Chew Chiat Naun Heads of Cataloging Interest Group ALA Annual Conference Las Vegas, June 30 th, 2014 LOCAL NEEDS, SHARED SOLUTIONS: ASPECTS OF COLLABORATION

 Reality is complex  Speculation, not research  Bread and butter issues  Not specifically about 2CUL DISCLAIMERS

 Predicated on overlapping collections  Common standards  Integrated processes  Shared values SHARED PRODUCTION WORK

COLLECTION TRENDS

 Free rider problem  “Open access”  Workflows  Incentives?  Purpose of utilities VALUES

FORMAL COLLABORATIONS, VENDOR SERVICES

 Long tail problem  Other ways to distribute work  2CUL and Cornell examples  How to pay for work is crucial FORMAL COLLABORATIONS, VENDOR SERVICES

 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 OUTSOURCING

 Are cataloguing standards lining up with objectives?  Unresolved issues in RDA  Implementation issues  Timeframes STANDARDS AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

Other ways to do standards?  Devolve decisionmaking  Role of specialist communities Relevant developments:  Open Metadata Registry  OCLC WorldCat Works CATALOGUING STANDARDS

FRBR IN THE REAL WORLD

OCLC WORKS

 “Build to share” principle  Example is shared code  Pioneering ventures (e.g. NCSU Endeca)  Two current Cornell projects  PubMed/HathiTrust  FAST “SHARING OUTWARDS”

PUBMED/HATHITRUST LINKING

 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 ) FAST (FACETED APPLICATION OF SUBJECT TERMINOLOGY)

QUESTIONS?