OCLC to conduct new cataloging and metadata pilot

OCLC is conducting a pilot project to explore the viability and efficiency of capturing metadata from publishers and vendors upstream and enhancing that metadata in WorldCat, an approach that could provide added value to libraries and publishers by enhancing and delivering data that can work in multiple contexts and systems.

From the announcement:

The pilot will begin in January 2008 and involves libraries and the publisher supply chain. Public and academic libraries will be represented in the pilot along with a variety of publishers and vendors. OCLC will announce participants as the project gets under way.

“Efficiently and effectively re-using metadata from publishers supports the continued relevance and success of bibliographic control going forward,” said Karen Calhoun, Vice President, OCLC WorldCat and Metadata Services.

“It is crucial to the future of cataloging to find collaborative ways to take advantage of publisher ONIX metadata, and we must find efficient and centralized ways to store, enhance and normalize the metadata for the benefit of both library and publishing communities,” said Renee Register, OCLC Global Product Manager, Cataloging and Metadata Services. “Librarians can and should participate in raising the quality of metadata in the marketplace, where we participate whenever we select and purchase materials.”

Source: OCLC

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