local needs, shared solutions: aspects of collaboration

Chew Chiat NaunHeads of Cataloging Interest GroupALA Annual ConferenceLas Vegas, June 30 t h , 2014

LOCAL NEEDS, SHARED SOLUTIONS:

ASPECTS OF COLLABORATION

Reality is complexSpeculation, not researchBread and butter issuesNot specifically about 2CUL

DISCLAIMERS

Predicated on overlapping collectionsCommon standardsIntegrated processesShared values

SHARED PRODUCTION WORK

COLLECTION TRENDS

Free rider problem“Open access”Workflows Incentives?

Purpose of utilities

VALUES

FORMAL COLLABORATIONS, VENDOR SERVICES

Long tail problemOther ways to distribute work2CUL and Cornell examplesHow to pay for work is crucial

FORMAL COLLABORATIONS, VENDOR SERVICES

Attitudes very dependent on local situation

Reasons for sharing vendorsEconomies of scale, stabilityDon’t have to keep reinventing processesWell understood business modelLocating, hiring, compensating staff

Consider broader range of servicesProgress depends on building

relationships

OUTSOURCING

Are cataloguing standards lining up with objectives?

Unresolved issues in RDAImplementation issuesTimeframes

STANDARDS AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

Other ways to do standards?Devolve decisionmakingRole of specialist communities

Relevant developments:Open Metadata RegistryOCLC WorldCat Works

CATALOGUING STANDARDS

FRBR IN THE REAL WORLD

OCLC WORKS

“Build to share” principleExample is shared codePioneering ventures (e.g. NCSU Endeca)Two current Cornell projects

PubMed/HathiTrustFAST

“SHARING OUTWARDS”

PUBMED/HATHITRUST LINKING

Multiple objectivesUse for faceting in discovery systemLightweight controlled subject vocabulary for MARC cataloguing

“Linked data ready”Collaboration with OCLC Research

Workflow (e.g. maintenance)Vocabulary development (e.g. local extensions)

FAST (FACETED APPLICATION OF SUBJECT

TERMINOLOGY)

QUESTIONS?cnc53@cornel l .edu