Archive for July, 2010
If you were unable to join us for the program “The Shortest Distance Between Two Clicks – From User to Article in No Time Flat” at the ALA Annual conference, you can now view the recording of this presentation on the OCLC Web site. The program is an overview of OCLC’s plans to enhance its resource sharing services with faster, easier access to electronic resources in the global resource sharing network of 10,000-libraries.
This presentation provides an update on the OCLC pilot program with IDS Project and Atlas Systems that provides unmediated access to articles using data from the new WorldCat Knowledge base and electronic rights management tools, with no additional charge to existing resource sharing subscriptions.
You may also view other OCLC programs from the ALA Annual conference, including:
- 2010 Americas Regional Council Annual Meeting
- Web-scale Management Services
- OCLC Symposium: The Future of Publishing: Libraries and the changing role of consumers and creators
July 30th, 2010
WebJunction is hosting a free two-hour symposium that will feature four presentations on current trends and practicial appraoches to library digitization and preservation projects.
Guest panelists will address:
- Designing a digital preservation system using a framework that includes all stakeholders, from library administrators to archivists to IT workers to vendors
- The difference between access and preservation tools, and why we need to consider both
- Harvesting social networking websites for preservation
- The organizationsl “long-view” of preservation resources, technology, costs and polices.
Panelists include:
- Sarai Lastra, Vice Chancellor of Information Resources/Director of Virtual Library at Universidad del Turabo, Puerto Rico
- Sarah McHugh, Statewide Projects Librarian, Montana State Library, including Montana Memory Project
- Amy Rudersdorf, Director of the Digital Information Management Program, State Library of North Carolina and lecturer at San Jose State University, School of Library & Information Science
- Taylor Surface, Senior Product Manager, Digital Collection Services, OCLC
The Symposium will be held on August 25, 2010 from 2pm – 4pm Eastern Time. Register today!
July 19th, 2010
Since its kickoff in late June, #Ask4Stuff, OCLC’s new Twitter-based service that returns a WorldCat search when you send a tweet, has received a lot of attention in Twitter and blog posts. These two posts explain why OCLC started the free service for Twitter users and how to use it. See what it’s all about and try out #Ask4Stuff for yourself!
July 16th, 2010
Upgrade to ILLiad versions 7.4 or higher
OCLC and Atlas Systems continue to provide ongoing enhancements to the OCLC ILLiad Resource Sharing Management software to insure that ILLiad meets the changing needs of libraries. The latest version of ILLiad software is version 8. Using the latest development platforms and tools, the ILLiad version 8 client can perform faster and more efficiently than previous versions.
ILLiad version 8 is available to all ILLiad users at no additional charge. However, ILLiad version 7.4 is a prerequisite for use of ILLiad 8.0. To help libraries and their users use ILLiad efficiently and effectively, OCLC will discontinue support for ILLiad versions older than 7.4. Libraries using ILLiad versions earlier than version 7.4 must migrate to version 7.4 or higher in the coming months. Dates for the retirement of versions earlier than version 7.4 are:
- End of support for versions 7.2 and older: August 31, 2010
- End of support for versions 7.3 and older: December 31, 2010
Note: If you use version ILLiad 7.2.x, you will first need to move to version 7.3 and then to version 7.4 as described below.
To learn more about ILLiad 8, watch the video presentation, ILLiad 8 Overview.
Note: This video was recorded using Microsoft Live Meeting. To view the recording, you can download Live Meeting here. Because the recording contains an embedded Windows Media Player, it is best viewed in Internet Explorer.
July 15th, 2010
Register to Attend the OCLC Research TAI CHI Webinar on OCLC Web Services, Thursday, 15 July at 2 pm EDT (UTC 18:00)
Have you wondered just what a Web services is, and what it would mean to use one? Are you thinking of investing effort into building new systems that rely on Web services, or enhancing an existing service with API-provided data? Attend this webinar to learn about the variety of Web services OCLC offers which can be used to extend library interfaces and improve user experiences. Join OCLC developer network product manager Karen Coombs for an overview of OCLC Web services, including the WorldCat Search API, xISBN, WorldCat Registry and Identities, plus see a demonstration of real world applications of these Web services in libraries.
Webinar participation is free and open to all but advanced registration is required. Register here* to attend this free webinar via WebEx on 15 July at 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC 18:00).
This is the sixth webinar in the OCLC Research Technical Advances for Innovation in Cultural Heritage Institutions (TAI CHI) Webinar Series developed to highlight specific innovative applications, often locally developed, that libraries, museums and archives may find effective in their own environments, as well as to teach technical staff new technologies and skills. Recordings of these webinars are made available on the OCLC Research Web site and in iTunes.
*After you register, you will receive an e-mail message that contains instructions for logging on to WebEx, where you will view the meeting slides online through your Web browser (please note that WebEx recommends using Internet Explorer or Firefox, as Chrome and Safari are not supported). When you log in to the webinar, the presentation audio will be available through your computer headset or phone.
If you have questions or need assistance, please contact us or call WebEx technical support directly by phone at US/Canada Toll-Free: 1 (866) 229-3239 or International Toll: +1 (408) 435-7088.
This announcement is also available online at http://www.oclc.org/research/news/2010-07-07.htm.
July 13th, 2010
This month, four collections from the CONTENTdm Collection of Collections are featured on the OCLC Web site. The featured collections for June are American Civil War Collection, Dallin Aerial Survey Company, 1924-1941, NC State Publications Collection and C.K. Berryman Cartoons.
The organization names below are linked to each organization’s record, if available, in the OCLC WorldCat Registry. OCLC’s WorldCat Registry allows libraries worldwide to manage and organize their data for vendors and third parties by creating and maintaining a comprehensive institutional profile in a single, Web-accessible location.
American Civil War Collection (http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm4/index_sie_civilw.php?CISOROOT=/sie_civilw)
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (http://www.worldcat.org/registry/Institutions/918)
This digital collection was created by Lovejoy Library in 2009. It contains an assemblage of handwritten letters, song sheets, and military orders. Spanning the entire period of the American Civil War (1861-1865), these items gathered together provide a unique and insightful glimpse into the era. The project was made possible by Dr. Richard L. Millett, Emeritus Professor of History at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville who donated the use of his collection to the Library.
Dallin Aerial Survey Company, 1924-1941 (http://digital.hagley.org/cdm4/index_p268001uw.php?CISOROOT=/p268001uw)
Hagley Museum & Library (http://www.worldcat.org/registry/Institutions/45081)
This digital collection includes more than 7,500 of the approximately 12,000 images in the Dallin Aerial Survey Company collection. The company specialized in aerial images of factories, private estates, schools, country clubs, towns, airports, rivers and many other sites and some news events of the day. The majority of the photographs concentrate on the Mid-Atlantic region, although Dallin did make trips to other locales within the United States.
NC State Publications Collection (http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/govdocs/cdm/index.html)
State Library of North Carolina (http://www.worldcat.org/registry/Institutions/56690)
The North Carolina State Publications Collection is a project of the North Carolina State Publications Clearinghouse and the State Library of North Carolina. It contains both current and historical state publications produced by the various state agencies (Department of Public Instruction, Department of Cultural Resources, etc.) that make up North Carolina State Government.
C.K. Berryman Cartoons (http://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/archives/berryman.php)
University of Mississippi (http://www.worldcat.org/registry/Institutions/1619)
The 26 original pen-and-ink drawings by political cartoonist Clifford K. Berryman in this collection appeared in print on the editorial pages of the Washington Star. Dating from 1924 to 1941, they all feature U.S. Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi.
July 12th, 2010
Attached is a report on the Enhance Sharing Session that took place at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., on Friday, 2010 June 25. Special thanks to my OCLC colleague Linda Gabel for her diligent note-taking. Also attached is the text of the “News From OCLC” handout that was distributed at the session. The “OCLC Policy Statement on RDA Cataloging in WorldCat for the U.S. Testing Period,” a second handout at the Enhance Session, is available online at http://www.oclc.org/us/en/rda/policy.htm.
Please note that the Enhance Participants List is available at http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/quality/enhance/default.htm and most other Enhance documentation can be accessed from the “Enhance-Level Cataloging” section of the OCLC Web site’s “WorldCat and Cataloging Documentation” page at http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/worldcat/.
Please take advantage of the Enhance discussion list and the information sharing opportunities it affords. If you or your colleagues have not subscribed but wish to, please to the sign-up page on the University of Washington Web site at https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/enhance.
As always, thank you for all the work you do to uphold the quality standards of OCLC’s WorldCat.
July 8th, 2010
You’re invited to an OCLC Web event, “Web-scale or Bust: Harnessing Cooperative Innovation for Management Service”
Join Andrew Pace, OCLC Director of Networked Services, pilot participants and Advisory Council members for a live Web event as they discuss how OCLC Web-scale Management Services can positively impact your library’s budget and workflows. See Web-scale Circulation and Acquisitions components in action and learn about the underlying technologies that truly make this a next-generation suite of management services.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
2:00 – 3:00pm Eastern / 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
Reserve your seat at: www.oclc.org/info/webscale
July 2nd, 2010
OCLC recognizes 2010 award winners
DUBLIN, Ohio, July 1, 2010—Part of OCLC’s commitment to research and education includes furthering the advancement of librarianship. OCLC does this not only through its Office of Research and Innovation Lab, but also by financially supporting awards and scholarships. OCLC is proud to announce the following 2010 awards that recognize innovation and creativity in the library community. The recipients were acknowledged June 28 during the OCLC President’s Luncheon at the 2010 ALA Annual Conference.
OCLC/LITA Minority Scholarship in Library and Information Technology
Sofia Becerra Licha, University North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Margaret Mann Citation
Olivia Marie A. Madison, Dean of the library, Iowa State University
John Ames Humphry/OCLC Forest Press Award for International Librarianship
Jordan Scepanski and Lea Wells, Principals, Jordan Wells Associates
American Library Association’s Melvil Dewey Medal
Brian Schottlaender, Audrey Geisel University Librarian at the University of California, San Diego
Virginia Boucher—OCLC Distinguished ILL Librarian
Cherié Weible, Head of Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology
Dr. John Willinsky, Khosla Family Professor of Education at Stanford University and Founder of the Public Knowledge Project
More information about OCLC annual awards and scholarships can be found at www.oclc.org/community/careerdevelopment.
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July 2nd, 2010
