1. WorldCat Growth & Quality: Vision and Practice Ted Fons Director WorldCat Global Metadata Network Asia Pacific Regional Council 2010 April 15, 2010

2. OCLC The world’s libraries. Connected. More collaboration More institutions More Web-scale More synchronization More innovation Local Group Global More Better

3. Union Catalogue – Pivotal Role blogs Repositories, various sites

4. WorldCat Growth – Growing WorldCat Faster

5. WorldCat Growth since 1998 Create system-wide efficiencies in library management WorldCat Growth since 1998 Millions of records

6. WorldCat Growth = Batch Services

7. WorldCat Growth – Is It Working? Local Group Global

8. Create system-wide efficiencies in library management WorldCat Today 170 million records 1.5+ billion holdings 1 January 2010

9. Files loaded or pending for WorldCat Create system-wide efficiencies in library management Files loaded or pending for WorldCat ABES (France) Bavarian State Library Bibliothek Alexandrina (Egypt) Bibliothekszentrum Baden Württemberg (Germany) British Library DANBIB (Denmark) GBV (Germany) HeBIS (Germany) IDS Informationsverbund Deutsch-Schweiz (Switzerland) Lebanese American University LIBRIS (Sweden) Qatar University UnityUK Zayed University Consortium (UAE)

10. National files loaded or pending for WorldCat Create system-wide efficiencies in library management National files loaded or pending for WorldCat Bibliothèque nationale de France German National Library Libraries Australia National Central Library, Taiwan National Library Board, Singapore National Library of Barbados National Library of China National Library of Finland National Library of Israel National Library of Mexico National Library of New Zealand National Library of Scotland National Library of Spain National Library of Sweden National Library of Wales Swiss National Library

11. 1998 36% 2009 53.8% Percentage of Non-English Records Total Records English French German Spanish Japanese Russian Chinese Italian Latin Portuguese Dutch Hebrew 1998 37.5m records 23.9 m 2.3 m 2.2 m 1.6 m.8 m.7 m.3 m.2 m 2009 117.2 m records 64.3 m 8.5 m 17.9 m 4.5 m 2.8 m 2.3 m 4.3 m 2.1 m 1.9 m 1.1 m 2.9 m 1.2 m Multilingual WorldCat Create system-wide efficiencies in library management Multilingual WorldCat

12. 1.9 billion items and growing! 170 million bib records 3.6 million digital items 1.5 billion holdings 325 million electronic database records NEW! JSTOR Metadata: 4.5 million records 30 million items (Google, HathiTrust, OAIster) Physical holdings in WorldCat Licensed digital content in library collections Local library content being digitized Create system-wide efficiencies in library management The collective collection

13. OAIster

14. WorldCat Growth – Synchronization with Libraries, Repositories & Metadata Hubs Local Group Global

15. Growing WorldCat Faster New Data Ingest Platform under Services Oriented Architecture Partner Data Automatic Evaluation Automatic Manipulation Automatic Processing NotGoodData GoodData

16. Create system-wide efficiencies in library management Using Publisher Data to Grow WorldCat Establish partnerships with publishers Ingest publisher and vendor metadata in ONIX Enhance publisher metadata Enrich WorldCat with publisher metadata Output enhanced ONIX data to publishers/other partners http://www.oclc.org/partnerships/materi al/nexgen/nextgencataloging.htm

17. Metadata Services for Publishers Publisher Central Library District Library Tech School Library Book Seller Bib Data Enriched Bib Data

18. Real Time Update & Record Enrichment Union Catalogue Central Library District Library Tech School Library CommencedRecordsHoldingsMerge %Changes 02.2008 573,8542,850,00020-30%c.30,000 /mth 02.2009 159,7411,130,00050-60%Not yet SRU Union Catalog

19. WorldCat Growth – Syndication Local Group Global

20. Create system-wide efficiencies in library management OCLC and Google to exchange data, link digitized books to WorldCat Synchronizes WorldCat with digital collections of interest to the membership Participating organizations provide OCLC with a regular feed of metadata WorldCat is automatically updated with new MARC records as materials become available Reciprocal linking between WorldCat and the host site Automatic

21. Create system-wide efficiencies in library management OCLC Syndicates WorldCat Data with Google Books

22. WorldCat Quality – Improving the Quality of the Database Local Group Global

23. Quality Control Activities FY08FY09 Bib Records Replaced2,105,3256,804,903 Manual Merges207,742137,832 Authority Records Replaced 395,8171,112,815 Change Requests Received 182,348134,902

24. Automated Enrichment of Master Records

25. Reducing Duplicates – An Improved Algorithm First production run, May 18, 2009 Running small files (500 – 3000) Statistics for May & June 2009 33,023 records processed 1,777 duplicates removed (5.7%) 846 records deferred for manual review

26. Reducing Duplicates – An Improved Algorithm Full production run, Feb. 2, 2010 Entire Database, beginning with OCN #1 Statistics so far: 7.5 Million records processed Almost 650,000 records removed Unique fields from deletes merged into the master record The exception to this is non-Latin fields. We try to ensure that all non-Latin fields are in the retained record even if they are not on the list of mergeable fields.

27. Expert Community Experiment Experiment to test “social cataloging” with OCLC’s expert community (modeled on Wikipedia) Interest and motivation from WorldCat Local libraries that want to use WorldCat Local as their “database of record”

28. Total Replaces = 108, 766

29. What are they saying? “I am loving the ability to fix typos, add more subject headings, etc. Some of which were things I would do locally but were too much of a hassle to fix at the oclc level.” “Thank you so much for the opportunity to participate in the community enhancement experiment! Having the ability to correct typos, flesh out minimal…cataloging…is really wonderful. I hope the experiment works out well … -- I would love to see it made a permanent feature”

30. WorldCat is much more than a warehouse of records Continuous improvement of WorldCat records by members: Enhance Record enrichments Expert Community Experiment Error reporting OCLC’s quality management role: WorldCat Quality group Automated record enrichment FRBRization Duplicate detection and resolution Support for Program for Cooperative Cataloging – NACO, CONSER, BIBCO, etc. Ongoing conformance to library standards A partnership of members and OCLC

31. WorldCat Services Selection, Collection Analysis & Dewey.info Local Group Global

32. WorldCat Selection partners

33. The interdisciplinary studies enhancement helps libraries: Define their own unique interdisciplinary studies area Easily navigate through the OCLC Conspectus identify titles in multiple subject areas Compare interdisciplinary studies collection against peer libraries identify overlaps and gaps Limit an analysis by Category and/or Subject in addition to Division Save Subject Profiles and have them available for use in the future Demo: http://vidego.multicastmedia.com/player.php?p=u3t34bs7http://vidego.multicastmedia.com/player.php?p=u3t34bs7 Interdisciplinary Studies Analyses

34. Dewey.info

35. WorldCat Quality– Let’s Probe What “Quality” Really Means Local Group Global

36. Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want End-Users expect online catalogs: to look like popular Web sites to have summaries, abstracts, tables of contents to help find needed information Librarians expect online catalogs: to serve end users’ information needs to help staff carry out work responsibilities to have accurate, structured data to exhibit classical principles of organization http://www.oclc.org/us/en/reports/onlinecatalogs/default.htm

37. Recommended enhancements to WorldCat Total end-user responses End-User Results: Recommended Enhancements 4 Librarian/Staff Results: Highlighted Differences 14 1

38. What did we learn? End-user focus group results Key observations: Delivery is as important, if not more important, than discovery. Seamless, easy flow from discovery through delivery is critical. Summaries and tables of contents are key elements of a description Improved search relevance is necessary.

39. WorldCat Registry – Enabling Services Local Group Global

40. Metadata about Libraries WorldCat Registry A repository of metadata about libraries: Location Contacts Policies Links

41. WorldCat Registry Value Proposition The WorldCat Registry allows your library to: Provide direct linking to local library services over a variety of OCLC products including WorldCat.org and WorldCat LocalWorldCat.orgWorldCat Local Create and manage a profile that centralizes and automates information sharing with vendors and OCLC Receive a free benefit of greater internet visibility regardless of the OCLC membership

42. worldcat.org/registry/institutions

43. Registry Growth 2007-2009 2007 70, 000 records some library users 20,000 requests/mo via OpenURL Gateway 2009 130,000 records Over 4,500 library users managing records Processing 200- 300,000 requests/mo via OpenURL Gateway Multiple OCLC and non- OCLC Services that rely on this data

45. Bringing It All Together: RedLaser App http://redlaser.com

46. The WorldCat knowledgebase

47. The Vision Achieve web scale for KB services Move the KB to the cloud Provide KB services through an API model to: Provide a central platform for KB data management Allow read and write access to the KB within OCLC services Allow read and write access to the KB for external services The KB can be managed in one place, but exposed anywhere

48. Web scale value proposition 70 % 30 % INFRASTRUCTUREINITIATIVE Amazon.com: http://www.slideshare.net/goodfriday/amazon-web-services-building-a-webscale-computing-architecturehttp://www.slideshare.net/goodfriday/amazon-web-services-building-a-webscale-computing-architecture

49. Cloud Computing A style of computing in which scalable and elastic IT-enabled capabilities are delivered as a service to external customers using Internet technologies. -Gartner Group Simple: Web-based applications with shared data and services.

50. Traditional KB Services The traditional model for KB services is to build a KB to support a service or product

51. KB Powering the library Link Resolver ERM A-Z KB Metasearch KB

52. More power A-ZERM Link Resolver Metasearch KB

53. UsersSuppliers Partners Efficient storage of data in the cloud: Common use data Bib Holdings User Data Common Use Data Library

54. UsersSuppliers Partners Efficient storage of data in the cloud: Common use data Titles Holdings User Data Common Use KB Data Library Collections

55. The Vision Achieve web scale for KB services Move the KB to the cloud Provide KB services through an API model to: Provide a central platform for KB data management Allow read and write access to the KB within OCLC services Allow read and write access to the KB for external services The KB can be managed in one place, but exposed anywhere

56. WorldCat KBWC WorldCat Link Manager A&I Database KB Citation Science Direct Ebsco Gale Available in: KBWC API Traditional Link Resolver Model Collections Titles Holdings Links

57. WorldCat Third Party WC Resource Sharing WorldCat.org Touchpoint WC Local LinksHoldingsCollectionsTitles KBWC WorldCat Link Manager A&I Database Collection Builder WMS License Manager WMS ERM WorldCat Knowledgebase model KBWC API

58. WorldCat LinksHoldingsCollectionsTitles KBWC Citation Lenders Links Rights WMS License Manager WC Resource Sharing

59. KBWC API WorldCat WorldCat.org LinksHoldingsCollectionsTitles KBWC Collection Builder WMS License Manager WMS ERM Links Rights Filters

60. KBWC API WorldCat WorldCat.org LinksHoldingsCollectionsTitles KBWC Collection Builder WMS License Manager WMS ERM Third Party

61. KBWC API WorldCat Third Party WorldCat.org LinksHoldingsCollectionsTitles KBWC WorldCat Link Manager A&I Database Collection Builder WMS License Manager WMS ERM WorldCat Knowledgebase model WC Resource Sharing Touchpoint WC Local

62. WorldCat Growth – The Value of the Cooperative Local Group Global

63. The Value of the Shared WorldCat Network An incomparable source of library- standard records to support local or group library discovery and collection management. Record supply Bibliographic and holdings data from more than 70,000 libraries, underpinning delivery of library collections, resource sharing, and collection analysis. Registration of holdings An infrastructure utilizing library standards for description, name authority control, classification, and terminologies. Knowledge organization

64. Record Supply: Where do WorldCat records come from? The cooperative provides the content. The cooperative activity provides the value.

65. Cataloging: Key to All OCLC Services WorldCat Find & Get Items Discovery Holdings & Availability Resource Sharing Bibliographic Descriptions Cataloging & Metadata Services Library Descriptions WorldCat Registry

66. OCLC The world’s libraries. Connected. More collaboration More institutions More Web-scale More synchronization More innovation Local Group Global More Better

67. WorldCat Growth & Quality: Vision and Practice Ted Fons Director WorldCat Global Metadata Network Asia Pacific Regional Council 2010 April 15, 2010