E-RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
OCLC
NAFILA.T
FIRST YEAR M.LIB.I.SC
DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
KANNUR UNIVERSITY
CONTENTS
• Introduction
• OCLC
• Objectives of OCLC
• Services of OCLC
• Conclusion
• References
INTRODUCTION
• Library consortia are association of independent libraries
established by formal agreement with main purpose of
resource sharing and electronic resource licensing which aim
to reduce the cost per unit through formation of purchasing
consortia.
• There are various models to this consortia in one is
International consortium model in which libraries from
various countries participate.
• OCLC is one of the well known international consortium in the
world formed by an individual library offering services to
anywhere in the world.
OCLC
• The Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), a non-profit
corporation, is a membership-based, service and research
organization dedicated to the purpose of furthering access to the
world’s information at reduced cost.
• In 1967, the presidents of the colleges and universities in the state
of Ohio founded the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) to
develop a computerized system in which the libraries of Ohio
academic institutions could share resources and reduce costs.
• Mr. Frederick G. Kilgour was the first President of OCLC.
• In 1977, the OCLC changed its policy that enabled libraries outside
Ohio to become members and participate in its governance.
• .in 1981, the legal name of the corporation became Online
Computer Library Center, Inc.
OBJECTIVES OF OCLC
• Facilitate resource sharing among libraries worldwide.
• Support library innovation through technology and services.
• Improve access to information via centralized cataloging and
WorldCat.
• Provide educational services for library staff development.
• Encourage collaboration and networking among libraries and
institutions.
• Promote digital preservation of content and resources.
• Advocate for libraries and their role in providing equitable
access.
• Enhance discovery and user experience in library systems.
SERVICES OF OCLC
1. WorldCat
• WorldCat is a worldwide union catalogue created and
maintained collectively by more than 72,000 libraries
representing hundreds of languages and cultures.
• WorldCat is the foundation of many OCLC services that
facilitates libraries to process, manage and share information
resources.
• The WorldCat includes catalogue records dating back to
thousands of years nearly in every format.
• World Cat holds 302 million bibliographic records for 2 billion
items in 470 languages and dialects. Every 10 seconds a new
record is added to the catalogue, and it is searched every
second.
2. NetLibrary
• The OCLC’s NetLibrary platform provided access to electronic
books from a wide range of publishers forming monographs
and reference resources on hundreds of subject areas that
could be accessed through an intuitive, easy-to use interface
that offered a single point of access.
• Users could find the latest titles, reference sources, business
and economics resources, best-selling fiction, and more.
• It has been acquired by EBSCO in June 2010.
3. OCLC’s Electronic Collections Online
• OCLC’s Electronic Collections Online is a powerful electronic
journals service that offers web-based access to a growing
collection of more than 5,000 titles in a wide range of subject
areas from over 70 publishers.
• It provides access to 4.2 million records from 1995 onwards.
• OCLC has secured archival rights to journal content,
subscription to e-journals through the OCLC thus it ensures
perpetual access to the journals subscribed through OCLC for
the paid period of subscription.
4. OCLC Database Service: FirstSearch
• The FirstSearch (FS) is an online service that provides web access
to research databases consisting primarily of journal.
• The service provides seamless electronic access to more than
eighty databases containing 258 million full-text and full-image
articles via World Cat in most subject fields.
• Libraries have an option to select databases based on their needs.
• The size and period covered in FirstSearch varies between the
individual databases but many include data going back as far
1980.
Some of the more important databases included in
FirstSearch are:
• Article First
• Clase and Periódica
• Electronic Books
• Electronic Collections Online
• ERIC
• GPO Monthly Catalog
• MEDLINE
• OAIster
• PapersFirst
• ProceedingsFirst
• SCIPIO
• WorldCat (The OCLC Online Union Catalog)
• WorldCat Dissertations and Theses (WorldCatDissertations).
5. EZ Proxy Authentication and Access Software
• It is the world’s leading access and authentication solution
• EZproxy helps provide users with remote access to Web-based
licensed content offered by libraries, and is easy to set up and
maintain.
• EZproxy is now also available as a hosted solution, giving
libraries the option to outsource the set-up and ongoing
management of their proxy configuration.
6. Question Point: Cooperative Virtual Reference Service
• QuestionPoint is a unique virtual reference service, supported
by global network of cooperating libraries worldwide, as well as
an infrastructure of software tools and communications.
• Meet users at their point of need—provide reference service
around the clock with trustworthy, real-time one-on-one
reference assistance from professional librarians, right from
your library Web page or other Web portal.
• Pricing based on population—more locations mean a lower cost
for each participating library.
• Automatic subject referral through the Global Reference
Network routes your submitted question or chat session to a
partner library based on criteria such as subject, language or
hours of coverage.
7. Resource sharing services
• Discovery to Delivery (D2D) - optimizes users' ability to
discover library resources within your consortium and get
immediate access to or request delivery of the material with
little or no intervention from library staff.
• ILLiad resource sharing software
• Relais ILL
• Tipasa - is a cloud-based interlibrary loan (ILL) management
system
• UnityUK resource sharing service
• WorldShare interlibrary Loan service
• ZFL-server resource sharing service
8. Discovery and reference services
• WorldCat.org - Web visibility for library resources
• WorldCat Discovery - Single search of all library collections
• FirstSearch - Precision searching of WorldCat
• Web visibility - Put your collections where people start
their search
• PiCarta database
• TouchPoint discovery service
• Web visibility
• WorldCat.org global catalog
• Question Point – Virtual reference service
CONCLUSION
• OCLC brings libraries together from all over the world.
• It helps libraries share books, resources, and
information easily.
• OCLC creates common standards so libraries can work
better together.
• It saves money for libraries by working as a group.
• OCLC provides new technology and tools to help
libraries grow.
• It will continue to support libraries in the future for
better global cooperation.
REFERENCE
• http
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• http://https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCLC
• http://https://www.oclc.org
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