The Future of

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The Future of

• Phyllis Spies
• Chip Nilges
• Janet Lees

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Topics for Today

• Looking Forward WorldCat Directions 2005-2006
• Small group discussions on the WorldCat of
  tomorrow

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OCLC Key Objectives Fiscal 2006
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The Google and Amazon Model of Data Stores

• Massively centralized data stores
• Powerful application platforms
• Rewarding user experiences
• Quick response time
• Local data is stored in a consistent format
• Amazon and Google could not provide their current
  quality of service over distributed repositories
  of data.

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A Bigger, Better Global WorldCat

• Centralized catalogues are excellent tools for
  discovery
• They provide economies for creation, maintenance
  and data mining
• They offer improvements in worldwide discovery of
  material

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Why Now?

• New OCLC platform makes loading of records
  quicker and easier
• New functionality enables new views of WorldCat
  and allows for different levels of contribution
• Supports services like Open WorldCat, Resource
  Sharing and Collection Analysis
• Market accepts and expects centralized indexes à
  la Google
• Libraries need new level of cooperation for
  effective integration with search engines
• FRBR tools provide significant display
  improvements

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Make WorldCat the Worlds Index of
Library/Cultural Heritage Collections

• Grow traditional contribution (metadata
  holdings)
• National and other new libraries
• New collections from current members
• Vendor partners

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Make WorldCat the Worlds Index of
Library/Cultural Heritage Collections

• Joint PICA/Dublin working group formed to create
  a truly global WorldCat
• Will be based on parallel record concept
• Will impose appropriate limits on record editing
• Will include regional-appropriate services
• Vetted with PICA advisory board in January
• Project Milestones
• March 2005 UK public library file (V3)
• July 2005 pilot load of Dutch Union Catalog and
  Indic language catalog (CILLA)
• If successful, model will be extended to PICA CBS
  sites and beyond in late 2005

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Own identity, policy, database system Own
formats/rules, pricing, interface Own development
schedules priorities Willing to share data
holdings
Google, Yahoo
GBV
SUDOC
DDB
Hebis
Future WorldCat
WorldCat
CILLA
NCC
BSZ
Logical views
V3
NLA
Sabinet
Finland
Czech Republic
Singapore SILAS
Chile
REBIS
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Make WorldCat the Worlds Index of
Library/Cultural Heritage Collections

• Grow traditional contribution (metadata
  holdings)
• Expand WorldCat to include e-licensed content
• Global knowledge base for e-books/e-serials
• Set and maintain holdings
• Value-added services (e.g., collection analysis)
• Add Metadata for new types of content
• New cultural heritage members
• Special collections/institutional content
• Harvest metadata link to digital content

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Add More Granular Metadata to Improve Resource
Discovery

• Article level metadata
• SciELO
• LILACS, REPIDISCA, MedCarib
• ArticleFirst
• Evaluative content
• More Book jackets, TOCs, summaries, reviews
• New content e.g., price, availability, grade
  level
• Explore contribution model for evaluative content
• Consider offering as extended cataloging
• Collection/item-level metadata for digital
  collections

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Make WorldCat Collections Easier to Use

• Tailored views
• Group Catalogs
• Type of material views (e.g., ebooks,
  dissertations)
• Views by type of user (e.g., professional vs.
  patron)
• Geographic views
• Multi-lingual interfaces
• New functionality to aid navigation/workflow
• Group records describing the same work (FRBR)
• Machine readable serials holdings (MFHD)
• Expand interoperability with local fulfillment
  services
• Comprehensive directory of OPAC/OpenURL links
• Open Registry for managing same

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States/consortia using OCLC Group Services
Missouri
Illinois
Idaho
Florida
Montana
Special libraries
Academic
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New value-added services mined from data in
WorldCat

• Open WorldCat will continue to surface member
  collections in a growing variety of open Web
  sites.
• Collection Analysis Service will mine management
  intelligence to support collection and use
  decisions.
• FRBR will allow users to navigate the
  bibliographic universe in ways that match their
  expectations.
• WorldCat will become premier source of library
  logistics intelligence to support cataloging,
  resource sharing and bibliographic research.

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Open WorldCat
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Monthly WorldCat Traffic 2004Reference
Resource Sharing
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The evolving WorldCat model
E-Hldgs.
Link Registry
Articles
Other Metadata