More on New OCLC Policy

The FAQ for OCLC's updated Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat records addresses these topics and more here:

http://www.oclc.org/us/en/worldcat/catalog/policy/questions/default.htm

Guidelines are here:

http://www.oclc.org/us/en/support/documentation/worldcat/records/guidelines/default.htm

A podcast of a discussion of the policy held between Richard Wallis of Talis and Karen Calhoun and Roy Tennant, of OCLC, can be found here:

http://blogs.talis.com/panlibus/archives/2008/11/oclc-talk-with-talis-about-the-new-record-use-policy.php

If you have questions about the policy, please contact OCLC at recorduse@oclc.org

--Karen Calhoun, OCLC WorldCat and Metadata Services

(AUTOCAT e-list)

Do Tags Help Users Find Things?

Searching with Tags: Do Tags Help Users Find Things? by Margaret E.I. Kipp appears in Proceedings 10th International Conference of the International Society for Knowledge Organization, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

"This study examines the question of whether tags can be useful in the process of information retrieval. Participants were asked to search a social bookmarking tool specialising in academic articles (CiteULike) and an online journal database (Pubmed) in order to determine if users found tags were useful in their search process. The actions of each participants were captured using screen capture software and they were asked to describe their search process. The preliminary study showed that users did indeed make use of tags in their search process, as a guide to searching and as hyperlinks to potentially useful articles. However, users also made use of controlled vocabularies in the journal database."

(Catalogablog)

Reference Extract

"Have you ever wished for a personal reference librarian, an information guru to point you to the most reliable sites whenever you search the Web? A new search-engine project aims to simulate something like that. The trick? Weighting search results so that librarians’ picks rise to the top.

Called Reference Extract, the project is being developed by the Online Computer Library Center and the information schools of Syracuse University and the University of Washington. OCLC is an international cooperative that shares resources among more than 69,000 libraries in 112 countries and territories. A $100,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is covering planning costs. According to the project proposal, the search engine 'will be built for maximum credibility by relying on the expertise and credibility judgments of librarians from around the globe.'"

http://referencextract.org/?page_id=3

(Wired Campus)

lcsh.info

lcsh.info is "an experimental service that makes Library of Congress Subject Headings available as linked-data using the SKOS vocabulary. The goal of lcsh.info is to encourage experimentation and use of LCSH on the web with the hopes of informing a similar effort at the Library of Congress to make a continually updated version available."

http://lcsh.info/

(Collocate and Disambiguate blog)

ALCTS Newsletter Online Available

The combined August/October issue of ALCTS Newsletter Online is now available:

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/resources/ano/v19/n4/index.cfm

RDA Documents Now Available

The following documents are now available on the JSC web site at:

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/jsc/workingnew.html

- 5JSC/RDA/Editor's Guide
- 5JSC/RDA/Objectives and Principles/Rev/2
- 5JSC/RDA/Prospectus/Rev/6
- 5JSC/RDA/Scope/Rev/3
- 5JSC/RDA/RDA to FRBR mapping/Rev/2
- 5JSC/RDA/FRBR to RDA mapping
- 5JSC/RDA/Element analysis/Rev/2
- 5JSC/RDA/RDA to FRAD mapping/Rev
- 5JSC/RDA/FRAD to RDA mapping

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Kathy Winzer
Catalog Librarian
Robert Crown Law Library
Stanford University

(TS-SIS e-list)

New OCLC Policy on Use and Transfer of Records

Posted on behalf of Karen Calhoun, Vice President, WorldCat and Metadata Services

The Guidelines for the Use and Transfer of OCLC-Derived Records have been updated to become the Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records. The policy is scheduled to become effective mid-February 2009, to give OCLC member libraries and other organizations time to implement any changes resulting from the update. Until that time, the Guidelines will remain in effect.

The information landscape has undergone vast changes since 1987 when the Guidelines for the Use and Transfer of OCLC-Derived Records were last updated. The updated policy is intended to support the widespread, non-commercial sharing of WorldCat records and encourage innovation that benefits libraries and other cultural heritage institutions, while also protecting members' investment in WorldCat.

For more information, please visit the Policy page to see the policy, a summary, frequently asked questions, and graphical representation of the policy. We anticipate frequent updates to the FAQ during the implementation period and welcome any additions you may suggest.

http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/catalog/policy/

(OCLC-CAT e-list)