OneStop eContent Management

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One-Stop eContent Management
James Galbraith Associate Product Manager,
OCLC ALA Mid-Winter, January 2009 Denver,
Colorado
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What will we cover in this update?

• NetLibrary Updates
• Database Updates
• Overview of the Licensed Content Platform project

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OCLC eContent For Libraries

• Offer collections relevant to Librarians and End
  Users
• Help libraries reach users where they begin their
  research in the librarys OPAC and on the Web
• Provide a single and familiar access point to
  their content and collections available anytime,
  anywhere

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NetLibrary - foremost collection available to
libraries worldwide

• More than 16,000 libraries
• 550 Publisher partners
• 175,000 eBooks
• 10,000 eAudiobooks
• Growing by 3,000 titles per month

• Top 5 eBook subjects are
• Technology Engineering
• Business, Economics Management
• Computer Science
• Medicine
• Social Sciences
• Top 5 eAudiobook Subjects Are
• Mystery and Suspense
• Children Young Adult Literature
• Popular Fiction and Literature
• Classics
• Biography Memoirs

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New eBook publishers
is a leading U.S. publisher of scholarly,
reference and academic books noted for mix of
subject areas strong on popular culture and
niche subject areas.
A nonprofit research, development, and service
agency, WestEd enhances and increases education
and human development within schools, families,
and communities
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
(RPSGB) is the professional and regulatory body
for pharmacists in England, Scotland and Wales.
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NetLibrary new eAudiobook publishers

• Unabridged eAudiobooks and radio dramatizations.
  main subject areas fiction, non-fiction,
  African-American, children's literature, mystery,
  science-fiction, and romance.
• Authors include Joyce Carol Oates, James Herriot,
  Orson Scott Card, Janet Evanovich, and Ray
  Bradbury

Award-winning audio publisher of fiction and
non-fiction titles, including Business/ Finance,
History, Humor, Garrison Keillor/Prairie Home
companion, Westerns, Spirituality, as well as "As
Heard on NPR -Authors include Stephen King and
J.R.R. Tolkien
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Subject Sets

• OCLC NetLibrary now offers 60 eBook and 15
  eAudiobook Subject Sets for 2008-09
• Selected from our catalog of more than 175,000
  titles, NetLibrary Subject Sets are available for
  all library types and include OCLC MARC records,
  marketing support and implementation services at
  no additional charge

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eAudiobook Subject Sets

• Biographies Memoirs
• Childrens Young Adult Listening
• Self-help Personal Growth
• Non-fiction Bestsellers Popular Titles
• Fiction Bestsellers Popular Titles
• Business Self-Help
• Language Learning

• Management Leadership
• Academic Listening
• Classics
• Personal Finance
• Romance
• Award Winners
• International Fiction
• Mystery Suspense

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Growing Foreign Language Content

• Over 8,000 foreign-language titles
• Top 5 Languages
• Spanish 5555
• German 962
• French 822
• Japanese 455
• Dutch 309
• Building French and Spanish collections in FY2009

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OCLC Mobile Collections in Partnership with
Sony

• OCLC and Sony are partnering to deliver OCLC
  eBook collections designed specifically to be
  read on the Sony eBook Reader.
• Libraries can choose to order these collections
  in one of two ways 1) Mobile Collection one
  copy of each title, exclusively for use with the
  Sony Reader, includes Sony Reader PRS-505 and the
  required Adobe license 2) Mobile Collection Plus
  two copies of each title, one set of titles for
  use with the Sony Reader and one set for standard
  online use.

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OCLC will offer five eBook collections for the
Sony Reader PRS 505

• Mobile Collection package pricing reflects
• A 10 discount on the titles and prepaid access
  fee
• A SONY PRS 505 Reader
• No charge for the ACS license.
• Mobile Collection Plus package pricing reflects
  Mobile Collection pricing plus no prepaid access
  fee on the second copy.

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Media Center One-Click Downloads

• Over 100 libraries have opened up Media Center to
  their patrons
• Over 2,000 patrons have downloaded Media Center
  to their personal computers
• Over 700 DRM free titles will be available by
  March 31, 2009. Title List available via Sales
  Operations

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Adding new databases to the Base Package at no
additional charge - in January FY09

• Current Base Package Components
• WorldCat
• ArticleFirst
• Clase/Periodica
• eBooks
• ECO
• ERIC
• GPO
• MEDLINE
• PapersFirst
• ProceedingsFirst
• WorldCat Dissertations
• WorldAlmanac

• Databases to be added to Base Package Jan. 31st
• ArchiveGrid
• Worlds largest repository of primary source
  materials
• CAMIO
• A worldly collection of museum art images
• OAISTER
• Worlds largest open archive database access
  documents, images content and audio/video
  materials

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Licensed Content Platform Project Database
Searching Using the WorldCat.org User Interface

• Objective Timeframe
• Use the WorldCat.org platform and UI as the end
  user platform for accessing content licensed from
  OCLC
• Make all OCLC Licensed Content searchable via the
  platform UI by July 1, 2009

• Library Benefits
• Easier end user access to authoritative databases
  and content
• No additional fee to use this new option its a
  free choice
• Minimal change needed to make available
• Existing platform access to via FirstSearch
  content stays available

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The BIG PICTURE

• OCLC is moving toward offering its content on a
  single discovery platform WorldCat.org
• On July 1, OCLC will make available all the
  content licensed from OCLC through the
  WorldCat.org platform and user interface.
• Libraries will be able to access all the content
  they license from OCLC, FirstSearch databases,
  NetLibrary eBooks and eAudiobooks, Archive Grid
  and CAMIO through the WorldCat.org user interface
• In mid-2009 WorldCat Local will add a metasearch
  feature that will enable libraries to search
  their physical and digital collections in a
  single search.

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Basic Search Screen
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Article Format Search
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Article Search Results
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New Advanced Search Screen
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Special Indexes available for specific
databasesprovide some search refinement
capability
Dropdown for special Index selection
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Add/Remove Database Option
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Advanced Search Screen
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Search Results Advanced Search
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eBook Search
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eBook Search Results
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Clicking on the View Item Online Launches the
NetLibrary Reader and your eBook
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What we have covered in this update.

• NetLibrary Updates
• Database Updates
• Overview of the Licensed Content Platform project

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Questions?

• James Galbraith
• Associate Product Manager, OCLC
• Phone [phone]
• Email galbraij_at_oclc.org