The world’s libraries. Connected. WorldShare platform & Management Services Integrate all of your collections: print, licensed & digital Chris Thewlis.

The world’s libraries. Connected.

WorldShare platform & Management Services

Integrate all of your collections: print, licensed & digital

Chris ThewlisRegional ManagerOCLC Australia / New Zealand


Further access to the world’s information

Reduce the rate of rise of library costs

72,035 libraries in 170 countries

The OCLC cooperative: a nonprofit, membership organization

OCLC serves libraries


Shared data about the world’s libraries. Find and get it.


OCLC and Australian Libraries

National Cataloguing Agreement

Australian National Bibliographic Database

(CBS)

Libraries Australia Document Delivery (LADD)

(VDX)

Access to WorldCat Exposure in WorldCat.org


The original social network

2+ billionholdings

Books Serials Maps Scores Visual Mixed Sound Computer

300+ millionrecords

As of 11 June 2013


30 June 2012

60.2%

Total RecordsEnglishGermanFrenchSpanishJapaneseChinese ItalianDutch Russian Latin

274 m 108.6 m

36.5 m 25.5 m

11.3 m8.0 m6.5 m4.7 m4.3 m3.6 m3.5 m

Multilingual WorldCat


300+ million bibliographic records

2+ billion holdings

980million records38 million items

(Institutional repositories, Google, HathiTrust, OAIster)

Bibliographic information in

WorldCat

Licensed digital content/articles in library collections

Digitized local library content

Representing the collective collection in WorldCat Local and WorldCat.org

As of 11 June 2013


Cloud solution


Tenancy

Multi-Tenancy

Single Tenancy


Web-scale

What is Web-scale?

Large scale web services with content coming from a large user base:

Shared infrastructure to manage and share resources across libraries and across communities.

Shared data about the world’s libraries. Find and get it.


OCLC WorldShare

Applications

Platform Management

Infrastructure

Data

Web Services

Library Built Partner Built OCLC Built


Technical infrastructure

Robust & Secure

Centrally Managed

More time for innovationApplications

Platform Management

Infrastructure

Data

Web Services

Library Partner OCLC


Global data centers

ISO 27001:2005


Data

Aggregation & syndication

Shared mantainence

Efficient workflows

Management information Applications

Platform Management

Infrastructure

Data

Web Services




WorldCat knowledge base


Web Services

Open for usage

Makes use of the data

Sychronize and Integrate

Applications

Platform Management

Infrastructure

Data

Web Services



Applications

Platform Management

Infrastructure

Data

Web Services

Applications


On this base …

… we can create

added value and new and more efficient

workflows


Applications

Platform Management

Infrastructure

Data

Web Services


A cooperative cloud-based library management solution

The world’s libraries. Connected.The world’s libraries. Connected.

from multiple systems and servers…

to one browser


An increasing amount of redundant work


Data shared is data enhanced, secured and of better quality

• Not just traditional library dataBibliographic data, authorities yes…PLUS:

• Vendor data• Knowledge base data• Serial check-in data• Evaluative content• Licensing data• FRBR, GLIMIR• LCSH, DDC, VIAF, ONIX, Linked data

• Create once, enhance often, share widely

• Shared storage and security benefits


OCLC’s Syndication Program

Linked Data

http://sustainablecollections.com/


OCLC WorldShare Metadata platform services• Vendor neutral – libraries,

developers, partners – encouraging innovative uses of data

• Create, read, update WorldCat master bibliographic records

• Create and delete institutional holdings

• Create, read, update, delete local bibliographic data

• Create, read, update, delete local holdings records – coming later in 2013

ApplicationsApplicationsRecord

ManagerCollectionManager

Infrastructure

Data

Services WorldShare Metadata

Library-builtApplicationsLibrary-builtApplications

Partner-builtApplicationsPartner-builtApplications

WorldCat Metadata API – now available

OCLC WorldShare Metadata platform services


Content highlight: e-books

Largest e-book catalogue in the industry• 14.5 million e-books

• WorldCat/WorldCat knowledge base (starting) to work together

• Also: 234M books, 4M chapters

• Key e-book partners


OCLC WorldShare Metadata Collection Manager

ApplicationsApplications

Infrastructure

Data

Services

Collection Manager –now available

• Manage metadata on physical, electronic, and digital collections of records

• WorldCat holdings maintenance

• MARC record delivery with custom editing options to supply data to discovery interfaces

• Automatic update and delete notifications as collections and metadata change

• Detailed reports

RecordManager

CollectionManager

WorldShare Metadata


Workflow process

Request Collection Manager

Define

MARC record options

Define collections

Activate WorldCat holdings

option

Library sets up once

Library and/or provider maintains

as needed

Automated, ongoing process

Maintain WorldCat holdings

Deliver WorldCat

MARC records

Providereports


Library Built Partner Built

WorldShare ILL design

OCLC Built

Infrastructure

WorldCat Resource SharingDatabase (All Requests)

ILLiadClioISO Systems

WorldShare ILLandWorldCat Resource Sharing

App Gallery

Data

Web Services


Questions?

The world’s libraries. Connected. WorldShare platform & Management Services Integrate all of your collections: print, licensed & digital Chris Thewlis.

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