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OCLC Online Computer Library Center Providing access to library collections and services on the Open Web Open WorldCat July 2005 Chip Nilges Vice President New Services OCLC Online Computer Library, Inc. OCLC Online Computer Library Center What we will cover  Open WorldCat  WorldCat as a service platform  Demonstration  Futures OCLC Online Computer Library Center What is Open WorldCat?  A cooperative approach to making library collections and services visible and available on the open Web OCLC Online Computer Library Center Project Rationale County Library As seen On the Web OCLC Online Computer Library Center Benefit to Library  Visibility of their brand, collection and services on in major search engines and other sites on the open Web OCLC Online Computer Library Center Benefits to Searcher  Find and access library materials and services as part of their normal search engine workflow  Reveals a portion of the hidden Web at point of need OCLC Online Computer Library Center Current Partners OCLC Online Computer Library Center Top 20 referring sites – April 2005 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Yahoo! Google Scholar Alta Vista Yahoo! UK & Ireland Google Dogpile Yahoo! Canada Overture WebSearch.com 11. AllTheWeb.com 12. Yahoo! Mexico 13. Starware 14. Yahoo! Singapore 15. Yahoo! Hong Kong 16. ViewPoint.com 17. Yahoo! Canada 18. Yahoo! Espanol 19. DashBar Search 20. CNN 10. Comet Web Search Over 800 sites send searches to Open WorldCat OCLC Online Computer Library Center Current Record Sets  3.4M record set  3M most widely held manifestations of the 3M most widely held works  400K records representing unique items  45M set: complete database by works  60M set: entire set  Holdings served from Dublin, Ohio OCLC Online Computer Library Center Demonstration OCLC Online Computer Library Center Yahoo! Find in a Library is available in  Yahoo! Search  Yahoo! Toolbar OCLC Online Computer Library Center Google Find in a library is part of  Google search  Google toolbar  Google Scholar  Google Print OCLC Online Computer Library Center Other sites  BookPage  DogPile  Alta Vista OCLC Online Computer Library Center IP-based service links OCLC Online Computer Library Center Special Collections on Open WorldCat OCLC Online Computer Library Center Search Tools  Search page  Yahoo! Toolbar  FireFox Extension  Google toolbar  Site Search  Coming soon . . .  Item links (ISBN)  RSS OCLC Online Computer Library Center Decisions regarding metadata . . .  What to release to partner sites?  What to display in “find in a library” OCLC Online Computer Library Center MARC fields released in 12/03 OCLC Online Computer Library Center MARC fields released as of 6/05 Visible to end users in August 2005 OCLC Online Computer Library Center What prompted changes?  Our desire to support  Access to electronic content  Related information  FRBR  Evaluative content  Better ranking OCLC Online Computer Library Center Exercising Metadata in Open WorldCat OCLC Online Computer Library Center Subject Link Marines – Biography – United States OCLC Online Computer Library Center Links: Publisher Description OCLC Online Computer Library Center Other Editions Link FRBR and Open WorldCat OCLC Online Computer Library Center Recent Enhancements 1. Added “Virtual Reference” link 2. “Buy it” link-including donation of a portion of the proceeds to the searchers designated library 3. Enhanced Statistics and Tracking 4. Google and Yahoo! Improved indexing and launched Google Toolbar 5. OPAC registry enhancements 6. Created “Search Tools” web page OCLC Online Computer Library Center Virtual Reference OCLC Online Computer Library Center Book buying cooperative  Motivation  Book buying and borrowing are mutually reinforcing  Libraries have begun offering both options in response to patron demand OCLC Online Computer Library Center Example OCLC Online Computer Library Center OCLC Online Computer Library Center Coming Soon 1. Interface Redesign including FRBR and Wiki 2. Ask Jeeves Launch 3. Unified launch page for WorldCat “Discovery Services” 4. Curioser Browsing 5. “Buy the Article” pilot 6. New internet search engine and content partners OCLC Online Computer Library Center New Interface OCLC Online Computer Library Center Coming soon: User Contributed Content (WorldCat Meta Wiki) OCLC Online Computer Library Center Pilot project Phase 1: September-December  Users can add and edit evaluative content through Open WorldCat  Users can add reviews associated with a WorldCat record through Open WorldCat  Libraries can embed links to Open WorldCat into local services Phase 2: October-June  Add the wiki functionality to FirstSearch and other OCLC Services OCLC Online Computer Library Center Futures: Curioser OCLC office of Research OCLC Online Computer Library Center  Problem: OpenURL Registry  Many-to-many problems relating to resolver access through multiple open/authenticated Web sites  Solution  Centralized registry of links to, and profiles for, OpenURL resolvers  A gateway that routes service requests to the appropriate resolver(s) OCLC Online Computer Library Center OCLC Online Computer Library Center User Experience 5. Resolver(s) return results Resolver A Resolver A 4. Routes to appropriate resolver(s) 3. Follows link to registry OCLC OpenURL Registry Resolver N 2. Returns citation 1. Searches for article OCLC Online Computer Library Center OCLC Online Computer Library Center Account Configuration http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/open/ Branding Profiling: OPACs, Web sites, OpenURL Resolvers, Aska Services Usage statistics OCLC Online Computer Library Center Questions?