OCLC and the Social Web:Building tools, providing platforms, engaging the community

OCLC and the Social Web:Building tools, providing platforms, engaging the communityInternational

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Eric ChildressConsulting Project ManagerOCLC Office of Researchchildree@oclc.org

Andy HavensManager of Branding andCreative Services, OCLChavensa@oclc.org

OCLC: Member owned and governed since 1967.OCLC: Member owned and governed since 1967.

Mission: Connecting people to knowledge through library cooperation.

Vision: The world’s libraries. Connected.

Introduction to OCLCIntroduction to OCLC

• World’s largest library cooperative. Established in 1967 in Ohio, USA. Non-profit charter to reduce rate of rise of library costs and increase access to the world’s information.

• WorldCat union catalog: Cooperative database of 145 million+ records, representing materials in 71,000 libraries in 112 countries.

• WorldCat.org: Free-to-the-public search site for materials in WorldCat libraries.

• WorldCat Resource Sharing: World’s largest inter-library loan network, reaching 10,000 libraries with a transaction every 4 seconds.

• WebJunction.org: Peer-to-peer training and support network for libraries.

• OCLC Research: Leading applied research center for libraries, archives, museums. Hosted original Dublin Core meeting in 1995.

Building tools: WorldCat.orgBuilding tools: WorldCat.org

Building tools: WorldCat.org social featuresBuilding tools: WorldCat.org social features

RSS Feeds

Lists

List watching

Reviews and ratings

User tags

Portablesearch box

Providing platforms: Facebook App and CiteMe toolProviding platforms: Facebook App and CiteMe tool

Learn more at:http://apps.facebook.com/worldcat/

Learn more at: http://apps.facebook.com/citemeapp/

Learn about the Developers’ Network at: http://www.worldcat.org/devnet/wiki/Main_Page

Engaging the community:OCLC and the wider, social WebEngaging the community:OCLC and the wider, social Web

• 13 official blogs and counting; 12 in English, 1 in English, Spanish & Portuguese. Subscribe to any/all at: www.oclc.org/rss/

• 10+ product-related discussion lists plus hosted lists: https://www3.oclc.org/app/listserv/

• Twitter: @oclc, @oclcdevnet + dozens of personal OCLC employee accounts (e.g., @lorcanD)

• Facebook: WorldCat.org applications, OCLC, WorldCat, WebJunction, other fan pages

• WebJunction forums, OCLC Developer’s Network

• Content on oclc.org (articles, reports, Webinars, news, some datasets) available as HTML, RSS, etc.

• Growing the size and scope of OCLC-provided linked data (e.g., VIAF – a multi-national authority file). See:

http://outgoing.typepad.com/outgoing/2009/09/viaf-as-linked-data.html

OCLC blogs… your glimpse into our

minds

Engaging the community:OCLC reports and moreEngaging the community:OCLC reports and more

NextSpace: Libraries and social networking http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/007/1.htm

“Some thoughts about egos, objects, and social networks”http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/001601.html

Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World http://www.oclc.org/reports/sharing/default.htm

Thank you!Thank you!

If you have a moment, we invite you to take a look at these OCLC blogs… And we welcome your comments!

•Lorcan Dempsey’s Weblog: orweblog.oclc.org •WorldCat Blog: worldcat.org/blogs •It’s all good: scanblog.blogspot.com•Hanging Together: hangingtogether.org•Outgoing: outgoing.typepad.com/outgoing•Designing the Future: community.oclc.org/engineering•Metalogue: community.oclc.org/metalogue •Hectic Pace: community.oclc.org/hecticpace •Weibel Lines: weibel-lines.typepad.com•The Dewey blog: ddc.typepad.com•BlogJunction: blog.webjunctionworks.org

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