the oclc-amical respond project: leveraging worldcat to connect international american universities
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The OCLC-AMICAL RESPOND project:
Leveraging WorldCat to connect international American
universities
AMICAL interest in resource sharing confirmed in member surveys 2004: most common interest area for
cooperation 2006: “success” includes resource sharing
What is resource sharing? Sharing of content that has been collected
by institutions
Percentage of collection in English
Significant collections in non-English languages
Language Number of AMICAL Libraries
French 6
Arabic 5
German 3
Russian 3
Greek 2
Italian 2
Hungarian 1
Kyrgyz 1
Spanish 1
Elements of RESPOND1. Loading local records into WorldCat 2. Search interface to WorldCat3. AMICAL union catalog4. WorldCat Resource Sharing5. Rebuilding local catalogs6. Collection Analysis
RESPOND: Access to OCLC global network Facilitating resource sharing within
AMICAL Broadening awareness of AMICAL library
holdings
Discovery of AMICAL holdings via Open WorldCat
Discovery of AMICAL holdings via Open WorldCat
Loading local records into WorldCat Holdings; Bib records unique in AMICALcat
Bib records unique in WorldCat
Current Status Holdings in WorldCat: 730,000 Pilot:
Loading local records into WorldCat Search interface to WorldCat AMICAL union catalog WorldCat Resource Sharing Rebuilding local catalogs Collection Analysis
Best practices in ILL
ConceptualStructuralProcedural(from Leon, DeWeese, Kochan, Peterson-Lugo & Zillig, 2003)
RESPOND Participants
WorldCatConsolidated index of the holdings of
thousands of libraries, worldwide
88 million bibliographic records Over 1 billion item locations Created through the cooperative
contributions of member libraries Data forms the basis for wide variety of
OCLC’s products and services
Elements of RESPOND1. Loading local records into WorldCat 2. Search interface to WorldCat3. WorldCat Resource Sharing4. Building our local catalogs from
WorldCat records5. AMICAL union catalog6. Collection Analysis
Elements of RESPOND1. Loading local records into WorldCat 2. Search interface to WorldCat3. WorldCat Resource Sharing4. Building our local catalogs from
WorldCat records5. AMICAL union catalog6. Collection Analysis
AMICALcat:The AMICAL Group Catalog
Benefits and Challenges
Benefits…Allows wider range of possibilities for
resource sharing Consolidating workflow Increasing performance Simplifying union catalog creation Reflection on best practices
Best practices in ILL
ConceptualStructuralProcedural(from Leon, DeWeese, Kochan, Peterson-Lugo & Zillig, 2003)
Challenges… Large number of new and unfamiliar tools
and workflows Time and coordination necessary for
inclusion of records in WorldCat Comprehensively Successfully
Diversity of languages and scripts Coordinating with OCLC and with each
other
Map of RESPOND Participants