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Please find below the program for an important series of OCLC events,
targeted primarily for academic libraries, but which any library that is
interested, can of course attend.

Making Partnerships Matter

If two heads are better than one, what could be achieved when thousands
come together to innovate? OCLC has worked for over forty years in the
library sector, partnering with libraries around the world to deliver
transformational services. We invite you to join us at this unique
series of events, to find out more about the OCLC cooperative of
libraries and the next wave of innovation.

10.30 Registration

11.00 Welcome

11.10 Achieving 'Web scale' with libraries (Robin Murray,
Vice-President, Global Product Management)
The Web has revolutionised the way we work, supplying us with new
opportunities to deliver services. Web pioneers have shown us that
successful networks can be rapidly established, achieve mass adoption,
and provide enormous economic benefits back to those who participate.
OCLC has coined the term 'web scale' to describe the point of difference
between those networks that work and those networks that don't. OCLC is
already addressing how library discovery services can be positively
impacted by such an environment, and is now investigating other critical
library operations including electronic resource management and
collection management. Robin Murray provides this strategic overview of
OCLC's product direction and ethos.

11.55 The simple search box (Simon Day, EMEA Product Manager)
A sea change in the information discovery environment has taken place.
At the point where desired information is actually delivered to a user
upon its discovery, the loop is closed and the cycle of discovery
through to delivery is completed. WorldCat Local is OCLC's solution for
the information needs of library customers that require immediate access
to materials, be they physical, electronic or digital. Simon Day will
give an insight into how OCLC has stepped up to the challenge of
providing the single, simple search box that your users want for getting
to everything.

12.40 LUNCH 

13.20 Case study of York St John University's implementation of WorldCat
Local

13.40 WorldCat: making data work harder (Fiona Leslie, EMEA Marketing
Communications Manager)
OCLC's stewardship of WorldCat requires that data quality and relevance
be assured. Compliance with standards initiatives and involvement in
their development is a major function for those tasked with managing the
world's largest bibliographic database. Similarly, WorldCat is
responding to an expanded and changing vision of library collections,
where greater emphasis is placed on electronic and digital items. This
session will take a look at how WorldCat is evolving in the materials it
represents and the work being done on initiatives like VIAF, FRBR and
RDA. Finally, we will visit some of the ways that libraries, OCLC
Research and development partners are innovating with WorldCat data.

14.15 Web Scale Management Services (Phil Coles, Regional Account
Manager)
Many business environments today provide Web-based management
applications that host software and data 'in the cloud'. Does it make
sense for libraries to transfer their management functions and data to
the Web? What are the advantages of 'Web-scale' to a management and
end-user environment? What cooperation opportunities can be created
between libraries? And does such a technology shift allow libraries to
provide better services to their communities? Hear an overview of
developments and thoughts from OCLC on cloud computing for libraries,
and what benefits libraries can expect to receive from this new
generation of library management services.

15.00 Questions

15.15 CLOSE AND REFRESHMENTS

The events will be taking place at:

18th October - Room B202, The Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and
African Studies, London

19th October - OCLC offices, 54 Hagley Road, Birmingham

20th October - Studios 1 & 2, The Science Gallery, Trinity College
Dublin

2nd November - The Ormond Building, The Council Chamber, Manchester
Metropolitan University

3rd November - St. Trinnean's Meeting Room, St. Leonard's Hall,
University of Edinburgh

To register, go here: https://www3.oclc.org/partnershipsmatter

We hope you can join us.

 

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Join us for 'Making Partnerships Matter'
<http://www.oclc.org/uk/en/enews/2010/17/en_01.htm> ; a series of
unique, free events, aimed at academic institutions across the UK and
Ireland exploring developments to OCLC's service strategy and the next
wave of innovation for libraries.