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OCLC Announces WorldCat Collection Analysis Quarterly Update

February 26th, 2010, 11:54am by Evan Struble

OCLC is happy to announce that the WorldCat Collection Analysis Quarterly Update (through December 2009) has been released. The WorldCat “snapshot” was taken on December 28, 2009. The following updates were made with this install:

  • The date range of 2000-2004 has been added to the date ranges that are broken out in 10 year intervals, and 2010 has been added
  • Based on librarian feedback and input, any new comparisons created will be FRBRized. This default setting is set as “Apply FRBR Algorithm”
  • Any pre-existing peer comparisons won’t have had FRBR applied.  If you would like an old comparison to run with the FRBR algorithm, please delete the old one and re-request it using the FRBR option.
  • The interdisciplinary studies link has been added to the Support and Training page under Best Practices. Here you will find step-by-step instructions and screen shots for creating your interdisciplinary studies analysis. http://www.oclc.org/us/en/support/documentation/collectionanalysis/default.htm

For general inquiries about WCA that are not answered directly on our site, send a message to wcageneral@oclc.org.

OHIONET Says Goodbye to Jo Budler, State Librarian of Ohio

February 26th, 2010, 10:27am by Evan Struble

budler-butlerOver the past several years, OHIONET has had the pleasure of working directly with Jo Budler, State Librarian of Ohio, as well as her staff at the State Library, on a number of collaborative projects. Recently, Ms. Budler announced that she would be leaving her post and taking the position of State Librarian of Kansas. The OHIONET staff wishes Ms. Budler much luck and success in her new endeavor, and thanks her for her nearly six years of service to libraries in Ohio.

(Pictured: Left–Michael P. Butler, Executive Director of OHIONET, Right–Jo Budler, State Librarian of Ohio)

Nylink Now Partnering With OHIONET to Offer True Serials

February 25th, 2010, 4:33pm by Christine Morris

Nylink is pleased to announce a new partnership with OHIONET to offer True Serials™, a comprehensive serials holdings maintenance service, to information organizations, to their member libraries.

OHIONET will offer billing to its members, while Nylink will host and administer True Serials.

True Serials Core Services Include:
• Hosted Electronic Resources Management
• A-Z list service
• OpenURL Link Resolver
• Participation in Nylink’s group local holdings maintenance service
• Standard and customized statistical reports
• Optional MARC record services

Built on a knowledge base that includes over 500 database and serials aggregation packages, True Serials facilitates accurate inward and outward facing serials holdings and offers streamlined local holdings updates to common resource sharing platforms. “True Serials, the first of several new services Nylink will be introducing over the next year, represents a major step in fulfilling our commitment to offer low-cost, high-efficiency solutions and choices,” said Dave Penniman, Executive Director of Nylink.

“We feel that True Serials offers a tremendous value to our members. The resources saved by automatic updating of local holdings alone are a boon to time-strapped libraries everywhere.” added Michael P. Butler, Executive Director of OHIONET.

About Nylink:
Nylink, a membership organization of all types of libraries and cultural heritage organizations in New York state, facilitates collaboration and cooperation among its members and supports access to high-quality, cost-effective resources that enable member institutions to enhance the services they provide to their constituents. A program of the State University of New York System Administration under the umbrella of the Provost’s Office, Nylink is based in Albany.

About OHIONET:
As a membership organization, OHIONET provides value to libraries and information centers through innovative technology solutions, continuous education programs relative to library trends and standards, products, training and consulting. Established in 1977, OHIONET serves more than 300 libraries in Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

CONTENTdm Now Offers Expanded Microsoft® Windows and Linux Support

February 18th, 2010, 4:48pm by Evan Struble

OCLC is pleased to introduce CONTENTdm® Digital Collection Management Software version 5.3.

With version 5.3, additional platforms are supported for the CONTENTdm Project Client and CONTENTdm Server.  The Project Client now runs on Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) and Windows Vista (64-bit), and the Server now runs on Linux (64-bit) and Windows Server 2008 R2. (For a complete list of supported systems, visit www.oclc.org/contentdm/requirements/.)

Additionally, a new import feature enables libraries, museums and other cultural heritage organizations with records already in WorldCat to import metadata and OCLC numbers easily into CONTENTdm. Streamlining the import of metadata and OCLC numbers from WorldCat into CONTENTdm will be particularly useful to users that are managing the mass digitization of items with existing WorldCat records.

This release also includes improved sorting and editing functionality in the Project Client’s project spreadsheet. Users will now have the ability to sort all metadata fields (columns) displayed in the project spreadsheet. And when editing metadata in the project tab, the thumbnail image and checkbox are now frozen in the far left columns, which will help users keep the records in the spreadsheet in context while editing and viewing metadata.

Other enhancements include improvements to Upload Manager error reporting and OCR License resetting. The new release is available to current CONTENTdm licensees at no additional charge.

CONTENTdm is used by institutions worldwide to manage thousands of digital collections. To see how some of these institutions are using CONTENTdm, visit  www.oclc.org/contentdm/collections/.

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