1. A Future for the Library Catalogue
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A Future for the Library Catalogue
T. Hickey
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Bryn Mawr
3 November 2006
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2. OCLC Research Research for both OCLC services Membership
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OCLC Research
Research for both
OCLC services
Membership
Metadata management
Knowledge organization
Content management
Interoperability
Systems & interaction design
~30 employees
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3. Reports Melvyl Recommender Project (CDL)
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Reports
Melvyl Recommender Project (CDL)
Changing Nature of the Catalog and its Integration…
Future of Cataloging at Indiana University
Martha Yee: Beyond the OPAC: future directions for web-based catalogues
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4. Influences FRBR Faceting Google, Yahoo, etc. Digital content Ranking
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Influences
FRBR
Faceting
Google, Yahoo, etc.
Digital content
Ranking
Consortia
Connectivity
Remote users
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5. Basic Approach Go to the users Bring data to the user
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Basic Approach
Go to the users
Bring data to the user
Make it as inviting as possible
Invite their participation
Use the data we have
Classification
Controlled vocabularies
Controlled names
FRBR
Usage data
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6. OCLC’s Role Largest consortia, largest catalog
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OCLC’s Role
Largest consortia, largest catalog
72 million records, growing at 12 million/year
1.1 billion holdings
Open WorldCat
Relationships with Web indexers
Authority control
Data mining
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7. General Observations Grouping and ranking are critical
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General Observations
Grouping and ranking are critical
Simpler is better
Faster is better
Faceting needs to be visible
Authority control is important
Local is not as important as it was
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8. OCLC Research Data mining WorldCat Identities Audience level
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OCLC Research
Data mining
WorldCat Identities
Audience level
Authority control
VIAF
Heading control
FRBR
Algorithm
xISBN
Live search
FictionFinder
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10. WorldCat Identities Create a page for each person in WorldCat Name(s)
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WorldCat Identities
Create a page for each person in WorldCat
Name(s)
Works by and about
Subjects
Dates
Fiction/non-fiction
Roles
Co-authors
Add links
Wikipedia
Authority files
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11. Approach Borrow from FictionFinder RedLightGreen FRBR VIAF
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Approach
Borrow from
FictionFinder
RedLightGreen
FRBR
VIAF
PeopleAustralia
Wikipedia
Pages are ‘static’
Easier to do complicated analysis
Some parts may be editable
Use cover art in lieu of photos
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12. Statistics 80 million (nominally) controlled headings
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Statistics
80 million (nominally) controlled headings
18 million different identities in WorldCat
2 million with at least five citations
12 million with only one citation
400,000 identities with non-Latin script forms
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19. Plans, etc. Make WorldCat Identities public this year
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Plans, etc.
Make WorldCat Identities public this year
Revised version of FictionFinder soon
Improve authority control
Extend authority control
Improve FRBR matching
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20. Do We Need It? Just have Google harvest everything
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Do We Need It?
Just have Google harvest everything
Our experience with Google
Fielded searching
Reliable searching
Possibility of user-supplied metadata
Cost of good metadata
Cost of non-existent metadata
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21. Conclusions Shift to remote users forces new approaches
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Conclusions
Shift to remote users forces new approaches
Online availability – trend towards centralization
More flexibility in implementations
Patrons are better served
Less emphasis on physical collections
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22. Thom Hickey hickey@oclc.org ACRL/DVC November 2006 11/18/2018
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