Transcript RESPOND Project

OCLC Online Computer Library Center
RESPOND Project
An OCLC Update for
AMICAL participants
Agenda
Accomplishments
Usage statistics
Next steps
Timeline
Discussion
Accomplishments
Batchloads into WorldCat
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libraries have completed batchloads
libraries have active retrospective projects
library has active ongoing holdings project
libraries have not started
Holdings via batchload:
– 893,635 holdings set in WorldCat
– 12,321 original records added to WorldCat
– 717,899 current holdings in WorldCat
Accomplishments / Access
Library collections available through:
– WorldCat database in FirstSearch
– Open WorldCat (on the web)
– WorldCat.org (on the web)
Authorizations provide access to:
– FirstSearch <firstsearch.oclc.org>
• AMICALcat (group catalog)
• Worldcat
– OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing
– OCLC Connexion (cataloging)
Usage Statistics
FirstSearch
– AMICALcat – 427 searches
– WorldCat – 1,035 searches
WorldCat Resource Sharing
Cataloging – not yet started
Next Steps
OCLC Connexion -- cataloging
– Web seminars scheduled
• December 12, 2007
• December 13, 2007
– Cataloging authorizations
• verified and distributed
New Libraries
– Batchload review and project set up
– Profiling and Authorizations
– Schedule web seminars for FS, WCRS
Next steps (cont’d)
WorldCat Collection Analysis
– Set up trial for
• 3 institutional analyses
• 1 consortia analysis
– Review functionality
Project evaluation
Timeline
December 2007 - Summer 2008
– Monthly open meetings for questions and updates
December 2007
– Connexion training
January 2008
– Introduction and batchload web seminar for new
libraries, Huron and Nigeria
February 2008
– Update batchload projects
– WorldCat Resource Sharing web seminar for new
participants and others
Timeline (cont’d)
March 2008
– Follow-up seminar on Connexion
April 2008
– WorldCat Collection Analysis implementation & training
May 2008
– Assess progress, use, prospects; and discuss issues
– Depending on assessment, develop proposal for postpilot OCLC services to be discussed at annual meeting
June 2008 (End of pilot)
– If proposal adopted by AMICAL, finalize post-pilot OCLC
services [OCLC/AMICAL action]
Questions
and
Discussion
Batchload Follow-up
Procedures for adding ‘unresolved’
records to WorldCat – following a
batchload project
Connexion / Cataloging
Export record format?
– OCLC-MARC
– Dublin Core HTML
– Dublin Core RDF
http://www.oclc.org/marcrecords/default.htm
Use TCP/IP export
In Connexion browser, to export directly
to a local system, you must:
– Specify TCP/IP export
– Supply the name of the host computer for
your local system, and the TCP/IP port used to
add records to the local database.
– Consult your system administrator to make
sure your firewall is configured to accept data
from OCLC.
http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation
/connexion/browser/cataloging/export_im
port_bib_records/#rc-rec-export
Cataloging
Z39.50 for Cataloging
http://www.oclc.org/z3950/default.htm
Documentation
– http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation
/z3950/
“Editing bibliographic record”
– Function in Connexion browser
For more information
Jeff Gima, American Univ of Paris
• [email protected]
Kathy Kie, OCLC
• [email protected]
Thank you