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Information Management in a Knowledge Society

Explore the challenges faced by libraries in the progression of digitization, data and metadata management, and the impact of digitization on communication and access to information. Discover how OCLC is contributing to better communication, easier access to information, and the digitization of reference works, journals, and books.

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Information Management in a Knowledge Society

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  1. Information Management in a Knowledge Society Thomas Hickey OCLC

  2. OCLC • Founded 1967 • Nonprofit membership organization • > 50,000 libraries • 84 countries • ~1,000 employees • Cataloging • Interlibrary Loan • Preservation • Dewey Decimal Classification • netLibrary • FirstSearch

  3. Challenges to Libraries • Progression of digitization • Data • Metadata • Reference • Journals • Books • Better communication

  4. Better Communication • Easier to ask questions • Searching • Cell phones • Ubiquitous computing

  5. Better Communication – The Web • Easy to access • Easy to participate • Blogs • Wikis • Libraries • Easier ways of obtaining and sharing information

  6. Progression of digitization • Data • Metadata • Reference • Journals • Books

  7. Digitization of Metadata • Made OCLC possible • Made sharing possible • Better metadata • Faster metadata • Cheaper metadata • Reduced redundancy • Made A & I services possible • Search for articles • Alert services • Increased use of literature • Remote access to holdings of libraries

  8. Digitization of Reference Works • Made encyclopedias cheap • Dictionaries a service • Remote usage of ‘library’ materials

  9. Digitization of Journals • Access at your desk • Usage of physical collections ‘negligible’ • Still not seamless access

  10. Digitization of Books • Google Print, Million Books Project • Millions of volumes • Instant access • Physical collection use? • Not quite the same as serials, encyclopedias, metadata • What about ‘mindshare’?

  11. Combination: Digitization & Communication • Reinforce each other • Access promotes use • Use promotes better access

  12. Trend Towards Centralization • Metadata creation • Searching • Management • Group catalogs • Circulation, interlibrary loan • Not just metadata • Electronic subscriptions • Local -> consortia -> national

  13. Where do Libraries Fit? • Technology support

  14. Social Aspects?

  15. Preservation • Institutional repositories • Local digitization • Local support • Publishing • MIT DSpace • Cornell DPubS • 24x7 support

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