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Local NEEDS, shared solutions: Aspects of collaboration

Local NEEDS, shared solutions: Aspects of collaboration. Chew Chiat Naun Heads of Cataloging Interest Group ALA Annual Conference Las Vegas, June 30 th , 2014. Disclaimers. Reality is complex Speculation, not research Bread and butter issues Not specifically about 2CUL.

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Local NEEDS, shared solutions: Aspects of collaboration

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  1. Local NEEDS, shared solutions: Aspects of collaboration Chew Chiat Naun Heads of Cataloging Interest Group ALA Annual Conference Las Vegas, June 30th, 2014

  2. Disclaimers • Reality is complex • Speculation, not research • Bread and butter issues • Not specifically about 2CUL

  3. Shared production work • Predicated on overlapping collections • Common standards • Integrated processes • Shared values

  4. Collection trends

  5. Values • Free rider problem • “Open access” • Workflows • Incentives? • Purpose of utilities

  6. Formal collaborations, vendor services

  7. Formal collaborations, vendor services • Long tail problem • Other ways to distribute work • 2CUL and Cornell examples • How to pay for work is crucial

  8. Outsourcing • Attitudes very dependent on local situation • Reasons for sharing vendors • Economies of scale, stability • Don’t have to keep reinventing processes • Well understood business model • Locating, hiring, compensating staff • Consider broader range of services • Progress depends on building relationships

  9. Standards and infrastructure development • Are cataloguing standards lining up with objectives? • Unresolved issues in RDA • Implementation issues • Timeframes

  10. Cataloguing standards Other ways to do standards? • Devolve decisionmaking • Role of specialist communities Relevant developments: • Open Metadata Registry • OCLC WorldCat Works

  11. FRBR IN THE REAL WORLD

  12. OCLC works

  13. “Sharing outwards” • “Build to share” principle • Example is shared code • Pioneering ventures (e.g. NCSU Endeca) • Two current Cornell projects • PubMed/HathiTrust • FAST

  14. PubMed/HathiTrust linking

  15. FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) • Multiple objectives • Use for faceting in discovery system • Lightweight controlled subject vocabulary for MARC cataloguing • “Linked data ready” • Collaboration with OCLC Research • Workflow (e.g. maintenance) • Vocabulary development (e.g. local extensions)

  16. Questions?cnc53@cornell.edu

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