1. OCLC and the Social Web: Building tools, providing platforms, engaging the community International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications Eric Childress Consulting Project Manager OCLC Office of Research childree@oclc.org Andy Havens Manager of Branding and Creative Services, OCLC havensa@oclc.org

2. OCLC: Member owned and governed since 1967. Mission:Connecting people to knowledge through library cooperation. Vision: The world’s libraries. Connected.

3. Introduction to OCLC World’s largest library cooperative. Established in 1967 in Ohio, USA. Non- profit charter to reduce rate of rise of library costs and increase access to the world’s information. WorldCat union catalog: Cooperative database of 145 million+ records, representing materials in 71,000 libraries in 112 countries. WorldCat Resource Sharing: World’s largest inter-library loan network, reaching 10,000 libraries with a transaction every 4 seconds. WebJunction.org: Peer-to-peer training and support network for libraries. OCLC Research: Leading applied research center for libraries, archives, museums. Hosted original Dublin Core meeting in 1995.

4. Building tools: WorldCat.org

5. Building tools: WorldCat.org social features RSS Feeds Lists List watching Reviews and ratings User tags Portable search box

6. Providing platforms: Facebook App for WorldCat Local sites & CiteMe tool Learn more at: http://apps.facebook.com/worldcat/ http://apps.facebook.com/worldcat/ Learn more at: http://apps.facebook.com/citemeapp/ http://apps.facebook.com/citemeapp/ Learn about the Developers’ Network at: http://www.worldcat.org/devnet/wiki/Main_Pagehttp://www.worldcat.org/devnet/wiki/Main_Page

7. Engaging the community: OCLC and the wider, social Web 13 official blogs and counting; 12 in English, 1 in English, Spanish & Portuguese. Subscribe to any/all at: www.oclc.org/rss/www.oclc.org/rss/ 10+ product-related discussion lists plus hosted lists: https://www3.oclc.org/app/listserv/https://www3.oclc.org/app/listserv/ Twitter: @oclc, @oclcdevnet + dozens of personal OCLC employee accounts (e.g., @lorcanD) Facebook: WorldCat.org applications, OCLC, WorldCat, WebJunction, other fan pages WebJunction forums, OCLC Developer’s Network Content on oclc.org (articles, reports, Webinars, news, some datasets) available as HTML, RSS, etc. Growing the size and scope of OCLC-provided linked data (e.g., VIAF – a multi-national authority file). See: http://outgoing.typepad.com/outgoing/2009/09/ viaf-as-linked-data.html http://outgoing.typepad.com/outgoing/2009/09/ viaf-as-linked-data.html OCLC blogs… your glimpse into our minds

8. Engaging the community: OCLC reports and more NextSpace: Libraries and social networking http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/007/1.htm http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/007/1.htm “Some thoughts about egos, objects, and social networks” http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/001601.html http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/001601.html Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World http://www.oclc.org/reports/sharing/default.htm http://www.oclc.org/reports/sharing/default.htm

9. Thank you! If you have a moment, we invite you to take a look at these OCLC blogs… And we welcome your comments! Lorcan Dempsey’s Weblog: orweblog.oclc.org WorldCat Blog: worldcat.org/blogs It’s all good: scanblog.blogspot.com Hanging Together: hangingtogether.org Outgoing: outgoing.typepad.com/outgoing Designing the Future: community.oclc.org/engineering Metalogue: community.oclc.org/metalogue Hectic Pace: community.oclc.org/hecticpace Weibel Lines: weibel-lines.typepad.com The Dewey blog: ddc.typepad.com BlogJunction: blog.webjunctionworks.org Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/