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BETH 2015 - Bologna (Italy)
What is known must be sharedBuilding on the insights from OCLC Research
CEO Ifnet Srl OCLC development partner Italy
Gabriele Lunati
The OCLC Galaxy
PAUL GABRIELE WESTON, La galassia OCLC, in La catalogazione derivata, Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, 1993, p. 129-146.
G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015
BEHIND THE GALAXY
This presentation• The OCLC Research Center
– organisation, – people – current themes
• Research on born digital material• The «Galaxy» in numbers• Conclusions
G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015
1967 OCLC «birthday»
1971 OCLC catalogue opening
1978 OCLC Research opening
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OCLC RESEARCH
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Advanced Development and Consultation• Leading contributions to the development of mobile, "big data" infrastructure,
bibliographic processing, linked data, analytics, data architecture and other areas.
• Sometimes Research prototypes or demos become production services.
• Main focus of expertise about archives in OCLC.
• To provide expertise to particular discussions within the organization.
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Member and Partner Engagement• interconnected through personal and formal engagement with library
and archival institutions and organizations
• an important contribution to enhancing our third role of engaging with members and mobilizing the community around shared concerns
• OCLC Research Library Partnership < http://www.oclc.org/research/partnership/about.html >
• a global alliance of like-minded institutions that focuses on making operational processes more efficient and shaping new scholarly services
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People page
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Past activities http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/past.html
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Shared Community R&D• Current themes are:
– Research Collections and Support– Data Science– User Behavior Studies & Synthesis– Understanding the System-wide Library
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Research Collections and Support
• Extending the reach and impact of special collections
• Adapting to the changing nature of stewardship
• Moving libraries to the center of research support
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Data Science• Aggregating library-created data
• Enhance aggregated data
• Mine data to create new knowledge
• Exposing and extending data
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User Studies• Embedding the library in community
workflows
• Engaging individuals in context
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Understanding the Systemwide Library
• Understanding the collective collection
• Optimizing resource sharing
• Sourcing and scaling
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FROM PROJECT TO SERVICE
VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)
• Library of Congress (LC), the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB), the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF) and OCLC
• international service (2012) designed to provide convenient access to the world's major name authority files
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VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)
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VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)
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VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)
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QuestionPoint• CDRS (a joint project LC / OCLC 2001)
• Provide high-quality reference services online and around the clock
• Increase coverage without increasing staff• Share your know-how
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QuestionPoint• Available in various languages (including Italian)• Fully customizable• Usable in single installations (like the BNF)• Or in libraries networks
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QuestionPoint
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QuestionPoint
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MANAGING «BORN DIGITAL»
Ricky ErwaySenior Program OfficerOCLC Research center
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2012
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20131.Preparing the Workstation
2.Transferring the Data
3.Securing Project Files ( ex.:virus)
4.Assess Content (ex.: deduplication)
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BACK TO THE GALAXY
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Every 8SecondsHow often a new record is introduced to WorldCat
My sources• OCLC RESEARCH: http://www.oclc.org/research.html
• VIAF: http://viaf.org/
• QUESTIONPOINT: http://www.oclc.org/questionpoint.en.html
• BORN DIGITAL: http://www.oclc.org/research/themes/research-collections/borndigital.html
• James Neal on BD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--8goHkaBoY
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CONCLUSIONS
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StabilityWide cooperation
Experience & knowledge sharing
Information overloadTechnical change“In this time of ‘information overload’ and fast changing technology I think
that OCLC represents an increasingly important reference point.
OCLC’s concept of cooperation on a global scale isn’t just about sharing data and documents but more importantly it is about sharing ideas and experiences which can be adopted and adapted to improve the activities and roles of every cultural institution: from Museums and archives to Libraries.”
