1. BETH 2015 - Bologna (Italy) What is known must be shared Building on the insights from OCLC Research

2. CEO Ifnet Srl OCLC development partner Italy Gabriele Lunati

3. The OCLC Galaxy PAUL GABRIELE WESTON, La galassia OCLC, in La catalogazione derivata, Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, 1993, p. 129-146. G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

4. BEHIND THE GALAXY

5. This presentation The OCLC Research Center –organisation, –people –current themes Research on born digital material The «Galaxy» in numbers Conclusions G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

6. 1967 OCLC «birthday» 1971 OCLC catalogue opening 1978 OCLC Research opening G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

7. OCLC RESEARCH

8. G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

9. Advanced Development and Consultation Leading contributions to the development of mobile, "big data" infrastructure, bibliographic processing, linked data, analytics, data architecture and other areas. Sometimes Research prototypes or demos become production services. Main focus of expertise about archives in OCLC. To provide expertise to particular discussions within the organization. G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

10. Member and Partner Engagement interconnected through personal and formal engagement with library and archival institutions and organizations an important contribution to enhancing our third role of engaging with members and mobilizing the community around shared concerns OCLC Research Library Partnership http://www.oclc.org/research/partnership/about.html a global alliance of like-minded institutions that focuses on making operational processes more efficient and shaping new scholarly services G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

11. People page G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

12. Past activities http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/past.html G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

13. Shared Community R&D Current themes are: –Research Collections and Support –Data Science –User Behavior Studies & Synthesis –Understanding the System-wide Library G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

14. Research Collections and Support Extending the reach and impact of special collections Adapting to the changing nature of stewardship Moving libraries to the center of research support G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

15. Data Science Aggregating library-created data Enhance aggregated data Mine data to create new knowledge Exposing and extending data G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

16. User Studies Embedding the library in community workflows Engaging individuals in context G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

17. Understanding the Systemwide Library Understanding the collective collection Optimizing resource sharing Sourcing and scaling G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

18. FROM PROJECT TO SERVICE

19. VIAF (Virtual International Authority File) Library of Congress (LC), the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB), the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF) and OCLC international service (2012) designed to provide convenient access to the world's major name authority files G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

20. VIAF (Virtual International Authority File) G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

21. VIAF (Virtual International Authority File) G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

22. VIAF (Virtual International Authority File) G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

23. QuestionPoint CDRS (a joint project LC / OCLC 2001) Provide high-quality reference services online and around the clock Increase coverage without increasing staff Share your know-how G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

24. QuestionPoint Available in various languages (including Italian) Fully customizable Usable in single installations (like the BNF) Or in libraries networks G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

25. QuestionPoint G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

26. QuestionPoint G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

27. MANAGING «BORN DIGITAL»

28. Ricky Erway Senior Program Officer OCLC Research center G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

31. 1.Preparing the Workstation 2.Transferring the Data 3.Securing Project Files ( ex.:virus) 4.Assess Content (ex.: deduplication) G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

32. BACK TO THE GALAXY

33. G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015 Every 8 Seconds How often a new record is introduced to WorldCat

34. My sources OCLC RESEARCH: http://www.oclc.org/research.htmlhttp://www.oclc.org/research.html VIAF: http://viaf.org/http://viaf.org/ QUESTIONPOINT: http://www.oclc.org/questionpoint.en.htmlhttp://www.oclc.org/questionpoint.en.html BORN DIGITAL: http://www.oclc.org/research/themes/research- collections/borndigital.htmlhttp://www.oclc.org/research/themes/research- collections/borndigital.html James Neal on BD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--8goHkaBoYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--8goHkaBoY G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015

35. CONCLUSIONS

36. G.Lunati (OCLC) – BETH Bologna 22/9/2015 “In this time of ‘information overload’ and fast changing technology I think that OCLC represents an increasingly important reference point. OCLC’s concept of cooperation on a global scale isn’t just about sharing data and documents but more importantly it is about sharing ideas and experiences which can be adopted and adapted to improve the activities and roles of every cultural institution: from Museums and archives to Libraries.”

37. Thank You ! Gabriele Lunati g.lunati@ifnet.it