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From: dooleyj <dooleyj(a)oclc.org>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 09:10:24 -0800
Do you manage digital special collections for public access? Need a no-cost
way to drive users to your website? Want to get your CONTENTdm or OAIster
metadata available via WorldCat? How can you get started? Learn about OCLC¹s
Digital Collection Gateway <http://www.oclc.org/gateway/default.htm> .
And if you're attending American Library Association¹s Midwinter meeting in
San Diego, please plan to join us on Sunday, January 9th, from 3:00 4:30
pm at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel, across from the San Diego
Convention Center. (Stop by the hotel front desk to ask for the OCLC Blue
Suite.) Geri Ingram, OCLC Digital Collection Services, will host special
guest, Jen Palmentiero, Southeastern New York Library Resources Council, for
a live demo harvesting SENYLRC repository metadata to WorldCat using the
Gateway. This will be an informal get together where you can learn about
the Gateway, discuss best practices for sharing OAI metadata, and see the
self-service metadata mapping function in action.
Please let us know if you-- or a colleague--are able to attend:
ingramg(a)oclc.org <mailto:ingramg@oclc.org>
Here¹s some background on the Gateway ...
By now it¹s well known that searchers expect not only to discover, but also
to take delivery of digital items at their desktops. Though libraries and
archives are assembling digital content in the form of institutional
repositories and other locally unique materials, researchers often overlook
these local resources and go directly to electronic journals or disciplinary
collections that span institutions. Archivists, curators and librarians are
responding by increasing the visibility of their digitized collections at
the network level. Starting with OAIster repositories and CONTENTdm
collections, OCLC and the open access community are working to build the
world¹s premier aggregation of metadata indexed in one place for global open
access. By uploading your metadata through the WorldCat Digital Gateway, you
are developing a premier resource for digital primary source materials.
OCLC's goal is to provide the infrastructure, services and support to help
maximize the visibility and integrated discovery of digital content
worldwide.
The Gateway is free and is a self-service tool that allows you to control
the mapping profiles appropriate for your own OAI-PMH sets. You also control
the schedule for regular harvests of your metadata, and can perform other
routine maintenance tasks. To date, more than six million metadata records
have been absorbed into
Worldcat.org through the WorldCat Digital Collection
Gateway. The translation feature of the Digital Collection Gateway is unique
because it provides you with a click-through interface to customize a
translation from Dublin Core to MARC. This design provides a pathway by
which metadata can evolve over time, and thus bridging some of the gap
between traditional library metadata and newer standards.
Please contact Geri Ingram <ingramg(a)oclc.org> for further information.
Not attending ALA Midwinter?
If you¹re not attending ALA Midwinter 2011, please let us know if you¹re
interested in attending a Web-based follow up demonstration in early 2011:
kreisl(a)oclc.org <kreisl(a)oclc.org> <mailto:kreisl@oclc.org
<mailto:kreisl@oclc.org> >