1. OCLC Research Overview

2. Some general remarks –Selection and balance of projects Programs www.oclc.org/research/programs/www.oclc.org/research/programs/ Software www.oclc.org/research/software/www.oclc.org/research/software/ Projects www.oclc.org/research/projects/www.oclc.org/research/projects/

3. Knowledge organization Knowledge organization Metadata management Metadata management Content management Content management Management intelligence Management intelligence Interop- erability Systems and Interaction design Systems and Interaction design

4. Metadata management and knowledge org. Priority: Build prototype services which show how OCLC can add value to metadata wherever it is created. Priority: Make knowledge organization services more accessible and usable by a wider range of users. Metadata switch –Terminology services –Schema transformation –Names –Harvest (NDLTD) FRBR FAST VIAF Classification research

5. Content management Priority: Make a leading contribution to the economic and engineering issues facing the digital preservation community. Longer term priority: develop projects which enhance services provided on content. OCLC/RLG group White paper on economics of digital preservation Future technical research work

6. Interoperability Priority: Continue to make a leading contribution to standards, architectural and interoperability initiatives. DCMI ZIG/SRU/SRW IMS OAI NACO

7. Management intelligence Priority: Explore how to support management decisions by making better use of available data. Comparative collection assessment Analysis of ILL data Collection analysis using index information OSU/OCLC IMLS grant application? Special collections

8. A renewed emphasis on … Communication –Publication –Presentation –Website –… Collaboration –Strategic partnership

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