For Music OCLC Users Group Annual
Meeting
New York, New York
2001 February 20-21
WorldCat 30th Anniversary. At ALA Midwinter 2001, OCLC launched a celebration of 30 years of online shared cataloging and the growth of WorldCat. More events are planned for ALA Annual 2001 and for the IFLA 2001 General Conference in Boston.
WorldCat Statistics. As of 2001 January 1, there were 1,484,345 (3.41%) Sound Recordings; 1,022,859 (2.35%) Scores; 1,331,474 (3.06%) Visual Materials; 154,009 (0.35%) Computer Files; 597,668 (1.37%) Maps; and 36,447,334 (83.73%) Books records in WorldCat, the OCLC Online Union Catalog. There are now more than 784 million holdings attached to the total of 43,528,599 bibliographic records. Bibliographic record number 45 million was added to WorldCat on 2000 September 12.
Quality Control. Member-reported duplicates for Visual Materials and Computer Files are current. OCLC staff are working on reducing backlogs of member-reported Score and Sound Recording duplicates.
Duplicate Detection and Resolution. During August and September 2000, OCLC completed another run of the Duplicate Detection and Resolution (DDR) software, merging 50,636 Books records. The grand total of Books duplicates merged since June 1991 is now 1,203,136.
Keyword Searching. OCLC installed changes to Keyword Searching for WorldCat from the OCLC Cataloging, Interlibrary Loan, Selection, and Union List services, and from CORC on 2000 October 8. Please see Technical Bulletin 235 Revised (http://www.oclc.org/oclc/tb/tb235/frames_man.htm) for details on the changes. Updates were made to the existing keyword indexes; in addition, fifteen new indexes and two new qualifiers were added. The Frequency index was discontinued. The new indexes include Access method, Citation/References, Conference name, Corporate name, Dewey Decimal class number, Extended author, Extended title, Internet resource (field 856), Library of Congress class number, National Agricultural Library class number, National Library of Canada class number, National Library of Medicine class number, Personal name, Standard number (including field 024), and Universal Decimal class number. Qualifier changes include a new qualifier for internet resources and the extension of the DLC qualifier to keyword searching.
MARC 21 Updates and
Validation Rules. On 2000 October 15,
OCLC made several changes to the Validation Rules for cataloging. These changes were made as part of the follow-up
to the MARC Bibliographic Updates implemented in October 1998 (Technical Bulletin 227) and
April 2000 (Technical Bulletin 236). Bibliographic
records have been scanned and corrected. Among
the changes were the invalidating of certain obsolete elements and values including the
multiple surname indicator value "2". In
addition, changes required for the new structure of LCCNs have also been completed. These changes are described in TB 241 http://www.oclc.org/oclc/tb/tb241/.
The LCCN changes also required new versions of both CatME and CJK software. These new versions can be downloaded
electronically at http://www.oclc.org/oclc/menu/catme.htm and http://www.oclc.org/oclc/menu/cjk.htm respectively, and are included in the new OCLC Access Suite
Version 4.00 available at http://www.oclc.org/oclc/menu/suite/index.htm.
Bibliographic Record Notification. In the next few months, the OCLC Bibliographic Record Notification service will be enhanced to include delivery of updated records when Electronic Location and Access fields (tag 856) are added or changed.
Arabic Cataloging. The OCLC Arabic Cataloging Pilot, which tested cataloging of Arabic-language materials including the Arabic vernacular characters, made the transition into production during February 2001. Users can search for MARC records using both roman and vernacular indexes, edit records, upgrade existing records, create and add records that are not found in WorldCat, and download MARC records to a local system. The pilot project, which began in July 2000, involved eleven institutions in the U.S., six institutions in the Arabian Gulf area, and one in France. The software is available to all OCLC Cataloging members at no charge. If you attempt to lock a record with Arabic script using other software, you will receive an error message. You can determine if a record includes Arabic script by the presence of an 066 tag with values of either (3 or (4.For more information about OCLC Arabic Cataloging, please visit the OCLC Web site at http://www.oclc.org/oclc/arabic/.
Pinyin Conversion Project. OCLC, in close cooperation with the Library of Congress (LC) and the Research is in the midst of its Pinyin Conversion Project, which will convert authority and bibliographic records that use the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization scheme to reflect pinyin romanization. Pinyin Day One, when users were supposed to begin cataloging Chinese language records in pinyin, was 2000 October 1. OCLC is also offering institutions an array of pinyin conversion options for their local data. For details on the project, see OCLC Technical Bulletin 240 at http://www.oclc.org/oclc/tb/tb240/, the OCLC Web site at http://www.oclc.org/oclc/pinyin/index.htm, and the LC Web site at http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pinyin/pinyin.html.
The OCLC Institute, in conjunction with Amigos Library Services, NELINET, and SOLINET, and OCLC Institute consultant Steve Miller (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Golda Meir Library), has developed a web-based educational module "Cataloging Internet Resources Using MARC 21 and AACR2." This is the first offering in the Institute's Online Library Learning Series. It consists of 28 individual interactive lessons totaling nearly 16 hours of self-paced online learning and requires only a browser and an Internet connection. Each lesson includes objectives, examples, and quizzes that offer immediate feedback. The course is appropriate for all levels of expertise, from library school students to seasoned cataloging professionals. For more information, including pricing, see the OCLC Institute Web site at http://www.oclc.org/institute/oll/index.htm.
The OCLC Cooperative Online Resource Catalog (CORC™) service moved into production on 2000 July 1. The Resource Catalog includes more than 400,000 records. Since July 2000, a number of enhancements have been installed, including a new user interface, the ability to use multiple constant data records, an improved save file, automatic updating of linked headings when the established heading in the authority record is changed, automated URL checking, and several improvements to the creation and maintenance of pathfinders, as well as updates and improvements to WebDewey in CORC. A more complete description of the service is available at http://purl.oclc.org/corc/.
Interest continues to be high in the OCLC CatExpress Service, both from small school and public libraries to whom the service is targeted and as an additional interface option for larger institutions. Recent enhancements to CatExpress include some improved searching options. For more information see the OCLC Web site at http://www.oclc.org/oclc/cataloging/catexpress/. The second edition of the OCLC Cataloging Express User Guide is now available on the OCLC web site at http://www.oclc.org/oclc/man/10482catx/. The new edition contains more detailed information on advanced search keys and qualifiers, common error messages and setting up a web browser.
In October 2000, OCLC acquired Library Technical Services, a library cataloging service based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. LTS provides original and copy cataloging as well as physical processing of materials to large and medium-sized academic libraries in Canada. LTS was established in 1994 as a business unit of ISM Information Systems Management Corporation, an IBM Company. LTS has 20 staff members, including 17 catalogers.
The Peninsula Library System (PLS) in California and the North Suburban Library System (NSLS) in Illinois have agreed to serve as test sites for enhancements to the WorldCat database. The planned enhancements -- including new content, interface features, and database functionality -- represent the first phase of OCLC's three-year strategy for evolving WorldCat from a database of library materials and holdings, into a global information exchange connecting libraries, librarians and library users. The library systems participating in the pilot will provide input on the direction, features, and usability of new database and interface capabilities that represent phase one of the WorldCat project. Over the past 30 years, libraries have used OCLC shared cataloging to create WorldCat, which today is the world's foremost bibliographic database. In the next three years as part of its global strategy, OCLC, with the help of libraries, will extend this cooperative framework to include new participants, new types of content, and automated tools to capture, organize, and deliver metadata. Each participating institution will use and share metadata that includes descriptions, holdings, reviews and previews as well as links to content. OCLC's global strategy, "Extending the OCLC Cooperative: A Three-year Strategy," calls for the evolution of WorldCat into a globally networked information resource providing public access to the content and expertise of the world's libraries, museums, archives, and other repositories of scientific, literary, and educational information. As development progresses, additional content will be linked to bibliographic records in WorldCat. Planned content includes more than 10 million article records from ArticleFirst and Electronic Collections Online, tables of contents from books and serials, book reviews, book and serial cover art, and links to full text licensed through FirstSearch. Institutions participating in the project will access the new WorldCat features through either the OCLC WebExpress service or OCLC FirstSearch service interface. As the project progresses additional service options may be added, including integration of Z39.50-accessible resources under a single interface; scoping capabilities to limit searches by library group; collaborative recommendations that will present "recommended items" based on input from users ("frequently requested items," etc.); and fulfillment options that allow the user to link to full-text or web resources, view library OPAC holdings, initiate interlibrary loan requests, or purchase items from an online media vendor.
OCLC has signed a letter of intent with Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. and Atlas Systems, Inc. to license and distribute ILLiad software, a leading interlibrary loan management tool that automates routine interlibrary loan functions and provides sophisticated tracking statistics to library staff. Pending completion of a final agreement, OCLC, working with its U.S. regional networks and international distributors, will become the sole licensor of ILLiad software. Atlas Systems will continue to develop and support the software. OCLC ILLiad software will provide a comprehensive interlibrary loan management system that automates routine borrowing and lending functions within a library's interlibrary loan department. ILLiad software includes interfaces to the OCLC ILL service, National Library of Medicine's DOCLINE service, and RLG's RLIN ILL service.
New FirstSearch. The migration of libraries to the new version of the OCLC FirstSearch service was completed in August 2000. OCLC had been maintaining access to both the old and new versions of FirstSearch since the new FirstSearch was introduced in August 1999. The new FirstSearch is a Web-based online reference service, currently available via English, French and Spanish interfaces, that provides access to over 80 databases and more than 5.9 million full-text articles in a variety of subject areas. User-driven enhancements in the new service include linking full-text and full-image articles across databases throughout the service, a clear indication of materials that are owned by a user's home library, and several database-specific thesauri.
Electronic Collections Online. The OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online database now has over 3000 journals from 55 publishers available online. Launched in June 1997, Electronic Collections Online passed the 1000-journal mark on Oct. 11, 1998, and the 2000-journal mark on Nov. 21, 1999. Nearly one year to the day after the 2000-journal milestone was passed, OCLC loaded the 3000th journal on Nov. 19, 2000. More than 3200 journals are currently under contract for the service. The publishers that have most recently agreed to make journals available through Electronic Collections Online are Technomic Publishing, the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and the British Psychological Society. Many FirstSearch libraries subscribe to Electronic Collections Online journals already in their collections at no additional subscription cost through the Print Subscriber Program. Through this program, 30 publishers are making the electronic versions of more than 1,500 journals available at no additional cost to institutions that subscribe to these titles in print for 2001. Electronic Collections Online provides full-image journal articles (predominately in PDF format) on a wide variety of subject matter. A database on the OCLC FirstSearch service, Electronic Collections Online serves as a source of full text that is linked to citations in over 35 other FirstSearch databases to support widespread access to libraries' electronic journal content. A complete list of all publishers and journals included in the database is available at http://www2.oclc.org/oclc/fseco/index.htm.
OCLC
ENHANCE INSTITUTIONS IN THE MUSIC FORMATS
As
of 2001 January 30
Symbol |
Institution |
National |
Network |
BGU |
Bowling
Green State University |
|
Ohionet |
BUF |
State
University of New York at Buffalo |
|
Nylink |
CDL |
San
Diego County Law Library |
|
Pacific |
CGU |
University
of Chicago |
Yes |
Illinet |
CIN |
University
of Cincinnati |
|
Ohionet |
CLE |
Cleveland
Public Library |
|
Ohionet |
CPL |
Carnegie
Library of Pittsburgh |
|
Palinet |
EMU |
Emory
University |
|
Solinet |
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 |
MDY |
Middlebury
College |
|
Nelinet |
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 |
Yes |
Pacific |
RES |
Eastman
School of Music |
Yes |
Nylink |
SVP |
Saint
Louis Public Library |
|
MLNC |
UMC |
University
of Maryland, College Park |
|
Palinet |
VRU |
University
of Richmond |
|
Solinet |
Symbol |
Institution |
National |
Network |
BUF |
State
University of New York at Buffalo |
|
Nylink |
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 |
INT |
University
of North Texas |
|
Amigos |
IQU |
University
of New Mexico |
Yes |
Amigos |
IUG |
Indiana
University, Music ARL RECON |
|
Incolsa |
IUL |
Indiana
University |
Yes |
Incolsa |
IXA |
University
of Texas at Austin |
|
Amigos |
KUK |
University
of Kentucky |
|
Solinet |
LCD |