OCLC Update: WorldCat Discovery

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1 Long Island Regional Library Council July 11, 2014 OCLC Update: WorldCat Discovery Rob Favini OCLC Regional Member Liaison - Northeast

2 Our time together today General OCLC overview Update of OCLC product and service strategy WorldCat Discovery update

3 Member Liaisons Member outreach and feedback Regional presence / regional contact Local programming Member contact outside of sales and support Rob Favini, Member Relations Liaison Northeast Region: CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT favinir@oclc.org x4080

4 THE OCLC COOPERATIVE

5 What is OCLC? A nonprofit, membership cooperative Owned, governed, sustained by members Furthers access to the world s information Reduces library costs Provides beneficial processes and products Promotes library use and librarianship

6 Membership by Library Types Includes 25,900 members in 170 countries Community College 5% Special Libraries 17% College & University 21% Public 23% School 34%

7 Global network

8 Our cooperative values Economies of scale Increased productivity Increased connectivity Libraries The rest of the world State-of-the art technology Innovative services Advancement of librarianship

9 OCLC IN TRANSFORMATIVE TIMES

10 Transformation of leadership Welcome to OCLC, Skip Prichard! 5 th President and CEO in OCLC s 46-year history Was President and CEO of Ingram Content Group Focus on communication and trust = cooperative values Vision = Explore (global and local scale) Share (data, work, resources) Magnify (impact of libraries)

11 Life at Webscale

12 Digital footprints Slide title here

13 Alistair Croll: "Implications and Opportunities of Big Data OCLC Symposium, ALA Midwinter Seattle The big data movement is fundamentally about taking large amounts of data that are often spread across many sources in many different formats and making it possible to explore them quickly and easily. Big data doesn't have to be all that big. Just more than you can go through by hand.

14 The world at Webscale

15 Trends impacting every library Technology Hardware Processing / Data Web / Mobile Users Web Electronic Image:

16 The Inside Out Library OUTSIDE IN Resources are scarce and attention is abundant Local scale User s workflow built around library services Towards a centered network presence INSIDE OUT Resources are abundant and attention is scarce Network scale Library services are built around the user s workflow Towards a decentered network presence Locally assemble externally acquired colls Discovery happens in the library Expertise hidden Configure space around collections Engage with creation, management, use and sharing of all information resources Discovery happens elsewhere Expertise visible Configure space around engagement Lorcan Dempsey. "Thirteen Ways of Looking at Libraries, Discovery, and the Catalog: Scale, Workflow, Attention (EDUCAUSE Review) EDUCAUSE.edu."Educause Review Online. Educause, 10 Dec Lorcan Dempsey. Outside in and Inside Out. Lorcan Dempsey. The Inside Out Library: Scale, Learning, Engagement BobcatSSS, 23 January 2013, Hacettepe University, Beytepe, Ankara (Turkey)

17 TRANSFORMING OCLC SERVICES

18 The collective collection of WorldCat Bibliographic information in WorldCat Licensed digital content/articles in library collections Digitized local library content 320+ million bibliographic records 2.1+ billion holdings 1.5 billion records 40 million items (Institutional repositories, Google, HathiTrust, OAIster) As of 28 June 2014

19 WorldCat Facts and Statistics As of July 3, 2014

20 WorldCat growth since Millions of records Fiscal year As of 28 June 2013

21 Transformation of infrastructure and strategy NOW THEN

22 OCLC s cloud strategy Integrate with partners, vendors and library users Integrate into workflows Effectiveness Lower IT costs Lower service delivery costs Efficiency

23 OUR MOVE TO THE CLOUD A Global Data Network Service Migrations Infrastructure

24 OCLC s Strategy: Inside OUT Shared data about the world s libraries. Find and get it. Data centers: Dublin, OH; UK; Canada; Australia Shared infrastructure to manage and share resources

25 INSIDE OUT EXAMPLES

26 Syndicating holdings to the Web

27 Syndicating Libraries to the Web: Library Spotlight Program

28 Syndicating E-collections and Services

29 Syndicating Metadata to the Web: Linked Data Richard Wallis:

30 Transformation of OCLC services Cataloging Interlibrary Loan Discovery Increased visibility of library and library materials Increased productivity and efficiencies Enhanced access and discovery for library patrons

31 The one staff interface concept from multiple systems and servers to one browser

32 Core Services to the cloud Service Migrations Infrastructure

33 Transforming Cataloging and Metadata Continuous improvements and enhancements for all types of materials; Collection Manager available now automatic delivery of WorldCat MARC records Compatibility with WorldShare Management Services or other cloud or traditional ILS solutions. Learn more: WorldShare Metadata:

34 Electronic collection manager

35 WorldCat Knowledge Base

36 Registration WorldShare Metadata new records Collection Manager updates deletes and holdings knowledge base holdings

37 800 FY14 - OCLC Knowledge Base Libraries July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar April May

38 Transforming interlibrary loan Service Migrations Infrastructure

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40 Article Sharing: WorldCat KB Enhanced lending display for e-articles direct link to requested electronic article Direct Request-when both borrowing and lending libraries use WorldCat KB Identify lending libraries more accurately Pass URL of needed item directly to lending library Easily identify items that users request that you already own-reduce loan requests for items your library owns

41 Step 1. delivering what you own

42 3rd party content providers with Illiad Integrating programs into ILL workflows Facilitating seamless document delivery IFM for payment CCC Get It Now Program over 9000 journals and growing

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44 Transforming FirstSearch Service Migrations

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51 Mobile use and the open web Source: Digital Buzz blog, October 2013; CNN Money Feb 2014

52 OCLC and Discovery Discovery is about meeting the user s expectations at point of need with the full value of the library Discovery: in the library or elsewhere on mobile devices Exposure in other applications Data sharing, APIs, Blackboard integration Exposure on the Open Web Partner sites, Search engine results, worldcat.org

53 A single reference and discovery solution to replace FirstSearch and WorldCat Local Available to any library with a FirstSearch subscription 700 libraries registered since March 31 WorldCat Local/WMS transition beta happening now, open to all FirstSearch subscribers early 2015 Access to FirstSearch will end on December 31, 2015

54 WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOUR LIBRARY?

55 As a FirstSearch library, you receive: Single search of all content available through FirstSearch today Access to central index of 1.5 billion items Option to purchase remote database searching Library-branded URL and custom branding

56 Representing the collective collection Bibliographic information in WorldCat Licensed digital content/articles in library collections Digitized local library content 320+ million bibliographic records 2.1+ billion holdings 1.5 billion records 40 million items (Institutional repositories, Google, HathiTrust, OAIster) As of 28 June 2014

57 Responsive Web design

58 Feature your digital collections online with CONTENTdm quick start

59 You choose how to use it Access to WorldCat As your primary discovery service Or both!

60 If you have OCLC Cataloging and maintain holdings in WorldCat and the WorldCat knowledge base, you also receive: Local library collections listed first Integrated Link resolution Built-in A to Z list Customization options: Real-time availability and branch scoping Group views Reserve lists Adobe Analytics And more!

61 Web visibility for library collections maintained in WorldCat WorldCat partner traffic July 2012-June million referrals from partner sites 8.7 million click-throughs to libraries

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63 Enhancements every month!

64 THROUGH THE MAGIC OF SCREEN CAPTURES

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80 Coming in July Submit a request into WorldShare ILL from Staff mode!

81 What s coming?

82 Discovery Philosophy

83 What If

84 WorldCat Works

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89 Discovery supported by Linked Data Knowledge Cards Persons first Then Places, Events Discovery API Results from WorldCat and central index Used in the application

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92 Linked Data Currently exposed in WorldCat.org Uses schema.org Expose offer Exposes collective collection of libraries to the open Web, e.g. search engines

93 Geting ready for WorldCat Discovery

94 Get ready for WorldCat Discovery 1. Register to receive your new WorldCat Discovery URL 2. Send other staff to a WorldCat Discovery webinar (Jul 9, Aug 13, Sept 9) 3. Attend online training, watch short videos 4. Register for updates at US/ .html

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98 Upcoming instructor led training

99 Recorded events

100 WorldCat Discovery Services office hours

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102 WorldCat Discovery Central Index

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105 Librarian s Toolbox

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107 QUESTIONS?

108 Rob Favini OCLC Regional Member Liaison x4080 Explore. Share. Magnify.