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Now Available: Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community

Posted on January 21, 2011 | Comments Off

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OCLC Member Update

 

Now Available:
Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community

New OCLC membership report available for print ordering and free download

Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community, a sequel to the 2005 Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources, is now available for print ordering and free download.

Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community, a follow-up to the 2005 Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources, is now available. The new report provides updated information and new insights into information consumers and their online information habits, preferences and perceptions. Particular attention was paid to how the current economic downturn has affected information-seeking behaviors and how those changes are reflected in the use and perception of libraries.

The OCLC membership report explores:

·         Technological and economic shifts since 2005

·         Lifestyle changes Americans have made during the recession, including increased use of the library and other online resources

·         How a negative change to employment status impacts use and perceptions of the library

·         How Americans use online resources and libraries in 2010

·         Perceptions of libraries and information resources based on life stage, from teens to college students, to senior Americans.

The membership report is based on U.S. data from an online survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of OCLC. OCLC analyzed and summarized the results in order to produce this report.

Download the free report here or order print copies of the report here for a nominal fee to cover the cost of printing and shipping.

Let us know your thoughts, questions and ideas about this publication here.

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#IDSCONF10 — OCLC Web Services for Developers: WorldCat API, et al.

Posted on August 5, 2010 | Comments Off

August 3,2010 — Tuesday Session #4 (4:10 pm – 5:00 pm)

• OCLC Web Services for Developers: WorldCat API, et al.

Have you wondered just what a web services is, and what it would mean to use one? Are you thinking of investing effort into building new systems that rely on web services, or enhancing an existing service with API-provided data? OCLC offers a variety of web services such as xISSN, WorldCat Search API, WorldCat Identities, and the WorldCat Registry provide a variety of data which can be used to enhance and improve current library interfaces. This session will provide an overview of the web services offered by OCLC and demonstrate several simple real world applications which use the data from these services in libraries. Examples such a Javascript and PHP code to add journal of table of contents information, peer-reviewed journal designation, links to other libraries in the area with a book, also available …, and info about this author will be discussed.

Karen A. Coombs’ Biography

Karen A. Coombs is a librarian and geek coder with an interest in mashups, web services, and library web sites and interfaces. Currently she is the Product Manager for the OCLC Developer Network, a community of developers collaborating in a “sandbox” environment in order to propose, discuss and test OCLC Web Services. Prior to joining OCLC, she worked part time as a Web Application Specialist for LISHost and as a library web technology consultant. From 2005 – 2010, Karen served as the Head of Web Services at the University of Houston Libraries.

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backbone of mashups #IDSCONF10

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IDS Search is mashup using web services #IDSCONF10

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web services: expose collections in new ways #IDSCONF10

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strong social aspect  #IDSConf10

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WorldCat basic API – OpenSearch & RSS #idsconf10

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WorldCat Search API  more functionality  more searches #IDSConf10

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Also location based information #IDSCONF10

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WorldCat Registry – location & identifier  #IDSConf10

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xID Identifier Services build relationships between identifiers FRBRizes  #IDSCONF10

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WorldCat Identities  – author information essentially #IDSConf10

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RedLaser & pic2shop Iphone apps #idsconf10

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iBookshelf #idsconf10

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WorldCat Application Gallery : http://www.oclc.org/applicationgallery/default.htm#IDSConf10

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After attending the addons and OCLC web services sessions, my creative juice is flowing. Many great possibilities! #idsconf10

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blog: http://worldcat.org/devnet/blog/ #IDSConf10

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Follow @oclcdevnet #IDSconf10

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Message from Larry Alford, Chair, OCLC Board of Trustees, and Jay Jordan, #OCLC President and CEO

Posted on August 5, 2010 | Comments Off

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OCLC Member Update

August 5, 2010

The following statement is from Larry Alford, Chair, OCLC Board of Trustees, and Jay Jordan, OCLC President and CEO:

“On July 29, SkyRiver Technology Solutions and Innovative Interfaces, Inc. filed suit against OCLC, alleging anticompetitive practices. We at OCLC believe the lawsuit is without merit, and we will vigorously defend the policies and practices of the cooperative.

OCLC’s General Counsel, working with trial counsel, will respond to this regrettable action by SkyRiver and Innovative Interfaces following procedures and timetables dictated by the court. This process will likely take months or even years, not days.

In the meantime, we want to assure the OCLC membership and all 72,000 libraries that use one or more OCLC services that these spurious allegations will not divert us from our current plans and activities. These include maintaining and enhancing existing services, pursuing an ambitious agenda in library research and advocacy, and introducing new Web-scale (cloud) services. Indeed, OCLC has been a global leader in providing cloud-based services for libraries since 1971, and the next generation of these services holds great promise for reducing member library costs.

It is worth noting that our current strategy represents a collective effort by librarians around the world, developed through ongoing dialogue and consultation with the Board of Trustees, Global Council, and Regional Councils in the Americas, Asia Pacific, and Europe, the Middle East and Africa. We will continue our active engagement with OCLC members and governance participants as, together, we move our cooperative forward.

Inclusion, reciprocity, trust and the highest standard of ethical conduct have guided the OCLC cooperative in the past and will guide us in the future. As always, OCLC’s public purposes of furthering access to the world’s information and reducing the rate of rise of library costs remain paramount.”

—Larry Alford, Chair, OCLC Board of Trustees

—Jay Jordan, OCLC President and CEO

 

 


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SkyRiver and Innovative Interfaces File Antitrust Suit Against OCLC

Posted on August 2, 2010 | Comments Off
SkyRiver Technology Solutions filed a complaint for Federal and State antitrust violations and unfair competition against OCLC in United States District Court, Northern Division of California on July 28. The suit [1] alleges that OCLC is “unlawfully monopolizing the bibliographic data, cataloging service and interlibrary lending markets and is attempting to monopolize the market for integrated library systems by anticompetitive and exclusionary agreements, policies and practices.” Innovative Interfaces, Inc. is listed as a co-plaintiff. OCLC released a statement on July 29 saying that it hadn’t reviewed the complaint yet and after it reviews the complaint and “have had an opportunity to review the allegations with its legal counsel, a statement in response will be forthcoming.” This suit could have major implications in the library software and technology services industry. If the suit is successful, OCLC may have to provide for-profit firms access to the WorldCat database and there could be implications for OCLC’s status as a non-profit cooperative.

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Written by Edward Corrado of Binghamton University

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Answer to New comment on Move Your Library’s Value to the Twitter Stream – ….

Posted on July 22, 2010 | Comments Off

lisathelibrarian (http://openid.claimid.com/lisathelibrarian) posted this comment on Blogger. My answers are in italics. "Move Your Library’s Value to the Twitter Stream – …":

How do you know that your Twitter stream is actually reaching your patrons? You indicate in the article that the growth is slow but steady and one-way, which is fine for something this new. But looking at the library twitter feed, I saw that the followers were all over the place (geographically), and some looked like media/spam/bots.

Do you actively kick off the bots? Did you formulate a policy for followers?

I only remove followers if I get spam from one of them.  We have no policy on followers.

How about the individual (not book publisher/vendors) followers who live in other places and probably aren’t your patrons? Does it matter if most of your followers won’t every use your library.

It does not matter if most of them never visit our physical library.  Many of them may end up using our online resources or spread the word about what we are doing.

I’m just curious how the value of Twitter will be judged for the library? Of course it’s free for now and is very easy to use. How will you assess the value for it?

This question is an interesting one but has no real answer yet.

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