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Libraries, Catalogs, and the Global Information Infrastructure David Whitehair Global Product Manager, Cataloging & Metadata Services IV Encuentro Internacional De Catalogadores October 22, 2008
The Way We Worked Books Journals Newspapers Gov docs Maps Scores AV Dissertations Special  collections Manuscripts Papers Univ records Journal articles Conference proceedings Etc. Library catalogs Archives Abstracting & Indexing services
Where Do You Begin an Online Search for Information on a Topic? College Students’ Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources: a Report to the OCLC Membership :  http://www.oclc.org/reports/perceptionscollege.htm
LC Action Item 6.4: “Support research and development on the changing nature of the catalog to include consideration of a framework for its integration with other discovery tools.” Calhoun, Karen.  The Changing Nature of the Catalog and Its Integration with Other  Discovery  Tools.    Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 17 March 2006.  http://www.loc.gov/catdir/calhoun-report-final.pdf
The Catalog in Context, 1 Online catalogs represent one node in the scholar’s information universe
Geocentric/ Aristotelian view: The local  catalog is the sun Heliocentric/ Copernican view: The local catalog is a planet
The Catalog in Context, 2 ,[object Object]
National Library Frameworks for Discovery and Delivery ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Cathro, Warwick S. 2001. Keynote paper: Visions for fundamental change in libraries and librarianship for Asia Pacific.  Library Review  50 (7/8): 334-42.
National Library and Information System, Trinidad and Tobago 24 public libraries Heritage Library National Archives
OCLC’s Vision  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Some Success Stories
1.  WorldCat: The World’s Cataloging at Your Fingertips
The OCLC cooperative: 2008 69,826 libraries in 112 countries 1,355 55,284 882 5,639 4,253 1,015 320 Cataloging eBooks Reference Digitization & Preservation Resource Sharing Collection Analysis 1,080
The OCLC Cooperative: a decade of growth 1998 30,000 3,200 64 38 million 668 million participating libraries participants outside U.S. participant countries WorldCat records WorldCat holdings 2008 69,826 14,544 112 108 million 1.3 billion
WorldCat at June 30, 2008 90.6m Books 4.6m Serials 3.6m Visual materials 1.6m Maps 108 million records 1.3 billion holdings 3.8m Sound recordings 2.4m Scores .8m Computer files .9m  Archival collections
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Multilingual WorldCat Percentage of  Non-English Records 1998: 37.5 records 23.9 m 2.3 m 2.2 m 1.6 m .8 m .8 m .7 m .7 m .3 m .3 m .2 m .2 m 2008: 108.2 records 55.2 m 6.2 m 12.3 m 3.6 m 2.5 m 1.8 m 2.3 m 1.7 m 1.2 m .9 m 2.7 m .7 m 1998 36% 2008 50 ¼ %
OCLC Latin America and Caribbean ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
OCLC Latin America and Caribbean ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
2. National or Regional Collaboration to Advance Public Education, Share National Heritage,  Reduce Costs, and Increase Global Impact ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
2.a. National Libraries in WorldCat ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],*Not yet loaded
2.b. BibMex Group Catalog ,[object Object],[object Object]
Example of Group Catalog Searching
Example of Group Catalog Searching
2.c. Exposing the Nation’s Scientific Research: Brazil’s IBICT Electronic Theses and Dissertations
2.c. Exposing the Nation’s Scientific Research: Brazil’s IBICT Electronic Theses and Dissertations
2.c. Exposing the Nation’s Scientific Research: Brazil’s IBICT Electronic Theses and Dissertations
2.c. Exposing the Nation’s Scientific Research: Brazil’s IBICT Electronic Theses and Dissertations
3. Being More Visible In the User’s World (On the Global Network) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
3.a. FUNGLODE Global: Being More Visible on the Network
3.a. FUNGLODE Global: Being More Visible on the Network
3.b. Open WorldCat, Driving Searches to Your Library
3.b. Open WorldCat, Driving Searches to Your Library
3.b. Open WorldCat, Driving Searches to Your Library
3.c. Getting into the User’s Flow: the WorldCat Facebook Widget ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Exposing Your Collections Where Your Users Live and Work on the Web
Exposing Your Collections Where Your Users Live and Work on the Web
Exposing Your Collections Where Your Users Live and Work on the Web
WorldCat Registry
A Completed Entry: Main Library of the University of Texas at Austin
Some New Ventures We Might Try
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],WorldCat Local
Start Locally and Extend Your Search Regionally and Globally Local Group Global
A Few Other Points to Notice: Multilingual Subject Terms and Subject Searching
Just One Last Thing … Exciting new uses for cataloging and authority data … WorldCat Identities
WorldCat Identities ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
WorldCat Identities: Gabriel García Márquez Link to WorldCat Identities
García Márquez’s Identity, Page 1
García Márquez’s Identity, Page 2
García Márquez’s Identity, Page 3
Thank you!  David Whitehair [email_address]

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Libraries Catalogs and Global Information Structure

  • 1. Libraries, Catalogs, and the Global Information Infrastructure David Whitehair Global Product Manager, Cataloging & Metadata Services IV Encuentro Internacional De Catalogadores October 22, 2008
  • 2. The Way We Worked Books Journals Newspapers Gov docs Maps Scores AV Dissertations Special collections Manuscripts Papers Univ records Journal articles Conference proceedings Etc. Library catalogs Archives Abstracting & Indexing services
  • 3. Where Do You Begin an Online Search for Information on a Topic? College Students’ Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources: a Report to the OCLC Membership : http://www.oclc.org/reports/perceptionscollege.htm
  • 4. LC Action Item 6.4: “Support research and development on the changing nature of the catalog to include consideration of a framework for its integration with other discovery tools.” Calhoun, Karen.  The Changing Nature of the Catalog and Its Integration with Other Discovery Tools.   Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 17 March 2006. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/calhoun-report-final.pdf
  • 5. The Catalog in Context, 1 Online catalogs represent one node in the scholar’s information universe
  • 6. Geocentric/ Aristotelian view: The local catalog is the sun Heliocentric/ Copernican view: The local catalog is a planet
  • 7.
  • 8.
  • 9. National Library and Information System, Trinidad and Tobago 24 public libraries Heritage Library National Archives
  • 10.
  • 12. 1. WorldCat: The World’s Cataloging at Your Fingertips
  • 13. The OCLC cooperative: 2008 69,826 libraries in 112 countries 1,355 55,284 882 5,639 4,253 1,015 320 Cataloging eBooks Reference Digitization & Preservation Resource Sharing Collection Analysis 1,080
  • 14. The OCLC Cooperative: a decade of growth 1998 30,000 3,200 64 38 million 668 million participating libraries participants outside U.S. participant countries WorldCat records WorldCat holdings 2008 69,826 14,544 112 108 million 1.3 billion
  • 15. WorldCat at June 30, 2008 90.6m Books 4.6m Serials 3.6m Visual materials 1.6m Maps 108 million records 1.3 billion holdings 3.8m Sound recordings 2.4m Scores .8m Computer files .9m Archival collections
  • 16.
  • 17.
  • 18.
  • 19.
  • 20.
  • 21.
  • 22. Example of Group Catalog Searching
  • 23. Example of Group Catalog Searching
  • 24. 2.c. Exposing the Nation’s Scientific Research: Brazil’s IBICT Electronic Theses and Dissertations
  • 25. 2.c. Exposing the Nation’s Scientific Research: Brazil’s IBICT Electronic Theses and Dissertations
  • 26. 2.c. Exposing the Nation’s Scientific Research: Brazil’s IBICT Electronic Theses and Dissertations
  • 27. 2.c. Exposing the Nation’s Scientific Research: Brazil’s IBICT Electronic Theses and Dissertations
  • 28.
  • 29. 3.a. FUNGLODE Global: Being More Visible on the Network
  • 30. 3.a. FUNGLODE Global: Being More Visible on the Network
  • 31. 3.b. Open WorldCat, Driving Searches to Your Library
  • 32. 3.b. Open WorldCat, Driving Searches to Your Library
  • 33. 3.b. Open WorldCat, Driving Searches to Your Library
  • 34.
  • 35. Exposing Your Collections Where Your Users Live and Work on the Web
  • 36. Exposing Your Collections Where Your Users Live and Work on the Web
  • 37. Exposing Your Collections Where Your Users Live and Work on the Web
  • 39. A Completed Entry: Main Library of the University of Texas at Austin
  • 40. Some New Ventures We Might Try
  • 41.
  • 42. Start Locally and Extend Your Search Regionally and Globally Local Group Global
  • 43. A Few Other Points to Notice: Multilingual Subject Terms and Subject Searching
  • 44. Just One Last Thing … Exciting new uses for cataloging and authority data … WorldCat Identities
  • 45.
  • 46. WorldCat Identities: Gabriel García Márquez Link to WorldCat Identities
  • 50. Thank you! David Whitehair [email_address]

Notas del editor

  1. I´m very excited to be here in Bogota, and I thank you for this opportunity to talk with you. Before I begin my presentation, I´d like to say that nothing in this presentation could be done without the metadata created by catalogers worldwide!