PALINET CAT

The WorldCat Collection Analysis Quarterly Update (through September, 2008) has been released.  The WorldCat “snapshot” was taken on September 24, 2008.

-OCLC

CONTENTdm: An overview

Presenter: Ron Gardner, OCLC Digital Services Consultant
During this one-hour introductory session, Ron will highlight the range of options OCLC offers that supports the entire digital life cycle; from planning and processing to managing, preserving and sharing primary source materials.

During the session he’ll focus on OCLC’s CONTENTdm software and explain how it helps you make everything in your digital collections available to everyone, everywhere. No matter the format-local history archives, newspapers, books, maps, photo and slide libraries, or audio/video-CONTENTdm can handle the storage, management and delivery of your collections to users across the Web.

He’ll also show digital library projects completed by organizations that have used CONTENTdm.

Note: This session has been designed for those who are considering CONTENTdm for their organization.

To register, please click on one of the links below.
October 29 (1:00-2:00 PM Eastern) - https://www3.oclc.org/app/request/bin/request.asp?specialCode=cdmwebinarOct29
November 12 (1:00- 2:00 PM Eastern) - https://www3.oclc.org/app/request/bin/request.asp?specialCode=cdmwebinarNov12

-OCLC

There are two WorldCat.org Webinars coming up. One is for librarians; the other for end-users. Presented by Jasmine De Gaia, Product Manager for WorldCat Consumer Discovery, the sessions are designed to help participants get the most out of WorldCat.org.

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For Librarians
Gain more online visibility for your library with WorldCat
Plan to attend a live WorldCat.org Webinar on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 from 3:30 - 4:30PM Eastern (12:30 - 1:30PM Pacific).

Join Jasmine De Gaia of OCLC for a free Web seminar on how to get more exposure for your library’s collections online, with WorldCat.org. You’ll learn how to increase your site traffic, update your listings in the WorldCat Registry, use social tools to attract more users, give feedback to the WorldCat team and more. Plus, get a special sneak preview of what’s coming up next with WorldCat and WorldCat Local.

Register here: https://www3.oclc.org/app/request/bin/request.asp?specialCode=WorldCatLib29

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For End-users
Get more from your library with WorldCat
When you want to search online beyond your library, use WorldCat.org. Learn more about WorldCat with a live Webinaron Oct. 28, from 2:00 - 3:00PM Eastern (11:00 - 12:00 noon Pacific). You’ll see a demo of all the cool social features on WorldCat, such as tagging, reviews, and ratings. Plus you’ll get a sneak preview of what’s to come and get to ask questions of the WorldCat team.

Please register here: https://www3.oclc.org/app/request/bin/request.asp?specialCode=WorldCatUser28
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 -OCLC

Cataloger’s Desktop includes OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards  

The fourth edition of Bibliographic Formats and Standards, OCLC’s guide to cataloging using the WorldCat database, is now part of the Cataloger’s Desktop, the online cataloging documentation resource from the Library of Congress.

Bibliographic Formats and Standardsis fully indexed and searchable in Cataloger’s Desktop and, with Desktop’s 2008 issue 4 release in November, will be linked to the service’s MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data file.

Announcement from LC

-OCLC

Develop your cataloging and technical services skills further with these PALINET Fall 2008 workshops designed for catalogers and technical services staff.

1. Integrating Resources Cataloging (SCCTP)*

The full day course is based on the revised chapters 9 and 12 of AACR2 and covers all integrating resources, with an emphasis on electronic resources. The workshop covers the new rules that have been added to these chapters and will provide timely guidance to monograph, serials, and electronic resource catalogers who may be responsible for cataloging them.
Friday, October 24, 2008 / 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM EST/
PALINET, Philadelphia, PA

Further info: http://www.palinet.org/ep_workshops_wsdesc.aspx?WSID=197

2. Advanced Connexion Client: Batching your Workflow and Customizing the Client

This online workshop will be taught in two parts. The first part will teach you how to utilize the batch capabilities of the Connexion Client cataloging interface. The second part will teach you how to customize the Connexion Client cataloging interface in order to make it work as efficiently as possible.

Tuesday, November 04, 2008 / 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST/ Part 1 of 2
Thursday, November 06, 2008 / 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST/ Part 2 of 2
Live Online

Further info: http://www.palinet.org/ep_workshops_wsdesc.aspx?WSID=237

3. Advanced Serials Cataloging - 2-Day Session (SCCTP)*
Thursday, December 11, 2008 / 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM EST/ Part 1 of 2
Friday, December 12, 2008 / 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM EST/ Part 2 of 2
PALINET, Philadelphia, PA

Further info: http://www.palinet.org/ep_workshops_wsdesc.aspx?WSID=60  

4. WorldCat Collection Analysis for New Users - New!

This workshop will cover how to use the OCLC WorldCat Collection Analysis service to identify unique holdings and compare a collection against all the holdings in WorldCat, how to evaluate a collection against other WorldCat institutions, how to batchload your institution’s holdings, and how to generate reports.
Thursday, October 23, 2008 / 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM EST/
PALINET, Philadelphia, PA

Further info: http://www.palinet.org/ep_workshops_wsdesc.aspx?WSID=436

* Serials Cataloging Cooperative Training Program - SCCTP is a cooperative program that provides standardized training materials and trained trainers in the field of serials cataloging, through workshops sponsored by library associations, networks, and institutions.

This guide to cataloging using OCLC’s WorldCat database provides you with essential information on creating and using bibliographic records in WorldCat, including:

• Input standards and guidelines for catalogers
• Tagging conventions
• Links to sources of related cataloging information

The fourth edition of Bibliographic Formats and Standards is the final edition available in print. The fourth edition will continue to be updated online and major revisions will be announced at Abstract & revision notes. Updates will be made available at Bibliographic Formats and Standards in PDF format so that holders of the fourth edition can keep their print copies up-to-date.

OCLC has launched a pilot to explore the feasibility of building a cooperatively created and maintained repository of copyright evidence. The WorldCat Copyright Evidence Registry (CER) is a community working together to build a union catalog of copyright evidence based on WorldCat metadata, additional information contributed by libraries and by other interested organizations.

Digitization projects continue for books in the public domain, but books whose copyright status is unknown are destined to remain in print and on shelves until their status can be determined. The process to determine copyright status can be lengthy and labor intensive. The goal of the Copyright Evidence Registry is to encourage a cooperative environment to discover, create and share copyright evidence through a collaboratively created and maintained database, using the WorldCat cooperative model to eliminate duplicate efforts.

The CER beta is searchable at http://www.worldcat.org/copyrightevidence. Those wishing to contribute data are invited to log in using their Connexion authorization or a WorldCat.org authorization. Please read the instructions carefully as you log in for the first time. Additional functionality will be available to formal pilot libraries later in the test through an assigned CER authorization. If you would like to participate in the pilot, please contact OCLC via the feedback form at http://www.worldcat.org/copyrightevidence/registry/feedback.
More information about the CER beta and the pilot can be found at http://www.oclc.org/us/en/productworks/cer.htm and at http://www.worldcat.org/copyrightevidence/registry/about.

The recent press release is available at http://www.oclc.org/us/en/news/releases/200832.htm.

OCLC has begun adding files of records for Chinese language materials from the China National Publishing Industry Trading Corporation (CNPITC).  Founded in October 1980, CNPITC is one of China’s largest foreign trade enterprises in the national press and publishing industry.  Its business covers the import and export of books, periodicals, newspapers, audio-visuals, electronic publications, and cultural products, among other things and is a leading supplier of Chinese publications to libraries worldwide.  With main offices in Beijing, CNPITC also has branches in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.  In June 2002, CNPITC became the first ISO9001-2000 certified corporation within the Chinese press and publishing industry.

When a CNPITC record (OCLC symbol CNPIT) is added or matched to WorldCat, a 938 field is added to the MARC record that contains the vendor code CNPI.  This code is indexed; vendor records are searchable in Connexion using the vendor index (Vendor (vn:) in the dropdown menu).  Some examples of the records added to WorldCat from CNPITC are OCLC numbers: #233689268, # 233689410.  Examples of records matched are: # 62335322, # 70139368

The records do contain Chinese characters, but are considered to be cataloged in English.  No 040 subfield b is present, indicating English language cataloging.  English language libraries may upgrade these records and add English language notes as they wish.  There are 520 notes present that only contain Chinese characters, since CNPITC was not able to supply English summaries.  This may be confusing, as it may appear that these records are hybrids of Chinese and English.  However, the decision was made to retain these notes rather than to delete them, as they may provide a service to some using WorldCat. 

For information in about CNPITC, see their web site at: http://www.cnpitc.com.cn/

For a list of all partners contributing records through the Vendor Record Contribution Program, see:
http://www.oclc.org/partnerships/material/contribution/technical/default.htm

At PALINET Support today we received a question about the function shortcut keys for OCLC’s Connexion Client, so I thought it was a good opportunity to send a reminder about the template for the Connexion Client Function Keys.

Here is a template that you can print out and put over the keys on your keyboard: http://www.oclc.org/us/en/support/documentation/connexion/client/gettingstarted/keyboardtemplate.pdf

-Cynthia

Earlier this year, OCLC announced a pilot project to explore upstream metadata capture and metadata enhancement using publisher and vendor ONIX (Online Information Exchange) metadata. Here’s an overview of how the pilot is progressing and the next steps.

Between January and June 2008, OCLC:

• enhanced the OCLC ONIX to MARC crosswalk.
• created the OCLC MARC to ONIX crosswalk.
• defined rules and hierarchies for mining existing WorldCat records to enhance ONIX metadata and to enhance or create records in WorldCat.
• developed software to perform creation and enhancement activities.
• began receiving ONIX metadata from publisher and vendor pilot partners.
• developed evaluative tools and case study templates for reporting on pilot results.
• began to collect statistical information on metadata received and enhanced.
• continued to refine crosswalks, rules for enhancement and software based on live data.
• began defining mapping between DDC and publisher BISAC (Book Industry Standards and Communications) subject headings.

Results thus far provide proof of concept that metadata can be created and enhanced through these processes.

Three pilot partners submitting approximately 1,000 ONIX records each:

• Total records processed: 2,935
• Total records matched in WorldCat: 2,724
• Total records with no exact match: 211
• Total records enhanced: 2,706

One pilot partner submitting a larger data set:

• Total records processed: 7,649
• Total records matched in WorldCat: 6,584
• Total records with no exact match: 1,065
• Total records enhanced: 6,565

During July and August, OCLC will wrap up the pilot and provide final statistics, pilot partner evaluations, case studies and recommendations for moving forward to library and publisher supply chain communities. OCLC welcomes input from both communities on new ways to think about cataloging and metadata creation in support of both library and publishing needs.

Pilot overview ››

ALA Annual presentation ››