Report from the RLG Service Center OCLC Online Computer Library Center

Report from the RLG Service Center OCLC Online Computer Library Center November 2006, National Széchényi Library, Budapest SUMMARY The Research Libraries Group, Inc.. combined with OCLC

Report from the RLG Service Center OCLC Online Computer Library Center

November 2006, National Széchényi Library, Budapest

SUMMARY

The Research Libraries Group, Inc combined with OCLC Online Computer

Library Center, Inc on July 1, 2006 OCLC is pleased to be able to continue

to work with CERL on the development and promotion of the Hand Press

Book database

Work to complete the agreement between CERL and RLG/OCLC was a top

priority CERL and RLG-OCLC staff worked together to meet this goal

As in previous years, RLG/OCLC staff was pleased to continue working

closely with CERL staff, committee members, and file contributors to add

new files and updates to the Hand Press Book database (HPB)

RLG participated in the CERL Advisory Task Group, Executive Committee,

and Annual General meetings, answered queries, and responded to the

needs of CERL member users of HPB We also served both CERL members and subscribers to HPB with account management, search assistance, and training

During the previous year, there were 26 subscribers to HPB, and among

these are library consortia that provide access to more than 30 additional

institutions 26 institutions also accessed HPB on a per-search basis

As in past years, the RLG Information Center set up accounts for CERL

member institutions to provide reading room access based on IP

addresses, enabled communication between RLG’s Z39.50 server and

individual CERL member client software, as well as responded to inquiries

regarding HPB and CERL from libraries, scholars, and booksellers

The majority of staff in the RLG Service Center is now working on the

migration of the RLG databases to the OCLC headquarters in Dublin, Ohio

ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING 2006

File conversion and loading

The following collections and updates were worked on during fiscal year

2005-2006:

Contributor Status

New collections

National Library of Hungary 11,308 records loaded in

March 2006

FM/2006/17 National Library of Lithuania 2,307 records loaded in June

2006 Royal Library, Copenhagen 74,965 loaded in October

2006

Updates

National Library of Russia update 588 records loaded in June

2006

National Library of Spain update 78,768 records loaded

in June 2006

National Library of Wales update 5,453 records loaded in June 2006

Royal Library of The Netherlands update 130,935 records loaded

in October 2006

GBV Catalogue (replacing the loading began in

October 2006

Goettingen State and University Library)

Bavarian State Library, VD16 update loading began in October

2006

PLANS FOR 2007

The Hand Press Book database will be migrated to the OCLC computer

systems in Dublin, Ohio The preliminary schedule calls for the migration

to be completed in the middle of calendar year 2007

Researchers and scholars will be able to search HPB using the FirstSearch

interface FirstSearch has many features that CERL members have

requested, including a multi-lingual interface and the ability to

simultaneously search more than one database More information about

FirstSearch is available on the OCLC website at:

http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/default.htm

Librarians will be able to use HPB in the Connexion service to view and

download MARC records Information about Connexion is available at:

http://www.oclc.org/connexion/default.htm

Z39.50 access will continue to be available

Database loading will continue to handle UNIMARC as well as MARC 21 and UKMARC records

Specific information about integrating the products and services is

available at the RLG-OCLC Transition page at:

http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=20965

Overall information about the combination is available at The Agreement to Combine RLG and OCLC—Frequently Asked Questions page at:

http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=20944

FILE STATISTICS

October

2004 October 2005 October 2006

Number of records in file 1,633,224 1,646,989 1,835,135 Current number of HPB

Number of users with per-search

access

Total searches on HPB by

subscribers (CERL statistics not

included)

Sept 2004-Feb 2005

Mar 2005-Aug 2005*

* incomplete data

-5891 1611

8,020

Total records by contributor

Bavarian State Library, Munich, VD 16 Supplement 26,865

Central Institute for the Union Catalogue of Italian

Libraries

140,350 Goettingen State and University Library 157,317

National and University Library of Croatia 8,209

National and University Library of Slovenia 18,837

National Library of Russia, St Petersburg 21,100

Royal Library of The Netherlands 131,221

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* Figure does not include the approximately 14,000 duplicate records

caused by changes in record identification numbers The duplicate records will be deleted later in 2006

HPB Subscribers (during 2005-2006)

Brigham Young University

CERL

Columbia University

Cornell University

Duke University

Florida Consortium

Folger Shakespeare Library

Harvard University

Indiana University

Library of Congress

New School University

New York University

OhioLINK

Princeton University Rice University Rutgers University Stanford University Temple University Texas A&M University University of Arizona University of California University of Chicago University of Minnesota University of Pennsylvania University of Texas at Austin University of Toronto

HPB Per-Search Users (during 2005-2006)

Bard College

Ben Kinmont, Bookseller

College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Cornell University

Cumberland Rare Books

Dartmouth College

Davidson College

Howard Karno Books, Inc

J Paul Getty Trust

Lafayette College

Lovells

University of Minnesota Law Library

Mineral Trust

Morgan Library

National Library of Medicine National Library of New Zealand New York Public Library

Newberry Library Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscripts Co

Rick Zank Syracuse University University of Alabama, Birmingham University of New Mexico

University of Prince Edward Island University of Southern California Villanova University

Library School with Access for Teaching (during 2005-2006)

Free access is offered to some databases to recognized library schools for

instructional purposes This access is used to teach library school students about cataloging and online searching:

Catholic University of America

Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Dalhousie University

Dominican University

Drexel University

Indiana University Bloomington

Long Island University

Louisiana State University

Pratt School of Information & Library

Science

Queens College, City University of

New York

Rutgers University

San Jose State University Simmons College

Southern Connecticut State University

Texas Woman's University University of Arizona University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

University of Oklahoma University of Rhode Island University of Washington

FM/2006/17 University of Western Ontario Wayne State University

Prepared by Wesley M Taoka

October 31, 2006