Reports to understand your library’s activities; track key metrics over time • Reports • Acquisitions, circulation, e-resources • Just added: cataloging/collections reports, including New Title List • WorldShare Report Designer • Takes advantage of data in WMS • Build custom reports, charts, data visualizations
OTHER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
CONTENTdm • Implementing responsive design – visible, discoverable, accessible from any device – “ device- independent” • Upcoming version 7.0 will be fully responsive to all device types and screen sizes
Did you know? • CONTENTdm “quick start” included at no additional charge with WorldCat Discovery subscription • 60-day free evaluation for new users • Browse member collections on CONTENTdm webpage • Quarterly Update e-newsletter, lots of training, User Support Center, office hours on 3 rd Thursday of each month, Users Group Meetings
EZproxy • Version 6.1 now available – Handles license revalidation – Displays expiration warnings differently • Support for versions before 5.7.44 ends Dec. 31, 2015 • Ongoing recorded webinars review new releases • Download 30-day free trial
www.stats.oclc.org
For more robust analysis… WorldShare Collection Evaluation now available • Data analysis – Well-informed collection management decisions – Facilitate efficient use of library space – Support new institutional programs and accreditation reviews • Peer comparisons – Single institutions – Groups of up to 50 peer libraries – Predefined groups by library type, location, specialization, etc.
ADDITIONAL PRIORITIES
Linked data: library knowledge where it’s needed
OCLC-wide effort PRODUCT OCLC RESEARCH MANAGEMENT WORLDCAT & DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
OCLC’s linked data commitment • Work with – Libraries to understand their workflow requirements as they begin to work with linked data – The Library of Congress and BIBFRAME community to evaluate pilot data and finalize BIBFRAME standard – Schema.org to improve standards for publishing entity data on the Web • Design products/services to help members register collections in WorldCat and expose library data (improve discovery) in format best suited for their needs
New book Library Linked Data in the Cloud • Insights gained from OCLC’s innovative work with linked data • Available at Amazon • YouTube recorded webinar of lessons learned
Personal Entity Lookup Service Pilot • Challenge – Many identifiers lack statements about relationships – How to determine that a dozen different identifiers all represent same person • Desired outcome – Develop way to find and identify people using commonly used identifiers • 7 members in pilot
OCLC Research TAI CHI Webinar: How You Can Make the Transition from MARC to Linked Data Easier • Learn what metadata specialists can do now to make it easier to transform text strings in MARC data into the entity – "things" we later expose as linked data that others can consume • Recording now available
Shared print: “Redistributing the costs of library stewardship across a broader group of participants” --Lorcan Dempsey, Constance Malpas, Brian Lavoie, OCLC Research “Collection Directions: Some Reflections on the Future of Library Collections and Collecting” Photo: Dick van Aalst
Helping libraries SCS Mission manage and share print monographs To help libraries manage and share print monographs Sustainable Collections Services now part of OCLC 74
Individual and Group Projects • Boston College • Eastern Academic Scholars’ Trust (EAST) • MIT Libraries • Washington Research Library • University of Rochester Consortium (WRLC) • Michigan State University • Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) • Johns Hopkins University • Academic Libraries of Indiana • Purdue University • Michigan Shared Print Initiative • McGill University (MI-SPI) • University of Saskatchewan • COPPUL SPAN • Iowa State University
Reasonable questions • What should be managed locally? • What should be managed “above the institution”? • What should be managed independently? • What should be managed collaboratively? • What data, tools and techniques do we need to manage collections under any of these scenarios?
Independent action in a collective context
OCLC Shared Print • Support “above the institution” collection management • Make the shared print workflow less labor-intensive • Use data to support and supplement the expertise of librarians and faculty
Library’s bib, item and transaction data for PRINT MONOGRAPHS
GreenGlass: decision support for print book collections • GreenGlass ‒ Provides intelligent, efficient support for decisions about adjusting or reducing print book collection ‒ Gathers collection management metadata (usage, holdings in other libraries) to identify retention, storage or withdrawal candidates
GreenGlass: collection visualization Year Published Overlaid with HathiTrust Status
GreenGlass: extended item-level display
GreenGlass: interactive queries, immediate results
Toggle between GreenGlass: group functionality Library and Group views
GreenGlass: group functionality Select full group or sub- groups
GreenGlass: model builder for groups
SCS: vendor support for monographs analysis Consulting Project Management Tools to interact and visualize Value added to data Data
SCS/GreenGlass benefits • Evidence-based approach • Adds a quantitative dimension to collections decisions • Ongoing, iterative, dynamic • Helps organize preservation of the scholarly and cultural record • Move scarcely-held items to special collections • Data remediation • Better use of space and other resources
What’s new in OCLC Research? Research Collections Understanding the and Support System-wide Library Data Science Users Studies
OCLC Research Update – ALA 2015 • Get updates on current projects – Wikipedia and Libraries – Entity-based Linked Data – FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) • http://www.oclc.org/research/events/2015/06-29.html
OCLC Research Library Partnership • Working together on projects with 167 Partner institutions impact 17 – Eliminate redundant efforts/processes 30 – Affect system-wide behaviors 121 – Create shared capacity – Change community economics Americas Europe, Middle East, and Africa Asia Pacific – Respond to known and shared needs – Provide opportunities for engagement
Evolving Scholarly Record reports • Evolving Scholarly Record • Stewardship of the Evolving Scholarly Record Study ‒ Evolution of the scholarly record ‒ Future stewardship models for scholarly material ‒ Key implications – “conscious coordination” for academic libraries • Recent webinar http://oc.lc/UfrW9M
OCLC Research Works in Progress ILL Cost Calculator • The issue ‒ Importance of/demand for ILL continues to grow ‒ ILL is expensive and funding is limited ‒ Decision makers need current, detailed cost information ‒ Last large scale ILL cost study done in 2002
ILL Cost Calculator • The proposed solution ‒ Web-based cost calculator tool ‒ Provide mechanisms for libraries to gather and process their own data ‒ Learn own unit costs ‒ Compare to peer institution averages • Webinar oc.lc/DYL0u9
What in the WorldCat… http://www.oclc.org/research/wtworldcat.html Searched Genres "Action and Adventure Films" and "Feature Films“ in FirstSearch
Top Action & Adventure Movies of the 80’s held in libraries
WebJunction • 2 live webinars each month (archived) • Library-related, self-paced online courses • Social media engagement • Research and articles on trends in learning and libraries • Crossroads e-newsletter
National grant-funded programs • Reaching Spanish-speakers • Sustaining rural libraries • Digital literacy and digital inclusion • Library as community space • Health Happens in Libraries • Supercharged Storytimes • Strengthening CE Content for Libraries • “Advocacy in Action” – resources (kits) to communicate value of the library (based on Geek the Library)
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