OCLC Online Computer Library Center OCLC Resource Sharing Update Sam Sayre OCLC Western Service Center Cassie Maringer WCCLS

OCLC Online Computer Library Center The goal  OCLC will offer simple and comprehensive fulfillment options in a way which meets the patron’s requirements and the library’s cost/time goals

OCLC Online Computer Library Center The environment  Libraries are re-examining how they fill the user’s information needs  Increased Consortial Borrowing groups  Using buy vs. borrow as cheaper alternative  E-content continues to proliferate and consume library budgets  Not adequately exposed  Goes un-used  Libraries seeking faster delivery mechanisms to satisfy user expectations

OCLC Online Computer Library Center The objectives  Create centralized consortial borrowing system  Improve access to licensed digital content  Offer seamless buy vs. borrow services  Create framework for improved international cooperation

OCLC Online Computer Library Center The projects  Create centralized consortial borrowing system  Use NCIP to interact with local ILS  Include the ability for small libraries with no ILS to participate in consortia  Improve unmediated requesting for both loan and copy via automated use of Policies Directory and Holdings data

OCLC Online Computer Library Center The projects  Access to Licensed Content  Encourage libraries to load e-journal holdings  Create a registry of OpenURL resolvers  Study including citation metadata in WorldCat  Improve automated use of holdings data for unmediated requesting

OCLC Online Computer Library Center The projects  Seamless Buy vs. Borrow  Negotiate with book and document suppliers  Build service to search multiple suppliers simultaneously  Integrate into WorldCat Resource Sharing & ILLiad workflows

OCLC Online Computer Library Center The projects  International Cooperation  Continue to batch load international holdings via large union catalogs  Open up the Policies Directory  Extend the IFM framework

OCLC Online Computer Library Center First steps  Complete migration to MARC Format for Holdings Data  Use new data to automate request process  Willingness to loan/copy  Issue level detection  Get Policy Directory up to date  Begin extension of IFM

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Recent and upcoming enhancements to WorldCat Resource Sharing  Request Manager searching by label  Exportable file to create mailing labels, bookstraps, etc.

OCLC Online Computer Library Center WorldCat Resource Sharing/ILLiad  Routing ILL requests based on lending policies in MFHD-converted holdings data  Year data  Vol/issue data  Using LDRs converted to MFHD “in the background”  Monographs: default set to will lend/will copy  Serials: default set to will not lend/will copy

OCLC Online Computer Library Center ILL Policies Directory  Changes to data fields to make better use of policies data for automatic routing  Fall 2005 project to “beef up” policy data for top lenders

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Online Payment Services/IFM  Investigating book purchases using the online payment service  IFM Manager  Ability for institutions to pay for digital content, lost books, overdue fees, and other identified costs via IFM across currencies

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Questions ?? Sam Sayre Manager of Training and Support OCLC Western Service Center