network

3.a. FUNGLODE Global: Being More Visible on the Network3.a. FUNGLODE Global: Being More Visible on the Network

3.b. Open WorldCat, Driving Searches to Your Library






3.c. Getting into the User’s Flow: the WorldCat Facebook Widget

3.c. Getting into the User’s Flow: the WorldCat Facebook Widget

•Triple digit growth of social sites

•Users increasingly expect participation, interaction, and fun!

•Lists, reviews, and notes

•Put your library where their eyes are!

Exposing Your Collections Where Your Users Live and Work on the Web






WorldCat RegistryWorldCat Registry

A Completed Entry: Main Library of the University of Texas at Austin

A Completed Entry: Main Library of the University of Texas at Austin

Some New Ventures We Might TrySome New Ventures We Might Try

•Customized view of WorldCat.org that can serve as a library or library consortium’s local catalog

•Requires no additional software or hardware, just Internet access

• Interoperable with the most common ILS systems for circulation and local holdings information

WorldCat LocalWorldCat Local

Start Locally and Extend Your Search Regionally and GloballyStart Locally and Extend Your Search Regionally and Globally

Local

Group

Global

A Few Other Points to Notice: Multilingual Subject Terms and Subject Searching

A Few Other Points to Notice: Multilingual Subject Terms and Subject Searching

Just One Last Thing …Just One Last Thing …

Exciting new uses for catalogingand authority data …

WorldCat Identities

WorldCat IdentitiesWorldCat Identities

• Office of Research initiative

• http://orlabs.oclc.org/Identities/

• Now in production!

• Try it at http://worldcat.org

• Search WorldCat > display a title > click “Details” tab > click author name

WorldCat Identities: Gabriel Garcia MarquezWorldCat Identities: Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Link to WorldCat Identities

Garcia Marquez’s Identity, Page 1Garcia Marquez’s Identity, Page 1



Thank you!

David Whitehair

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