OCLC: An Overview of Interesting and Useful Products and Services
Seth Huber – [email protected] Felicity Dykas – [email protected] University of Missouri
2019 MOBIUS Annual Conference
1 Session abstract
From WorldShare Management Services (WMS) to the Digital Collection Gateway to the new Library 100, OCLC products and services continue to expand and to provide opportunities for increasing access to library collections. Presenters will give overviews of: 1) Major OCLC products, such as WorldCat Management Services and the Digital Collections Gateway; 2) Products OCLC has created using WorldCat metadata, such as WorldCat Identities and The Library 100; and 3) Other good-to-know OCLC activities and services that support libraries. Rather than giving an in-depth description for any one service or product, this will be a quick overview and introduction to several, with pointers to additional information. OCLC System Alert: Planned maintenance for multiple services – March 6, 2019
• System maintenance for all data centers is scheduled to start at 2019-03-09 23:00 Central Time through 2019-03-10 05:00 Central Time affecting the following services: Connexion, FirstSearch, QuestionPoint, WorldCat Local • During this time, some functionality in the following services will be impacted: Article Exchange API, CONTENTdm, EZproxy (hosted), ILLiad, Interlibrary Loan Policies Directory API, Tipasa, VDX, VIAF API, WMS Acquisitions API, WMS Availability API, WMS Circulation API, WMS Collection Management API, WMS NCIP Service, WMS Vendor Information Center API, WorldCat Discovery, WorldCat Identities API, WorldCat knowledge base API, WorldCat Metadata API, WorldCat Registry API, WorldCat Search API, WorldCat.org, WorldShare Acquisitions, WorldShare Circulation, WorldShare Collection Manager, WorldShare Interlibrary Loan, WorldShare License Manager, WorldShare License Manager API, WorldShare Record Manager, WorldShare Reports and Report Designer, www.OCLC.org What is on the list WorldCat Local WMS Acquisitions API Connexion WorldCat Discovery WMS Availability API FirstSearch WorldCat Identities API WMS Circulation API QuestionPoint WorldCat knowledge WMS Collection Management API Article Exchange API WMS NCIP Service base API CONTENTdm WorldCat Metadata API WMS Vendor Information EZproxy (hosted) WorldCat Registry API Center API WorldCat Search API WorldShare Acquisitions ILLiad WorldCat.org WorldShare Circulation Interlibrary Loan Policies WorldShare Collection Manager Directory API WorldShare Interlibrary Loan Tipasa WorldShare License Manager VDX WorldShare License Manager API VIAF API WorldShare Record Manager www.OCLC.org WorldShare Reports and Report Designer Outline
WorldCat WorldCat.org WorldCat.org offshoots Digital Collection Tools Catalog and Knowledgebase Tools Widgets and APIs Research and blogs, etc. WorldCat WorldCat
“WorldCat brings together valuable information about collection items, electronic resources and the libraries that make them available.” • bibliographic catalog • knowledge base • registry of library profiles https://www.oclc.org/en/worldcat.html “WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services. WorldCat libraries are dedicated to providing access to their resources on the Web, where most people start their search for information.” https://www.worldcat.org/whatis/default.jsp Inside WorldCat • Bibliographic records • 449,588,069 as of April 2019 • WorldCat grew by 7.28% between April 2018-April 2019 • Source of bibliographic records for items published since 2010 • 62.25% - OCLC and member libraries • 21.80% - National libraries • 13.22% - Vendors/publishers • 2.73% - Library of Congress • 2,768,437,518 – Number of holdings • An ILL request is filled every 1.4 seconds
https://www.oclc.org/en/worldcat/inside-worldcat.html https://www.oclc.org/en/worldcat/cooperative-quality.html https://www.oclc.org/en/worldcat/foundation.html WorldCat bibliographic … WorldCat .org
Cookbook FirstSearch Finder
WorldCat bib data
FirstSearch ArchiveGrid databases
WorldCat Identities WorldCat.org “On August 8 [2006], we launched the WorldCat.org Web site. It offers a search box that people can download and use to search the more than 70 million records and 1.1 billion location WorldCat.org listings in WorldCat. For the first time, collections in OCLC member libraries are now visible on the Internet to people everywhere. This is one of the signal achievements in the history of the OCLC cooperative.” (2005-2006 OCLC Annual Report)
• Provides web access to the bibliographic records in WorldCat • Features • Multiple search options; facets for refining results • Search results organized by works, with a useful view of editions and formats • Find nearest library with holdings * • Find and request an item through one’s own library • Find links to various services • Users can set up accounts to access several functions * Display of holdings for libraries in WorldCat
Holdings display for libraries that maintain subscriptions to both: • Cataloging and Metadata • FirstSearch or WorldCat Discovery
OCLC FAQs WorldCat.org landing page
• https://www.worldcat.org/ • Search WorldCat.org, including Advance search • Find a Library • Sign in to create lists, bibliographies, and reviews • News postings • WorldCat tools - link • Most popular library - WorldCat libraries most often selected as a favorite by WorldCat users • Most popular tags • Recent reviews • Recently updated lists • For librarians and information providers – links • Language options www.worldcat.org
Detailed record view
• https://www.worldcat.org/title/firm-a-novel/oclc/988540191&referer=brief_results • Bibliographic information • With ratings and link to reviews • Get a copy - purchase • Connection to a library (depending on local setup: option to request through ILL, Find item in local catalog, etc.) • Find a copy in the library – listing of libraries that hold the title • Show libraries holding just this edition or narrow results by format • More bibliographic information, including option to search WorldCat Identities • User-contributed reviews • Tags • Similar Items – links through bibliographic data, like subject headings • Linked data view
View all editions and formats
• https://www.worldcat.org/title/firm-a- novel/oclc/988540191/editions?referer=di&editionsView=true • Options to refine search: Format, Year, Language • Display with columns for Type, Language, Date/Edition, Publication • Sort by: Date/Edition (Newest First), Date/Edition (Oldest First) • Select All / Clear All - Save to List
For all users
WorldCat.org > Home > WorldCat Help
WorldCat Lists
Your lists • Public or private • Quickly add records • Add descriptions to lists • Limit of 500 items in each list • Create an unlimited number of lists • Can select and output entries Lists created by others • Search, use, follow
Profile Find a Library WorldCat Registry
• Directory of libraries and library consortia • Includes information on library services, relationships, contacts and other data.
“A free service for all libraries and consortia helping to raise the visibility of libraries on behalf of the OCLC membership and the library community.” https://www.worldcat.org/webservices/registry/Institutions
WorldCat.org traffic partner sites
• These partner websites highlight access to resources in libraries by providing links to WorldCat.org, where people can see lists of libraries that own items of interest to them. From WorldCat.org, searchers can link directly to library websites to determine item availability. Library collections visible on WorldCat.org are from libraries who represent their collections in WorldCat® through an OCLC Cataloging and Metadata subscription and maintain a FirstSearch/WorldCat Discovery subscription.
https://www.oclc.org/en/worldcat-org/partnersites.html WorldCat.orgTraffic Partners
Google Library
FamilySearch Library WorldCat.org Internet Archive Library
And many more Library
https://www.oclc.org/en/partnersites/worldcat/partnersites.html
WorldCat offshoots OCLC Experimental Projects
WorldCat Identities Fiction Finder Kindred Works Cookbook Finder Library 100
http://experimental.worldcat.org WorldCat Identities
• Provides information on people, things, fictitious characters, and corporations • Based on information in WorldCat • Gives an overview of works associated with the identity • Genres • Roles • Classifications • Publication timeline • Most widely held works (with summaries) • Audience level • Related identities (co-authors, narrators, etc.) • Associated subjects • Useful links (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama Fiction Finder
• Discovery of fiction • More than 2 million bibliographic works / 12 million bibliographic records • Formats: books, eBooks, audio books, movies and television shows • You can search by person, place, topic, genre, character, and more
http://experimental.worldcat.org
Advanced search • Author • Title • Exact title • Genre • Subject • Place • Keyword • Character • Name • Dewey • Language • Format • Year Basic search = legal thrillers Missouri 10 results WorldCat Genres Kindred Finder
• Find items similar to an item of interest based on the content of bibliographic records • Uses classification numbers, subject headings, and genre terms • Recommendations can be customized to a individual library (based on OCLC code) • An API can be used to integrate recommendations into other service or applications
https://www.oclc.org/research/themes/data-science/kindredworks.html
Cookbook Finder
• Discover thousands of cookbooks and other works about food and nutrition • Search by person, place, topic (e.g., course, ingredient, method and more), and Dewey classification • Browse related works by author and topic (Kindred Works API)
http://experimental.worldcat.org/xfinder/cookbookfinder.html
Success depends on the quality of our records
Dewey: 818 = American miscellaneous writings Library 100 List
“The top 100 novels of all time found in libraries around the world” • Print books • Based on the total number of holdings in libraries in WorldCat • Included clustering of translations, editions, and variations
https://www.oclc.org/en/worldcat/library100.html Value: Promote your library with the Library 100 List • Identify what you have • Use graphics and share with users • Start a discussion about great novels • Promote the Library 100 novels on your shelf • Use list or poster and encourage users to identify what they have read • Celebrate favorite genres or top authors
https://www.oclc.org/en/worldcat/library100/promote.html Example
• Write in name of book • Write its number • Fold in half • Place under book on shelf
Website: Posters, web graphics, and more
https://www.oclc.org/en/worldcat/library100/promote.html
Digital collections tools CONTENTdm
• Platform for digital collections • Can store any file format and supports full-text searching • APIs can be used to integrate collections with other types of resources, including maps and content management systems, as well as to develop unique modes of presentation such as touchscreen displays • Highly scalable system • Allows for OAI harvesting and offers integration into library systems and discovery tools CONTENTdm
• CONTENTdm sites are harvested regularly and are structured to allow search engines to present information accurately to users • Support for Google Analytics is built in • CONTENTdm sites are compliant with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines • Long-term preservation tools are built-in
Digital Collection Gateway
• Originally developed to work with CONTENTdm and is designed to integrate digital collections metadata into WorldCat • Works with any digital collections platform that is OAI-PMH compliant • Relies on Dublin Core mappings which are then translated to MARC • Unique mappings can be created for individual collections • Individual records cannot be edited from the Gateway interface • After initial harvesting, the process can be highly automated Record example (Connexion) Record example (WorldCat) ArchiveGrid
• Provides access to archival materials from over 1,000 institutions • Primarily populated from WorldCat; records are selected using various filters • For institutions who are not contributing MARC records, ArchiveGrid can harvest finding aids in various formats (EAD, PDF, or HTML) • ArchiveGrid has a close connection to OCLC’s research activities; it is used to experiment with discovery system features as well as to support data analysis and text mining research ArchiveGrid ArchiveGrid ArchiveGrid Further information
• https://www.oclc.org/en/contentdm.html • https://www.oclc.org/en/digital-gateway.html • https://researchworks.oclc.org/archivegrid/about/ Cataloging and knowledgebase tools Record Manager
• A cataloging utility similar to Connexion • Will eventually replace Connexion at an unspecified date • In addition to LC names and subjects, available subject vocabularies for searching and display include Canadiana, GND, Maori subject headings, MeSH, and NTA names • Offers the ability to create local bibliographic data and edit this data in bulk Record Manager Record Manager Collection Manager
• Allows libraries to maintain WorldCat holdings and provide access to electronic resources • Collection Manager offers several workflows that can be implemented according to a library’s needs • Knowledgebase collections—manages electronic resource holdings and provides catalog records • Query collections—provides catalog records according to specific criteria • Cataloging partner collections—supplies catalog records based on information provided by vendors • DataSync—keeps WorldCat holdings up to date • WorldCat updates—provides updated catalog records based on changes to master records; criteria can be selected locally Collection Manager Further information
• https://www.oclc.org/en/worldshare-collection-manager.html • https://www.oclc.org/en/worldshare-record-manager.html WorldCat Tools WorldCat Tools Widgets – for everyone
• WorldCat list widget – Let visitors view items on your WorldCat list • https://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/do/AffiliateLogin • WorldCat search box - Put the WorldCat search box on your site • https://www.worldcat.org/affiliate/tools • Create WorldCat links with embedded search terms • https://www.worldcat.org/affiliate/tools?atype=text • Single subject keyword • Multiple subject keyword • Author keywords • Title keywords • Combining indices Widgets added to my internal homepage Widgets – for developers
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X X X WorldCat search plug-ins
• Facebook • Firefox
https://www.worldcat.org/toolbars/default.jsp Create a WorldCat link
https://www.worldcat.org/links/default.jsp Many including: APIs • Classify - Classify books, videos, CDs and other materials based on identifier - either ISBN or OCLC Number. • QuestionPoint Knowledgebase - Provides read-only access to Question and Answer (Q&A) pairs that QuestionPoint libraries saved for future re-use, for FAQ pages, for patron searches. • WMS: Acquisitions, Circulation, Identify Management • WorldCat Metadata API - read-write service for WorldCat that makes it possible to add or update master bibliographic records in WorldCat, maintain holdings information, and work with local bibliographic data. https://platform.worldcat.org/api-explorer/apis Article: OCLC opens up WorldCat through APIs (2010) http://www.ala.org/tools/article/ala-techsource/oclc-opens-worldcat-through-apis More ways to connect your users with WorldCat
• Text for email announcement • Press release • Add WorldCat permalink to blog postings and tweets • Promote the CiteMe app for Facebook that gives an automatic citation for a book • Update your registry profile • Upload a “Why I love WorldCat” video to YouTube
https://www.oclc.org/en/worldcat-org/resources/more.html Other areas of interest Research and publications
• Research is conducted in many areas from linked data to data management to scholarly communication, and much of it is published and made available • Distinguished Seminar Series on current interest topics • Researchers and others maintain blogs on many topics related to libraries Research and publications
• https://www.oclc.org/research/home.html?cmpid=md_res • https://www.oclc.org/research/publications.html • https://www.oclc.org/research/events/works-in-progress-webinar- series.html • https://www.oclc.org/research/events/dss.html Discussion
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