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• Andrew H. Wang

• Executive Director

• OCLC Asia Pacific

A Message from Andrew H. Wang

• I apologize for being unable to make this presentation in person as I have to attend the OCLC Members Council meeting at OCLC in Dublin, Ohio, U.S.A.

• Ms. Shu-En Tsai, Manager, Asia Pacific Library Services, OCLC, has graciously agreed to make this presentation in my behalf.

OCLC Online Computer Library Center

• A Library Cooperative Rather Than a Vendor

• OCLC Members Council
• OCLC Asia Pacific Advisory Council
• OCLC National Advisory Councils

OCLC Members Council Delegates – OCLC Asia Pacific (Term: 2001-2004)

• Ms. Shirley Leung – Asia Pacific Delegate University Librarian Hong Kong Baptist University

• Mr. Cheng Huanwen – China Delegate Professor and University Librarian

• Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, China

• Mr. Michitaro Urakawa – Japan Delegate Director of the Library Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Strengthen OCLC’s Relationship with Libraries

• Establish OCLC Asia Pacific Advisory Council

• (Membership: top 10 users of the year)

• Establish National Advisory Councils

• OCLC Australia Advisory Council established in August 2001

Top 7 Countries/Territories of OCLC Users in Asia Pacific

• 1. China (Mainland) 720 institutions

• 2. Japan 436 institutions

• 3. Korea 310 institutions

• 4. Taiwan 169 institutions

• 5. Australia 139 institutions

• 6. New Zealand 71 institutions

• 7. Hong Kong 20 institutions

• (as of July 2001)

Top 7 OCLC Usage in Asia Pacific

• Based on OCLC usage, July 2000 – June 2001

• 1. Japan

• 2. Australia

• 3. Korea

• 4. Hong Kong

• 5. New Zealand

• 6. Taiwan

• 7. Singapore

OCLC Online Computer Library Center

• Libraries Working Together to Solve Common Problems

• Cooperative Cataloging
• Resource Sharing
• Cooperative Online Resource Catalog (CORC)
• Collaborate Digital Reference Service (CDRS)
• A Cooperative Program with SPARC – BioOne
• E-journal Archival Access
• Per-Article Purchase

Cooperative Cataloging

• 10,000 OCLC members participate in cooperative cataloging

• WorldCat (the OCLC Online Union Catalog)

• 48 million unique records

• 800 million items

• 1 million Chinese records

• LC – an OCLC online cataloging user

Resource Sharing

• Libraries without walls

• 10,000 libraries participate in OCLC ILL

• 1 million ILL transactions via OCLC ILL every 6 weeks

• Heavy dependency on print information

Cooperative Online Resource Catalog (CORC)

• Characteristics of WWW

• Resourceful

• Disorganized

• Constant changes

• Rapid growth

• Too much information not needed

• Much needed information not there

Cooperative Online Resource Catalog (CORC)

• WHAT shall we do with WWW?

• Bring WWW to libraries

• Increase its usefulness and accessibility

Cooperative Online Resource Catalog (CORC)

• HOW shall we do with WWW?

• Librarians: selection and organization

• Cooperation: no one can do it alone

• Eliminate unnecessary duplicate efforts
• Share knowledge management expertise

• Technology: a sharpened tool

• Automated harvesting and cataloging

Collaborative Digital Reference Service (CDRS)

• Libraries working together to

• Take libraries to the Web
• Create a knowledge database at OCLC
• Provide virtual reference service – 24x7x365

• Partners:

• OCLC
• Library of Congress
• British Library
• National Library of Australia
• National Library Board, Singapore
• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• More than 100 other libraries around the world

CDRS Process

A Cooperative Program with SPARC - BioOne

• A new approach to publishing of scholarly journals

• A Cooperative Program of academic, nonprofit organizations

• OCLC
• SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
• AIBS (American Institute of Biological Sciences)
• Big 12 Plus Libraries Consortium
• University of Kansas
• Allen Press

• 40 (and increasing) e-journals in biological, ecological and environmental sciences

E-journal Archival Access

• What happen to the e-journals your library subscribed to AFTER you have cancelled the subscription?

• What happen to the e-journals your library subscribed to AFTER the publisher has gone out of business?

• OCLC’s e-journal archival access guarantee

• If and when the above two situations occur, your library can continue to access the e-journals through OCLC

Per Article Purchase of E-journals

• Your library’s choice:

• Subscribe to E-journals through OCLC for unlimited access

• OR

• Pay for the article when you wish to read it

The End . . .

• Thank you!

• Questions?