The potential of CORC

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The potential of CORC

• Gordon Dunsire
• presented at Information for Scotland 8
• 16 November 2001, Edinburgh

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CORC

• Cooperative Online Resource Catalog
• An OCLC service
• Records for online (Web) resources only
• Web-based
• Catalogue record forms
• Authority control
• Documentation

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Metadata (1)

• Records stored in a central database
• Available to all CORC members for downloading and
  local augmentation
• Also in WorldCat (public service?)
• MARC21, Dublin Core, Resource Description
  Framework record formats
• Interchangeable input/output
• Library of Congress standards and rules

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Metadata (2)

• Create new record automatically from URL
• Limited success
• Constant data templates
• Duplicate content for multiple records
• Online authority checking (LC)
• Automatic URL checking and notification
• Pathfinders
• Web pages with dynamic content derived from
  metadata, including links

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Consortium

• Pilot, in agreement with OCLC
• Funded by SLIC
• To investigate use of CORC for collaborative
  cataloguing in Scotland
• Similar to proposal requested and accepted by
  SCURL
• Currently involves CDLR, SLIC, East
  Dunbartonshire Libraries, and Napier University
  Learning Information Services

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Potential (1)

• More effective use of cataloguing resources
• Avoid duplication, improve consistency
• Common standards
• Few legacy problems (for the time being)
• Interoperability e-GIF
• Isolate online resources for users
• Instant gratification
• CAIRNS electronic miniclump

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Potential (2)

• Opening up access to Scotlands culture online
• Global audience via WorldCat
• Establishing authoritative Scotland in
  cyberspace
• Personal and corporate names places events
  subject headings

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Slainte!

• g.dunsire_at_napier.ac.uk
• contact me with comments, queries, suggestions
• http//oclc.org/support/training/
• Using CORC (tutorial)
• Hands on CORC (demos and exercises)