OCLC Americas Engaging Regional Council the Membership
Transcript of OCLC Americas Engaging Regional Council the Membership
Engaging
the Membership
Jay JordanPresident and CEO
OCLC
OCLC Americas
Regional Council
15 January 2010
―It is not the strongest
of the species that
survives, nor the
most intelligent
that survives.
It is the one that is
the most adaptable
to change.‖
—Charles Darwin
Further access to the world’s information
Reduce the rate of rise of library costs
The OCLC Cooperative’s Public Purposes
72,035 libraries in 171 countries
New OCLC governance structure
Members
Members
Members
Regional
Council
Regional
Council
Regional
Council
Global
Council
Board of
Trustees
OCLC Canada Advisory Council
John Teskey (Chair)University of New Brunswick
Beth BarlowSurrey Public Library
Pam BjornsonDirector General
National Research Council Canada
Ernie InglesVice-Provost
University of Alberta
William MaesUniversity Librarian
Dalhousie University
Ingrid ParentAssistant Deputy Minister
Library and Archives Canada
Hélène RousselDirectrice générale de la diffusion
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
Established September 14, 2009
Record Use Policy Council
Jennifer Younger, Co-ChairPresident-Elect, OCLC Global Council
University of Notre Dame, USA
Barbara Gubbin, Co-Chair Jacksonville Public Library, USA
ChewLeng BehChair, OCLC Asia Pacific Regional Council
Singapore National Library Board
Raymond BerardGlobal Council Delegate
ABES, France
Karen CalhounOCLC, USA
Klaus CeynowaGlobal Council Delegate
Bavarian State Library, Germany
Christopher ColeGlobal Council Delegate
National Agricultural Library, USA
Lorcan DempseyOCLC Research, USA
Nancy EatonPenn State University, USA
Clifford A. LynchCoalition for Networked Information (CNI), USA
Brian E.C. SchottlaenderGlobal Council Delegate
UC San Diego Libraries, USA
Lamar VeatchGlobal Council Delegate
Georgia Public Library Service—
University System of Georgia, USA
Web-scale Management Services
Library Advisory Council
Andrew PaceOCLC, ex officio
Helene Blowers Digital Strategy Director,
Columbus Metropolitan
Library
John HelmerExecutive Director,
Orbis Cascade Alliance
Jan IsonExecutive Director,
Lincoln Trail Libraries
System
David LankesAssociate Professor,
Syracuse University
Sarah McHughStatewide Projects Librarian,
Montana State Library
Mary PiorunStatewide Projects Librarian,
Montana State Library
Tim RogersExecutive Director,
NCLIVE
John TeskeyDirector of Libraries,
University of New Brunswick
Collections and Technical Services
Advisory Committee
Edith GewertzThe New York Public Library
Sally GrucanWesleyan University
Stephen HearnUniversity of Minnesota
Stuart HuntUniversity of Warwick
Emily JaycoxMissouri Historical Society
Hana KapicPhoenix Public Library
Andrea KapplerEvansville Vanderburgh Public Library
Jennifer LangPrinceton University
Maureen P. WalshThe Ohio State University
Amy WoodCenter for Research Libraries
Linda WoodcockKwantlen University College
Irene ZimmermanUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
User Groups
Law Library User Group
Theological User Group
OCLC CJK Users Group
OCLC Resource Sharing
Users Group
OCLC WorldCat Cataloging
Partners User Group
Music OCLC Users Group
Online Audiovisual Catalogers
Georgia Users Group
Illinois OCLC Users Group
Iowa OCLC Users Group
Kentucky User Group
Louisiana User Group
MINITEX/OCLC User Group
North Carolina User Group
MUSIC OCLC Users Group
Established 1977
550 members
Annual meeting:
March 20-21, 2010
San Diego, California
Mission:identify and provide an official means of
communication and assistance for those
users of the products and services of the
Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
(OCLC) concerned with music materials in
any area of library service, in pursuit of
quality music coverage in these products
and services.
OCLC Member Services
April-December 2009
• 194 member visits completed
• 3 OCLC-sponsored regional events
• 15 regional Conferences
attended and/or exhibited
• 7 speaking activities
OCLC Service Partners
Amigos Library Services
BCR
FEDLINK
ILLINET/OCLC Services
LYRASIS
MCLS
MINITEX
MLNC
NEBASE
Nylink
OHIONET
WiLS
WALDO
American Academy in Rome American Antiquarian Society American Museum of Natural History American Philosophical Society American University in Cairo American University of Sharjah Amon Carter Museum Arizona State University Art Institute of Chicago Athenaeum of Philadelphia Bard Graduate Center/Bard College Biblioteca Nacional de España Bibliothèque nationale de France Binghamton University, State University of New York Boston Public Library Boston University Pappas Law Library Brandeis University Brigham Young University British Library Brooklyn Museum John Carter Brown Library at Brown University California Digital Library California Historical Society Canadian Centre for Architecture Center for Jewish History Chemical Heritage Foundation Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Cleveland Museum of Art Columbia University Cornell University Courtauld Institute of Art Duke University Emory University Fashion Institute of Technology Florida State University Folger Shakespeare Library Fordham University Leo T. Kissam Memorial Law Library The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library George Washington University Jacob Burns Law Library Getty Research Institute Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Hagley Museum and Library Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Indiana University BloomingtonInstitute for Advanced Study International Institute of Social History (Netherlands) Keio University Kimbell Art Museum Library Company of Philadelphia Library of Congress Library of Virginia London School of Economics Los Angeles County Law Library Metropolitan Museum of Art Minnesota Historical Society Museum of the American West Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Museum of Modern Art National Archives and Records Administration National Gallery of Art National Gallery of Canada National Library of Australia National Library of New Zealand National Library of Scotland Natural History Museum (UK) Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Newberry Library The New School (university) New York Academy of Medicine New York Botanical Garden New-York Historical Society New York Public Library New York State Office of Cultural Education New York University Oregon State University Pennsylvania State University Philadelphia Museum of Art Princeton University Rice University Rockefeller Archive Center (Rockefeller University) Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Rutgers University School of Oriental and African Studies Smithsonian Institution Southern Methodist University Underwood Law Library Stanford University Stony Brook University, State University of New York St. Louis Art Museum Swarthmore College Swiss National Library Syracuse University Temple University Trinity College Dublin University of Aberdeen University of Alberta University of Arizona University of British Columbia Asian Library University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis, Law Library University of California, Los Angeles University of Cambridge University of Chicago University of Edinburgh University of Florida University of Glasgow University of Iowa Law Library University of Leeds University of Liverpool University of Manchester University of Maryland University of Melbourne University of Miami University of Michigan University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Oxford University of Pennsylvania University of Southern California University of Sydney University of Texas at Austin University of Toronto University of Warwick University of Washington Victoria and Albert Museum Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine Yale University Yeshiva University
RLG Partners around the world
OCLC Research/RLG Partners Working Groups
Ad hoc distributed collections
of record
Assess archival survey tools
Copyright evidence registry
EAD tools
Networking names
Prospective journals
preservation
Share best practices for
metadata creation workflows
Workflows in research
assessment program
Testing desirability
of research services
Research information roadmap
Role of libraries in data curation
Changing roles of library staff
Membership Reports
84% use search engines to begin
an information search
2% begin an information search
on a library Web site
90% are satisfied with search engines
libraries = books
Blogs, Webinars, RSS feeds and podcasts
OCLC Developer Network
Q6 (Web standards)
A View of South America
Metalogue
Hectic Pace (library systems)
WorldCat blog
It’s all good
Lorcan Dempsey’s Weblog
Hanging Together (Research)
Outgoing (library metadata)
Weibel Lines
025.431: The Dewey Blog
BlogJunction