Access Services Advisory Committee Cat Update

1
(No Transcript)
2
OCLC Cataloging Services

• An Update for the
• PALINET OCLC Users Conference
• May 5, 1999

3
Cataloging ServicesLong Term Objectives

• Further reduce library operations costs
• Increase coverage of digital resources
• Adapt services for global markets

4
Cataloging Services Strategy

• Maintain and enrich WorldCat
• Provide leadership role in organizing and using
  the Internet
• Identify New Markets/Products for OCLC Cataloging
  services
• Assist current libraries by providing
  productivity tools

5
WorldCat Maintenance/Enrichment Projects

• Year 2000
• Software development complete by June 30, 1999
• Symbols Expansion
• 5 - 8 character symbols
• Wade-Giles to Pinyin Conversion
• Cooperating with the Library of Congress and the
  Research Libraries Group

6
WorldCat Maintenance/Enrichment Projects

• Local Database Creation
• 3 or 4 character holding library code level
• More output options
• Customized consolidation
• Web order form
• MARC Updates
• Bibliographic Update (October 1998)
• Authorities Update (January 1999

7
WorldCat Maintenance/Enrichment Projects

• MARC Updates
• Bibliographic Update (October 1998)
• Technical Bulletin 227
• Authorities Update (January 1999)
• Technical Bulletin 228
• Authorities Update (July 1999)
• Technical Bulletin 23X

8
National Library Activities

• National Library of Medicine
• Loading of records suspended during local system
  implementation
• Should resume soon
• Library of Congress
• Working closely to minimize disruptions

9
Web Access Strategy Benefits

• Integrated Web interface to all OCLC services
• Standard look and feel
• Multi-lingual
• Multi-script
• Multiple levels of end-user sophistication

10
OCLC Access Today
Windows Client
Windows Client
Windows Client
Windows Clients
Cataloger
Z39.50
Local System
Browser
11
OCLC Access Tomorrow
Windows Client
Cataloger
Z39.50
Virtual WorldCat
Local System
Browser
12
Web Resources Strategy

• Goal
• Harvest, organize, and maintain metadata on the
  vast world of digital resources in order to
  provide services to libraries and library patrons
  that delivers an integrated response to
  information queries regardless of format and
  language.

13
What is CORC?

• Cooperative Online Resource Catalog
• Office of Research project
• Exploring cooperative cataloging and use of Web
  resources
• Launched January 15, 1999
• Run in Office of Research through 1999
• Target user base 100 OCLC institutions
• purl.oclc.org/corc

14
Key deliverables

• CORC system testing and refinement
• Catalog of descriptions of selected Web resources
• Tools for presenting these to users (pathfinders)
• Experimentation and consensus building on best
  practices through collaboration with members

15
CORC Status

• Research Phase -- in progress
• 50 Libraries participating already
• 70 applicants growing steadily
• Database size is 176,000 records and growing
• Initial participant meeting April 26 27

16
CORC Status

• OCLC Institute has begun using CORC
• Working with several participants to load unique
  databases (including Dublin Core)
• Continuing to improve and evolve

17
CORC Database
MARC
CORC
Dublin Core
Resource Descriptions
TEI
Pathfinders
EAD
Authority Records
Others
18
CORC System

• Automates creation and maintenance of records
• and pathfinders (and soon authority control)
• Support for multiple metadata standards
• User-friendly catalog of great Internet resources

Mantis
XML
Kilroy
Scorpion
PURLs
19
Traditional Services on the Web

• Goal
• Extend Web based interfaces to current OCLC
  Cataloging

20
Dewey on the Web
Goal Expand user base for Dewey and add value
to other OCLC services by transforming this
classification tool into a general knowledge
organization scheme for Web resources.
21
Dewey on the Web
OCLC Forest Press

• Web version of DDC to parallel Dewey for Windows
• Start with pilot to help define functionality
• Simple, intuitive interface
• Audience catalogers, reference, knowledge
  organizers

22
New Markets

• Goal
• Explore and develop new markets for existing
  services to leverage the value of WorldCat.

23
New Markets

• OCLC Z39.50 Cataloging Service
• OCLC CatExpress
• Arabic Cataloging Pilot

24
Z39.50 Cataloging

• Use local Z39.50 client to search/retrieve
  records from WorldCat
• Records captured and moved to local system
• Edit on local system and return holdings to
  WorldCat via Z39.50

25
Z39.50 Cataloging

• Return holdings
• Requires local system Z39.50 client to implement
  the OCLC Extended Services Update function for
  Z39.50-1995 (version 3)
• Otherwise return via batchload
• Future enhancements
• original cataloging functionality
• delete holdings
• further information
• http//www.oclc.org/oclc/menu/z39cat.htm

26
OCLC Cataloging Express Service

• Simple, web-based copy cataloging
• Aimed at small publics and K-12
• Ohio pilot continues
• Rollout test with libraries in MO and NE underway
• Implementation details being finalized
• Introduction July1999

27
Arabic Cataloging Pilot

• Windows-based user interface based on CJK 3.0
• Both Roman and Arabic data
• Early stages of planning pilot
• Start date of pilot and release date of product
  are not known

28
Pilot Objectives

• To provide a pilot to test capabilities to
  support cataloging of Arabic language materials
  via MARC records with Arabic vernacular data
• retrieval of MARC records
• editing of MARC records
• delivery of MARC records

29
Productivity Tools
30
CatME for Windows

• Version 1.10 was released in early 1999
• Part of OCLC Access Suite at no charge and also
  available for electronic download
• Year 2000 ready version

31
CatME for Windows 1.10Major Changes

• Fixes to reported problems
• Label printing enhancements
• Download up to 100 matches per batch search
• Import original records created on local system
• Includes the Dewey Cutter Macro and the OCLC
  Four-Figure Cutter Tables

32
CatME for Windows 1.11

• More Fixes to reported problems
• To be released later this year as part of the
  next release of the OCLC Access Suite

33
CAT ME Plus The End is Coming!

• October 1, 1998 -- OCLC ended support for CAT ME
  Plus access via Internet
• May 1, 1999 -- OCLC ended support for CAT ME Plus
  via all access methods
• July 1, 1999 -- OCLC will end the life of CAT ME
  Plus it will NOT work with OCLC Cataloging

34
OCLC CJK 3.0

• The 3rd generation enhancement version a 32-bit
  Windows NT-based CJK program
• Unicode 2.0 used for character display
• Based upon CatME for Windows
• Local file management
• Batch and interactive connections

35
CJK 3.0 - More Options and Controls

• CJK Electronic Dictionary
• User-defined CJK text strings
• Choice of Wade-Giles vs. pinyin Chinese text
  romanization
• Local card production with vernacular data
• CJK Z39.50 Client to retrieve and display
  vernacular data from Z39.50 servers
• Available as part of the OCLC Access Suite at no
  additional charge

36
PromptCat Overview
Holdings
WorldCat
Records Reports
Electronic List of Titles (Firm
and Approval)
Labels
Labels
Firm Orders
Materials
(May be physically processed)
37
PromptCat

• 89 active libraries
• 11 active vendors

38
Active Materials Vendors

• Academic Book Center
• Ambassador Book Service, Inc.
• Baker Taylor, Inc.
• Blackwells Book Services
• Book Clearing House
• the Book House, Inc.

• Casalini Libri
• DA Information Services, Pty. Ltd.
• Majors Scientific Books, Inc.
• Rittenhouse Book Distributors, Inc.
• Yankee Book Peddler

39
Materials VendorsIn The Wings

• Matthews Medical Books
• Midwest Library Service
• netLibrary

40
PromptCat Enhancements

• EDIFACT PRICAT (for Bib records)
• international EDI standard in support of
  international and non-MARC PromptCat vendors
• Support for Shared Local Catalogs (later this
  summer)

41
CIP Upgrades

• OCLC Portland office (Nov. 1995)
• Yankee Book Peddler (Jan. 1997)
• NEW Ingram (Oct. 1998)
• PromptCat CIP delivery now gt2

42
WorldCat Collection Sets

• Formerly, Major Microform Sets
• Continuing to add microform sets
• Project to expand to include electronic resources
• FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online
• FirstSearch databases
• Seeking volunteers to catalog electronic resources

43
RetroCon Batch

• New name for some old friends
• MicroCon
• TapeCon
• FullMARC
• Use an off-the-shelf editor
• More options for input/output media

44
QuestionsDiscussion
45
(No Transcript)