OCLC Online Computer Library Center

“Global Networking of

Information—OCLC’s Strategy

for the Future” by Jay Jordan, President and CEO, OCLC

7th International Bielefeld Conference

“Global Networking of

Information—OCLC’s Strategy

for the Future” by Jay Jordan, President and CEO, OCLC

7th International Bielefeld Conference

5 February 2004

The CooperativeThe Cooperative

915

3,500

45,000 libraries

in 84 countries

45,000 libraries

in 84 countries

728

4,46537,309

OCLC.orgOCLC.orgnonprofit, membership organization

furthering access to the world’s information

reducing library costs

cataloging, resource sharing, reference, digital collection management & preservation

research

32 Millionth Interlibrary Loan32 Millionth Interlibrary Loan

Statsbiblioteket Århus

OCLC ResearchOCLC Research1978—2003

25 years of discovering stronger, smoother pathways for information seekers

25 years of discovering stronger, smoother pathways for information seekers

Dublin Core Metadata InitiativeDublin Core Metadata Initiative

Denise Bradford, World Bank Group

Joseph Busch, Consultant

Michael Crandall, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC

Juha Hakala, National Library of Finland

Nathalie Leroy, United Nations

Shigeo Sugimoto, University of Library and Information Science, Japan

Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR)

Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR)

Work | expression | manifestation | item

FRBR work-set algorithm

Virtual international authorities fileVirtual international authorities file

OCLC ResearchOCLC Researchsubject classification

name authority

citation analysis

e-print archives

user view

ePrints UK

Metadata switchMetadata switch

library

ePrints UK

OCLC

records needing DDC

records with DDC

Networked Digital Library of Theses/Dissertations

Networked Digital Library of Theses/DissertationsCCSD theses-EN-ligne, France: 1064,

France

Dissertations and other Documents of the Gerhard-Mercator-University Duisburg: 461, Germany

Humboldt University of Berlin, GERMANY, Document Server: 1266, Germany

Digitale Hochschulschriften der LMU: 1003, Germany

Physnet, Physics Document Server, Germany: 319, Germany

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: 621, Spain

UCL ETD SET: 70, Belgium

Universitat de les Illes Balears : 2, Spain

Universitat Jaume I: 16, Spain

Universitat de Oberta de Catalunya: 1, Spain

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya: 242, Spain

Universitat Pompeu Farba: 35, Spain

Upsalla University: 1262, Sweden

Universitat de Rovira i Virgili: 73, Spain

Universitat de Barcelona: 258, Spain

Universitat de Girona: 30, Spain

Universitat de Lleida: 59, Spain

Universitat de València: 17, Spain

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien: 4675, Austria

Total: 11474

Environmental ScanEnvironmental Scan

LandscapesLandscapes

Social, economic, technology, research and learning, and library

Social LandscapeSocial Landscape

Economic LandscapeEconomic Landscape

Library LandscapeLibrary LandscapeStaffing

New roles

Funding and accountability

An increasingly interconnected environment

New standards

2000—Strategic Plan2000—Strategic PlanExtend the cooperative

Introduce new services– Connexion– QuestionPoint– Digital Collection & Preservation Services

archiving– WebJunction

Transform WorldCat

netLibrary/NoWALnetLibrary/NoWAL

60,000 titles

8,670 libraries

400 publishers

60,000 titles

8,670 libraries

400 publishers

AladinAladin

CONTENTdmCONTENTdm

Veenendaal Municipal Archive

Olive software Olive software Historical newspaper digitization & delivery

Dewey Decimal ClassificationDewey Decimal Classification 1876

135 countries

30 languages

Strategic PartnershipsStrategic Partnerships

DynixDynix

LIBPACLIBPAC

WorldCatWorldCat53 million records

888 million location listings

41.8 million books

2.5 million serials

1.6 million visual materials

WorldCat tomorrowWorldCat tomorrow

graphics, sound and motiongraphics, sound and motion

new contributorsnew contributors

UNICODEUNICODE

linkslinks

full text

MARC, Dublin Core, IFLA FRBRMARC, Dublin Core, IFLA FRBR

OCLC PICA Dutch Catalog GGCOCLC PICA Dutch Catalog GGC

Open WorldCat PilotOpen WorldCat Pilot

A global cooperativeA global cooperative