1	RESPOND: Resource Sharing Project for Network Discovery An AMICAL-OCLC Pilot Project
2	Purpose of the Pilot Facilitate the management of ILL requests between AMICAL members and libraries worldwide Increase the visibility of AMICAL members’ collections among the consortium and among scholars worldwide Support the consortium’s ILL, collection development and acquisitions projects
3	Features of the pilot include: WorldCat access in FirstSearch Create AMICAL database in FirstSearch WorldCat Resource Sharing (ILL) Contribution of local cataloging to WorldCat
4	OCLC Group Services Components: Customized group catalog Unlimited resource sharing Unlimited cataloging Any other services to meet your needs
5	Create a Group Catalog with what you already have in WorldCat
6	Create geographic levels
7	Create other levels & evolve them as your needs change
8	"OCLC makes this possible" OCLC makes this possible… with WorldCat as the foundation.
9	OCLC WorldCat is the foundation World’s largest bibliographic database More than 65 million records Fast, powerful searching Access to your library’s holdings Access to holdings of libraries worldwide
10	"Let’s take a look" Let’s take a look…
11	WorldCat in FirstSearch
12	Sample searches (Storytelling in literature) and chaucer Note MEAUC in library holdings Geometry history Note “add/view comments” and “excerpt” Tuchman, Barbara* Note * as truncation when index browsing to locate correct name phrase Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim
13	Search features Multiple indexes available Grouped by index type BOOLEAN operators (AND, OR, NOT) Limit search / material types, subtypes Language, Year, audience Rank results – relevance, date, libraries
14	Transportation Libraries Group Catalog Use same FirstSearch interface for customized database Customized database contains holdings from University Transportation Libraries Government Transportation Libraries Midwest Transportation Libraries Transportation Libraries (Canada) ALL Transportation Libraries
15	Transportation Libraries Group Catalog
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18	2. Unlimited resource sharing Unlimited access to OCLC Interlibrary Loan ILL Fee Management (IFM) Statistical reports
19	OCLC resource sharing makes it easy… For your library users: To identify materials they need To access interlibrary loan For your libraries: To share collections within your group, your region and around the world.
20	WorldCat Resource Sharing Take advantage of FirstSearch searching Use ILL autho in Staff View Manage ILL through Admin Module Options specific to resource sharing http://firstsearch.oclc.org/admin
21	Create a request Search for title (loan or article copy) Display library locations Select lenders from list (up to 5) Transfer to workform Complete form; submit request
22	Request Manager Borrowing categories Action items Work in progress Information Lending categories Action items Information Printing Batch
23	Resource Sharing Admin Settings Constant data – information common to all requests such as, Library addresses; fax numbers; length of loan Custom holdings – specialized groups of preferred lenders such as, AMICAL partners
24	3. Unlimited cataloging Unlimited cataloging through one or more interfaces: Windows-based, Web-based, Z39.50 or CatExpress Add, delete holdings using a batch process
25	Batchload to gather library holdings OCLC needs a way to identify materials held by AMICAL libraries Batchload library’s records to match to records in WorldCat Creates core union catalog for AMICAL libraries
26	Steps in Batch Process Complete Batchload form Export records from local catalogs Send files to OCLC for analysis FTP is preferred method; other options available Batchload Project Definition is created Conversion requirements identified Estimate # records that will match
27	Steps in Batch Process Batch Project Definition is approved Files of records are processed Basic and extended matching processes Records held by AMICAL libraries are identified and gathered to create database / subset of WorldCat
28	Ongoing holdings maintenance Additional files are sent for batch processing OCLC Connexion Integrated cataloging service Browser version Client version supports multiple scripts such as Arabic, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Greek, and others
29	4. Other services… Collection analysis Digital collections management Contract cataloging Virtual reference eBooks
30	Consortia using OCLC Group Services
31	Try out a group catalog… http://www.oclc.org/groupservices/access/
32	Questions Discussion
33	"Follow-Up Session" Follow-Up Session Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:00 UTC Register through Jeff Gima American Univ of Paris
34	THANK YOU