AMICAL

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OCLCSERVICES FOR CONSORTIA

• AMICAL

June 01-03, 2005 Lebanese American University,
Beirut
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WHAT IS OCLC (becoming)?

• 1967
• Automate the library catalogue
• 2006
• A PLATFORM for community, communications and
  technology that allows libraries to economically
  process, manage, discover and share information.

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The VALUE of OCLCEnable each library to
accomplish its OWN goals at its OWN pace

• Community
• Mechanisms for Cooperation
• Leadership / Research
• Standards
• Technology

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OCLC Participants
Over 58,000 libraries in 95 countries
964
4,733
41,958
3,616
785
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Non-USCONSORTIA CATALOGSINWORLDCAT
Consortium of University Research Libraries
(CURL) Digital Library for International Research
(formerly American Overseas Digital Library) Red
de Bibliotecas Sur-Sureste (REBIS) SABINET South
Africa Singapore Integrated Library Automation
Services Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) LinkUK
- 75 public libraries in the UK
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AMICALLanguages in WorldCat
French 3.5 million Spanish 2.5
million Russian 1 million Italian 1
million Arabic 350,000 Hungarian 120,000 Gree
k 100,000 Bulgarian 63,000 Armenian 27,00
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Practical Toolsfor Consortia

• Group Services
• OCLC Interlibrary Loan
• Cataloging Services
• Collection Analysis

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GROUP SERVICES
Group Catalog. A single view of your
consortiums resources Unlimited Resource
Sharing Unlimited Cataloging Services Collection
Analysis NetLibrary ebooks Cooperative Reference.
Question Point 24/7
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A Group Catalog

• Search all libraries in AMICAL group or extend to
  all of WorldCat
• Form subject catalogues
• Direct link to each librarys catalog

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Group Catalog

• Uses holdings in WorldCat
• Custom, branded interface
• Links directly to local catalogs
• Public availability via the web

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Create a Group Catalog from the Consortiums
holdings in WorldCat
Records in WorldCat
American University of Paris
American College of Greece
American University in Cairo
Outside Consortium
Not in WorldCat
Batchloading / Custom cataloging
Your Group Catalog
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Linking of resources within your group catalog
Group Catalog Makes It Possible
Local resources
E-books e-journals
AMICAL Catalog
ILL Serials Union Listing
Cataloging
Digital collections
E- databases reference management
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Group Catalog Services

• Implemented
• Illinois
• Florida
• MERLN
• Missouri
• Montana
• Transportation
• Libraries
• ATLA

• Coming Soon
• Georgia Public
• Library Service
• Alaska
• Canadian Transportation Libraries
• Long Island Library Resources Council
• SEPCHE

• North Carolina
• Community
• Colleges
• U.S. Air Force
• Idaho

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WorldCat Resource Sharing7000 Sources, 10
million requests

• Requests can be local, group or worldwide
• Create, send and track
• ILL Fee management
• Serials Online Union Listing

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WorldCat Collection Analysis

• Analyze the age and subject content of your
  collection regardless of
• Classification scheme
• Shelving location
• Compare your collections to other OCLC libraries

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Individual Library Analysis
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Change Analysis Screen
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Column Values are now Formats
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Group Analysis for the Western Group
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Overlap
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WorldCat Cataloging

• Copy cataloging
• Retroconversion
• Contract Cataloging (TechPro)

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The Value of WorldCat

• Authoritative source of bib records
• Resource MAP and Sharing Facilitator
• Portal for illuminating your collections
• Basis for Analysis Collection Dev.

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Functional Requirements for Bibliographic
Records (FRBR)

• FRBR work-set algorithm

Work expressionmanifestationitem
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1 billion in 2006
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Other Group Services

• netLibrary ebooks
• Cooperative Reference
• Education
• Open WorldCat
• Digital Preservation

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CONTENTdm Harvested Collections

• Broward County Library
• Combined Arms Research Library
• Indiana Historical Society
• Louisiana Tech University
• Nashville Public Library
• Pequot Library
• Southern Utah University

• University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
• Washington State University
• West Virginia Wesleyan
• College
• Westminster College
• Winnefox Library System
• Wisconsin Historical Society

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QuestionPoint 24/7
Phone
24/7
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• Gates Foundation Grants
• IMLS Grant

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Open WorldCatLIBRARIES in a Web World

• Illuminate LIBRARIES
• Guide users to LIBRARIES

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Google Scholar/Find in a Library
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NetLibrary eBooks

• 82,000 titles
• 12,400 libraries
• 450 publishers
• 44 countries
• Digital audio books

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46645

• ISBN locate library

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Practial ContributionstoAMICAL PROJECTS 2005

• Professional Development
• Choose a subject. OCLC will coordinate to bring
  an instructor to Cairo.

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Practial ContributionstoAMICAL PROJECTS 2005

• Pilot Union Catalog and ILL
• Wash and load institutions records into
  WorldCat
• Build an AMICAL CAT with full ILL capabilities

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Under Development PilotforAMICAL PROJECTS
2005

• Joint single view, common interface project
  with Serials Solutions, EBSCO and TDnet