1. Information for Scotland 816 Nov 2001 The potential of CORC Gordon Dunsire presented at Information for Scotland 8 16 November 2001, Edinburgh

2. Information for Scotland 816 Nov 2001 CORC Cooperative Online Resource Catalog An OCLC service Records for online (Web) resources only Web-based –Catalogue record forms –Authority control –Documentation

3. Information for Scotland 816 Nov 2001 Metadata (1) Records stored in a central database –Available to all CORC members for downloading and local augmentation –Also in WorldCat (public service?) MARC21, Dublin Core, Resource Description Framework record formats –Interchangeable input/output Library of Congress standards and rules

4. Information for Scotland 816 Nov 2001 Metadata (2) Create new record automatically from URL –Limited success Constant data templates –Duplicate content for multiple records Online authority checking (LC) Automatic URL checking and notification Pathfinders –Web pages with dynamic content derived from metadata, including links

5. Information for Scotland 816 Nov 2001 Consortium Pilot, in agreement with OCLC Funded by SLIC To investigate use of CORC for collaborative cataloguing in Scotland Similar to proposal requested and accepted by SCURL Currently involves CDLR, SLIC, East Dunbartonshire Libraries, and Napier University Learning Information Services

6. Information for Scotland 816 Nov 2001 Potential (1) More effective use of cataloguing resources –Avoid duplication, improve consistency Common standards –Few legacy problems (for the time being) –Interoperability; e-GIF Isolate online resources for users –Instant gratification –CAIRNS electronic miniclump

7. Information for Scotland 816 Nov 2001 Potential (2) Opening up access to Scotland’s culture online –Global audience via WorldCat Establishing ‘authoritative Scotland’ in cyberspace –Personal and corporate names; places; events; subject headings

8. Information for Scotland 816 Nov 2001 Slainte! g.dunsire@napier.ac.uk –contact me with comments, queries, suggestions http://oclc.org/support/training/ –Using CORC (tutorial) –Hands on CORC (demos and exercises)