News From OCLC

Compiled by Jay Weitz

For Music OCLC Users Group and Music Library Association Annual Meetings

Louisville, Kentucky

2000 February 22-26

 

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PAST YEAR

WorldCat News

As of 2000 January 1, there were 1,402,314 (3.41%) Sound Recordings; 967,469 (2.35%) Scores; 1,237,026 (3.01%) Visual Materials; 123,591 (0.30%) Computer Files; and 34,420,187 (83.77%) Books records in WorldCat, the OCLC Online Union Catalog.  There are now more than 743 million holdings attached to the total of over 41 million bibliographic records.  Bibliographic record number 43 million was added to WorldCat on December 14, 1999.

OCLC staff have been able to devote more time to database quality efforts in recent months.  In particular, backlogs of member-reported duplicates for Visual Materials and Computer Files have been eliminated and new reports are being processed as they are received.

In December 1999, OCLC completed another run of the Duplicate Detection and Resolution (DDR) software, merging nearly 54,000 Books records.  The grand total of Books duplicates merged since June 1991 is now 1,152,000.

Cataloging

Interest continues to be high in the OCLC CatExpress Service, a web-based, copy-cataloging interface that is targeted at small school and public libraries.

OCLC implemented an Authorities update this past summer and plans are nearing completion for a Bibliographic update in the early spring.  Part of this update includes making Accompanying Material (AccM) in the Visual Materials obsolete.  A database scan and workform changes are planned.  Note that AccM values in Scores and Sound Recordings formats are not affected and remain valid.

Work continues on a pilot project to create an Arabic workstation based on the OCLC CJK software.  OCLC staff are preparing for the Wade-Giles/Pinyin conversion effort that will happen starting late in 2000.  Current efforts in this area are focused on a conversion strategy for authority records.

Symbol Expansion

In anticipation of using up all the available three-character OCLC symbols, OCLC has begun a project to expand symbols to five characters with an eventual goal of eight characters.  Work on the project will continue into the fall of 2000.

OCLC TechPro

OCLC has opened an OCLC TechPro office at Ambassador Books and Media in Hempstead, New York.  An OCLC TechPro service staff member works in Hempstead to provide OCLC cataloging on a contract basis for libraries that order books, videos or other materials from Ambassador.  The TechPro cataloger at Ambassador also upgrades non-print media master records, including video, and adds new original video records to WorldCat based on Ambassador's extensive audio-visual collection.

Access Methods

OCLC is nearing completion of the process of migrating users from the proprietary dedicated-line network to a set of TCP/IP-based access methods or to the Internet.  Support for the Communications Controller ceased on December 31, 1999.  All users with multidrop access must migrate to another access method by March 31, 2000.

OCLC Access Suite

OCLC has issued Version 3.00 of the OCLC Access Suite.  It adds CatME version 1.11, CJK software version 3.01, and the ILL MicroEnhancer version 2.00 to the existing suite contents.  All of the suite components are also available for downloading from the OCLC Web site at http://www.oclc.org/oclc/menu/suite/index.htm.

Cooperative Online Resource Catalog (CORC)

The OCLC CORC (Cooperative Online Resource Catalog) began as an Office of Research project in early 1999 with two goals:  (1) to test and refine prototype OCLC systems (including metadata harvesting, automated Dewey Decimal Classification [DDC] assignment, keyword extraction, Dublin Core-to-MARC conversion, linked authorities, pathfinder authoring tools) designed to support a Web-based, cooperative environment for selecting and providing useful access to networked resources; and (2) to gain community input on policies and build experience with practices needed to sustain a cooperative metadata authoring environment.  The CORC system includes four databases:  (1) Resource Catalog (bibliographic records available in Dublin Core or MARC views), (2) Authority Catalog (MARC authority records), (3) DDC (read-only Web version of Dewey), (4) Pathfinders (Webliographies which may include many resources including records from the CORC Resource Catalog).  Based on the enthusiastic response of CORC's partner libraries (numbering by the end of 1999 almost 200 in a dozen countries), OCLC shifted CORC from research project to production.  OCLC plans to release of a production version of CORC in July 2000. More information is available at http://purl.oclc.org.

New Name for OCLC Europe

OCLC Europe changed its name during 1999 to OCLC Europe, the Middle East & Africa.  The change was made to better reflect the library communities that OCLC serves in the region.  "Recent distributor agreements with SABINET Online in South Africa and Edutech Middle East in United Arab Emirates have resulted in many more libraries in these countries using OCLC services," said Janet Mitchell Lees, managing director, OCLC Europe, the Middle East & Africa.  "These distributors and the libraries in their regions receive sales and user support from the OCLC office based in Birmingham [UK], and there is a need for the name of that office to reflect this."  The Birmingham office serves nearly 2,000 libraries either directly or through 13 distributors in countries throughout the Europe, the Middle East, and Africa region.

OCLC to Sponsor New IFLA Early Career Development Fellowship

At the IFLA General Conference in Bangkok, Thailand in August 1999, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and OCLC announced the IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship, which will support library and information science professionals who are in the early stages of their career development and from countries with developing economies.  Up to four fellowship recipients a year will travel to OCLC Headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, USA, for four weeks to participate in an intensive program of lectures, seminars and mentoring.

OCLC Research Project Measures Scope of the Web

Researchers at OCLC have determined that the World Wide Web has about 3.6 million sites, of which 2.2 million are publicly accessible.  They also found that the largest 25,000 sites represent about 50 percent of the Web's content, and that the number of sites and their size are climbing.  These results, obtained in June 1999 through OCLC's Web Characterization Project, also show that significant portions of the Web are not publicly accessible or do not offer meaningful content.  About 400,000 Web sites can be considered "private," in that they do not offer content that is accessible without fee or prior authorization.

ALISE to Cosponsor Research Grants

The Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) has joined the OCLC Office of Research in promoting independent research by sponsoring grants for faculty in schools of library and information science.  The OCLC Library and Information Science Research Grants are now called OCLC/ALISE Library and Information Science Research Grants.  Projects are generally completed within a year, and findings are published in the public domain and in the Annual Review of OCLC Research.

GENERAL NEWS

PICA/OCLC Agreement Finalized

OCLC and Pica Foundation have signed an agreement to establish a jointly owned organization to better serve the European library community.  Pica Foundation, based in Leiden, the Netherlands, has established a new Dutch limited liability company (Pica B.V.) and has transferred all present activities to this new company.  OCLC will participate in the new Pica company through a graduated acquisition of part of the stock that will begin at 35 percent and increase to 60 percent within 12 months.  Pica B.V. will continue development and support of its current products and services, including the further development and support of Pica's local library systems, the central library system for cataloging, interlibrary loan and end-user services.  Pica will also continue its associated cooperation with European partners: the Agence Bibliographique de l'Enseignement Supérieur in Montpellier, France; and in Germany, the Gemeinsamer Bibliotheksverbund in Göttingen, the Hessisischer Bibliotheksverbund in Frankfurt, and Die Deutsche Bibliothek, also in Frankfurt.  Pica B.V. is based in Leiden, the Netherlands, and provides cataloging, interlibrary loan and local and end-user services to hundreds of libraries in the Netherlands, France and Germany.  Pica B.V. was originally founded in 1969 as Pica Foundation.  It was a joint initiative of the Royal National Library and a number of university libraries, and was a cooperative, nonprofit organization for libraries and other information-providing institutions.  Pica's central online database was established in 1978 to reduce library cataloging costs.  Since then, Pica has extended its services with interlibrary loan, local library systems, reference and end-user services.  Pica B.V., established in October 1999, is continuing the business activities of Pica Foundation.  Pica's facilities are used by hundreds of academic, public and other libraries throughout Europe.

OCLC Board Launches Study of Strategic Directions and Governance, Appoints Advisory Council

The OCLC Board of Trustees has retained the consulting firm of Arthur D. Little to conduct a study of OCLC’s strategic directions and governance structure.  The board has also appointed a special advisory council to help guide and direct the study.  In the 21st century, OCLC’s vision is to be the leading global library cooperative, to help libraries serve people by providing economical access to knowledge through innovation and collaboration.  The study will help determine how OCLC can best organize its governance to achieve this global vision.  OCLC’s present governance structure was adopted in 1977.  At that time, the question was how to extend membership in OCLC to libraries outside the state of Ohio.  Today, the question is how to extend membership in OCLC on a global basis.  The advisory council will help guide and direct Arthur D. Little in its study of strategic directions and governance.  In the course of the study, which began in January 2000, the consultants will hold meetings and interviews with the OCLC Board of Trustees, OCLC Users Council, Strategic Directions and Governance Advisory Council, OCLC-affiliated U.S. regional networks, international distributors, OCLC participating libraries, and libraries that do not currently use OCLC services.  The consultant will examine environmental factors likely to have an impact on OCLC in the future, including the economic environment for libraries; the rapid development of the World Wide Web, telecommunications and computers; and initiatives by commercial entities to provide information services directly to end users.  The consultant will identify possible roles for OCLC in the evolving global library and information infrastructure and recommend a governance structure appropriate to OCLC’s public purpose.  The advisory council will review and revise the consultant’s recommendations and present them to the OCLC Board of Trustees for action at its November 2000 meeting.  Any changes in the OCLC articles of incorporation and code of regulations that the board recommends as a result of the study will require ratification by the OCLC Users Council.  The Strategic Directions and Governance Advisory Council consists of leaders from the library and information community.  Nancy Eaton, dean of university libraries, Pennsylvania State University, and member, OCLC Board of Trustees, is chair of the advisory council.

Nancy London Promoted to Executive Director, OCLC Library Services for the Americas

Nancy London has been promoted to executive director, Library Services for the Americas, by Phyllis B. Spies, vice president, OCLC Worldwide Library Services.  As executive director, Ms. London's management responsibilities will include Latin America and the Caribbean in addition to the United States and Canada.  Ms. London joined OCLC in 1993 as sales promotion manager and was promoted in 1995 to East regional marketing manager where she worked with OCLC-affiliated regional networks.  In 1997 she was named director, OCLC's National Sales Division.  Prior to joining OCLC, she was marketing manager at Checkfree Corporation.  She began her career at Mead Data Central (now LEXIS-NEXIS) as a financial specialist performing market profitability analyses for products, and later managed market research for Micro Electronics.  Ms. London holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree in business administration from Ohio State University.

William Crowe is new Board chair

William J. Crowe, Spencer Librarian at the University of Kansas, in Lawrence, was elected chair of the OCLC Board of Trustees during its November 1999 meeting.  Myer Kutz, chairman, Myer Kutz Associates, who was elected vice chair of the board in 1998, will continue in that position.  Barbara Gubbin, director, Houston Public Library, was elected chair of the Audit Committee; Maurice Glicksman, professor, Division of Engineering, Brown University, and Ellen Waite-Franzen, vice president for Information Services, University of Richmond, will continue as chairs of the Finance and Personnel and Compensation Committees, respectively.  Sharon J. Rogers, library consultant and chair of the board since November 1997, and Christine Deschamps, president, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, were elected at-large members of the Executive Committee.  Ms. Deschamps is the first non-U.S. member of the Executive Committee.  Ralph K. Frasier, of counsel, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, and David P. Lauer, president and chief operating officer, Bank One, NA-Columbus, were elected to the board.  The board honored departing trustees Robert M. Duncan and Robert H. Jeffrey.  Before being named Spencer Librarian in June 1999, Dr. Crowe served as vice chancellor for information services and dean of libraries at the University of Kansas.  He was assistant to the director and then assistant director of libraries at Ohio State University Libraries, Columbus, from 1979 to 1990.  Before that, he held management positions at Indiana University Libraries and technical services posts at Boston Public Library.  Dr. Crowe was elected to the OCLC Board of Trustees in November 1996 by the OCLC Users Council.

Pat Stevens Promoted to Director, Product Planning and Strategy

Pat Stevens has joined OCLC as director, Product Planning and Strategy.  She has been a marketing consultant in the OCLC Distributed Systems division since 1993.  In her new position, Ms. Stevens is helping OCLC develop and market integrated library services that enable libraries to provide their users with state-of-the-art information access and delivery.  Ms. Stevens' experience has included market research, database and interface design, and product management for Maxwell Online, Avatar Systems, Alpha Omega Group, and the Inter-American Development Bank.  Previously, Ms. Stevens worked at OCLC Local Systems as a project manager.  From 1971-1980, she developed cataloging polices and procedures for the University of Maryland, College Park.  Ms. Stevens is currently chair, Standards Committee, National Information Standards Organization, and has made presentations on standards-related topics.  A graduate of Trinity College in Washington, D.C., Ms. Stevens holds a master's degree in library science from the University of Maryland and has done graduate work in Information Systems Management at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Hwa-Wei Lee Named OCLC Visiting Distinguished Scholar

Hwa-Wei Lee, dean emeritus, Ohio University Libraries, has been named OCLC Visiting Distinguished Scholar for a one-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2000.  The Visiting Distinguished Scholar program is sponsored by the OCLC Office of Research to bring experienced educators and administrators to OCLC.  Dr. Lee will be working with the OCLC Institute to help extend its program internationally, with a focus on the Asia Pacific region.  The institute promotes the evolution of libraries through advanced education and knowledge exchange.  Since 1970, Dr. Lee has served as a library consultant and lecturer under the sponsorship of various organizations and agencies, including the Asia Foundation, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, the International Development Research Centre of Canada, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.  Dr. Lee was dean of University Libraries, Ohio University, from 1978 to 1999.  He served as the OHIONET delegate on the OCLC Users Council from 1985-1991, and as delegate-at-large to the Second White House Conference on Library and Information Services in July 1991.  During the past decade, Dr. Lee has been appointed advisor to the National Library of China and consultant to the National Central Library in Taiwan and to the Peking University Library Foundation.  He has served as visiting professor to nine Chinese universities.  He is 1999 Ohio Hall of Fame Librarian.  Dr. Lee earned a bachelor's degree in education from National Taiwan Normal University, a master's degree in education as well as a master's in library science, both from the University of Pittsburgh, and a doctoral degree in foundations of education and library science, also from the University of Pittsburgh.

CATALOGING

Records Representing Electronic Resources Now Available through WorldCat Collection Sets

OCLC WorldCat Collection Sets (formerly known as the OCLC Major Microform Service) has been enhanced to include cataloging records representing electronic databases available to libraries.  Cataloging records for netLibrary, Project Muse, Academic Press IDEAL, JSTOR, Kluwer, Documenting the American South, and Elsevier are now available through WorldCat Collection Sets.  Cataloging is currently in progress for sets of records for items in Springer, Wiley, MCB Press, Royal Society of Chemists, Institute of Physics and American Physical Society.  Started in 1984 to promote the shared cataloging of significant microform sets, the service produces tapes and electronic files containing cataloging records for various sets of items at a relatively low cost to libraries.  This enhancement provides OCLC libraries with increased options for processing of cataloging records, especially for the URL, which is located in field 856 (Electronic Location and Access).  Libraries may choose to delete all 856 fields and add an 856 field containing the URL of their choice.  For some sets, libraries may choose to retain only the 856 field that contains the domain name, or they may choose to replace (or add, if none exists) the 856 subfield $z public note.  There are increased options for the deletion and addition of other fields as well.  Libraries may choose to add a field to all records, making the set easy to locate should the need arise to remove the records from their local catalogs.  In addition, improvements have been made to the customized call number processing that is available for most microform sets.  The enhancement also includes the option for automatic periodic updates containing new records that have been added to the set.  Catalog cards are no longer available for WorldCat Collection Sets.  An interactive World Wide Web order form allows OCLC libraries to easily and quickly view the sets available for purchase and, at that same time, place an order for the sets.  Library staff can log on via any valid OCLC password and authorization.  Certain user data fields are completed automatically, based on the library's authorization, allowing for greater ease and accuracy in ordering and processing.  A paper order form is also available for non-members or others who prefer not to use the interactive Web form.  The sets of records are collected cooperatively with OCLC libraries, and additional volunteers are needed to catalog these sets.  Catalogers are given a special symbol and authorization to use for cataloging only the specified set of records.  The set is then pulled together by collecting all records cataloged using this special symbol.  Searches, updates and replaces are free of charge, and credits are given for original records.  OCLC is particularly interested in locating catalogers for items in Wilson Select, IAC Infotrac, Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, UMI ProQuest Direct, ABI/INFORM and most full-text OCLC FirstSearch databases.

Dewey for Windows Software, Version 2.00, Now Available

The latest update for the Dewey for Windows software, version 2.00, is now available from OCLC Forest Press.  This electronic version of the Dewey Decimal Classification system offers an enhanced and updated DDC 21 database, automatic cuttering and a powerful annotation feature.  Enhancements to the database include additional Relative Index terms and built numbers that do not appear in the print DDC, Library of Congress Subject Headings that have been intellectually mapped to Dewey numbers by DDC editors and statistically mapped from WorldCat records, and updated area tables for France and the Canadian territory of Nunavut.  The new Dewey for Windows software also incorporates the changes to the Dewey Decimal Classification system found in Decimal Classification, Additions, Notes and Decisions (DC&), vol. 6, nos. 1-3.  Beginning with version 2.00, licenses for Dewey for Windows software will be available by annual subscription only.  Subscriptions may be started at any time during the year, but all subscriptions are renewed in January, when the updated database is published on a new compact disc.  Dewey for Windows software is a Microsoft Windows-based version of the Dewey Decimal Classification, Edition 21, on compact disc. It is updated annually and published each January.

University of Iowa Uses Combined RetroCon Services

The University of Iowa Libraries is using a combination of OCLC RetroCon services to convert 656,000 book titles and 38,000 scores and sound recordings to machine-readable form.  The project uses both RetroCon Batch and the RetroCon service.  First, OCLC conversion staff create search keys for the records, which RetroCon Batch attempts to match automatically in WorldCat.  For any items that retrieve a single matching WorldCat record, the automated process attaches the libraries' holdings and other local information to the online record.  Records that retrieve multiple matches or no matches are then processed by the RetroCon service staff.  OCLC has used these services in combination previously but never for such a large project.  The combination works well when the percentage of single hits is high, usually above 70 percent.  Recent changes to RetroCon Batch make the process even more cost efficient.  The RetroCon staff now uses text-editor software to create a spreadsheet with information in columns.  Also, the library now has the option of receiving the information via e-mail attachment or through FTP, as well as on diskettes.  The University of Iowa Libraries has the 17th largest holdings among public research libraries in the United States.  The university's main library, its 11 branches and the law library contain a total of more than 3 million volumes.  The Special Collections Department of the main library houses 85,000 rare books, 480 historical manuscript collections and 10,000 cataloged manuscript letters and individual manuscripts.

Giles Martin Appointed Dewey Editor

OCLC Forest Press has announced the appointment of Giles Martin, former cataloger at the University of Sydney, Australia, as assistant editor of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC).  He has been a member of the Decimal Classification Editorial Policy Committee since 1993, and has served on the Australian Bibliographic Network (ABN) Standards Committee, the ABN Subject Headings Review Panel and the Australian Committee on Cataloguing.  Mr. Martin has a comprehensive background in nine subject areas, with a focus on English, mathematics and legal studies.  He has published articles in several library journals, and his work on the ABN Standards Committee includes several papers on form/genre headings.  Mr. Martin has served as cataloger, University of Sydney; DDC trainer, University of New South Wales; librarian, systems section, University of New South Wales Library; and in successive posts at the University of Newcastle Libraries as librarian, senior librarian (cataloging), head cataloger, deputy technical services librarian (monographs), and librarian in charge of quality control.  Mr. Martin holds a bachelor of arts degree in English from the University of New South Wales, a master's qualifying course in mathematics from the University of Newcastle, a Diploma of Librarianship from the University of New South Wales, and a bachelor of commerce degree in legal studies from the University of Newcastle.  Mr. Martin's office will be at OCLC Forest Press in Dublin, Ohio.

TechPro Office Opened at Ambassador Book Service

OCLC has opened an OCLC TechPro office at Ambassador Books and Media in Hempstead, New York.  An OCLC TechPro service staff works in Hempstead to provide OCLC cataloging on a contract basis for libraries that order books, videos or other materials from Ambassador.  A participant in the OCLC PromptCat service, Ambassador forwards to the TechPro office materials that do not match through PromptCat, a service that provides libraries with bibliographic records along with materials from vendors. TechPro also catalogs for libraries that do not use PromptCat.  Cataloging is completed according to library specifications, with fully shelf-ready materials available from Ambassador.  TechPro projects are assigned to the most appropriate location depending on staff expertise, scheduling requirements and geographic proximity.  Some large projects may be processed at multiple locations.  The expansion of TechPro to additional sites outside Dublin allows more flexible and timely scheduling of new projects.

REFERENCE SERVICES

More Than 2,000 Journals Now Available Through OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online

OCLC has added 145 new journals from 17 publishers to the OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online service, bringing the total to 2,106 journals now available online.  Beyond providing access to content, OCLC offers ongoing access to the journals through the establishment of a permanent archive on OCLC servers.  Oxford University Press is making 64 journals available through Electronic Collections Online with the recent load.  Other publishers making journals available online recently include:  Academic Press IDEAL; Baltzer Science Publishers; Blackwell Publishers; Blackwell Science; Institution of Mechanical Engineers; Kluwer Academic Publishers; Marcel Dekker; Mary Ann Liebert; MIT Press; Routledge; Royal Society of Chemistry; Sage Publications; Scandinavian University Press; Stockton Press; Taylor & Francis; and University of California Press.  Haworth Press recently agreed to make 18 of its journals available, and the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers, the Seismological Society of America, and CSIRO Publishing have each agreed to make their titles available through Electronic Collections Online.  OCLC has agreements with publishers to make nearly 2,500 journals from more than 50 publishers available through the service.  A complete list of participating publishers, available journals and journals under contract can be found on the Electronic Collections Online Web site.  Libraries that offer Electronic Collections Online allow users to search for citations by browsing lists of journals, selected issues or selected topic areas.  Abstracts and the full text of articles are available from those journals subscribed to by the library.  The Electronic Collections Online service is accessible through the OCLC FirstSearch service, with links to FirstSearch databases, holdings information from WorldCat, and more.

RESOURCE SHARING

Preservation Resources To Scan Leading Israeli Newspaper Collection

Yedioth Information Technologies has awarded a major contract to Preservation Resources for the digitization of the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Aharonoth.  The National and University Library in Israel has preserved 60 years of the newspaper's history (1939-1998) on microfilm, and Preservation Resources will scan all of those pages.  The digital files will then be processed to produce searchable text. Both the digitized image of the page as well as its text contents will be available for browsing, searching and displaying.  The project is designed to provide electronic access to the complete run of Yedioth Aharonoth, currently the largest circulation daily newspaper in Israel.  Microfilm reels will be shipped in batches from Israel to Preservation Resources facilities in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.  Sampling on reels before production scanning will optimize results.  For the project, Preservation Resources will scan over 800 reels of microfilm to produce some 850,000 bitonal digital images.  Preservation Resources has digitized other large research collections, including the Library of Congress National Digital Library Program-the papers of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and late 19th century sheet music; the Early Canadiana Online Project; and Cornell University's SagaNet Icelandic collection; as well as material in Chinese, Macedonian, Spanish, and French.

Big 12 Plus Libraries Test Web-based ILL Service

The Big 12 Plus Libraries and OCLC have agreed to begin a pilot project designed to test the utility of a library user-initiated, Web-based interlibrary loan service in a large, multi-library consortium environment.  The service will allow library users to search and view bibliographic records and request library materials directly via an easy-to-use Web interface.  The system will integrate local online public access catalog information, local policies and standards-based communications to eliminate the need for multiple ILL systems.  The Web-based interface will also allow library users to search across other electronic resources that the Big 12 Plus will make available to its member libraries.  The Big 12 Plus is comprised of 23 research libraries at institutions located in 10 states in the central and southwest U.S.  The consortium has operated an ILL program for its members since 1995 and is developing other programs related to resource sharing, scholarly communications, and continuing education.  In the first stage of the pilot, eight Big 12 Plus libraries will participate.  The pilot will use a modified version of resource sharing software OCLC developed for the libraries of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) member universities and the Minnesota Library Information Network (MnLINK).  The Big 12 Plus system will run on an "application server" located in Dublin, Ohio; the CIC and MnLINK systems use a distributed software/server model, operating from computers based in those organizations' networks.


OCLC ENHANCE INSTITUTIONS IN THE MUSIC FORMATS

As of 2000 February 1

Sound Recordings Format

Symbol

Institution

National

Network

BGU

Bowling Green State University

 

Ohionet

CDL

San Diego County Law Library

 

Pacific

CIN

University of Cincinnati

 

Ohionet

CGU

University of Chicago

Yes

Illinet

CLE

Cleveland Public Library

 

Ohionet

CPL

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

 

Palinet

ENG

New England Conservatory

 

Nelinet

GUA

University of Georgia

 

Solinet

GZM

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Yes

WILS

GZN

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

 

WILS

HRH

Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, UT Austin

 

Amigos

IKG

Champaign (Illinois) Public Library

 

Illinet

IUG

Indiana University, Music ARL RECON

 

Incolsa

IUL

Indiana University

Yes

Incolsa

IXA

University of Texas at Austin

 

Amigos

JPL

Jacksonville Public Library (FL)

 

Solinet

KUK

University of Kentucky

 

Solinet

LCD

Library of Congress

Yes

Fedlink

MNO

Saint Olaf College

 

Minitex

MPI

Minneapolis Public Library

 

Minitex

NPC

Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenberg County (N.C.)

 

Solinet

OBE

Oberlin College

 

Ohionet

ORU

University of Oregon

 

Pacific

RES

Eastman School of Music

Yes

Nylink

VRU

University of Richmond

 

Solinet

 

Scores Format

Symbol

Institution

National

Network

CGU

University of Chicago

Yes

Illinet

CIN

University of Cincinnati

 

Ohionet

CPL

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

 

Palinet

CUS

University of California, San Diego

 

Pacific

CUV

University of California, Davis

 

Pacific

EEM

Michigan State University

 

MLC

ENG

New England Conservatory

 

Nelinet

FDA

Florida State University

 

Solinet

GZM

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Yes

WILS

GZN

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

 

WILS

HRH

Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, UT Austin

 

Amigos

HRM

University of Hartford

 

Nelinet