OCLC’s Metadata Servicesfor Publishers

OCLC’s Metadata Servicesfor Publishers

Bruce A. MillerPublisher Services Executive

April 27,2010

The Importance of Title Metadata for the Publisher Supply Chain The Importance of Title Metadata for the Publisher Supply Chain

Metadata is the lifeblood that feeds:

1. Print and electronic catalogs, marketing and advertising

2. Websites

3. Web-based ordering tools

4. Inventory systems

5. Business intelligence and reporting

6. Data feeds to supply chain partners

Significant investment in staff and systems is required to support growing metadata needs

• A non-profit membership organization with

• Offices in Australia, Canada, China, Europe, Latin America and the United States serving

• 72,000 participating libraries and cultural heritage organizations

• In more than 112 countries and territories

OCLC: The world’s largest library cooperativeOCLC: The world’s largest library cooperative

• Over 178 million records

• Representing over 1.6 billion library holdings

• More than 470 languages

WorldCat: the largest database of library bibliographic records in the world

WorldCat: the largest database of library bibliographic records in the world

•Connecting the power of WorldCat to the publisher supply chain

•Breaking down silos and increasing interoperability between publisher and library metadata

OCLC and WorldCatOCLC and WorldCat

Metadata grows over time

Metadata grows over time

ISBN

Subtitle

LC Classification

Edition

BISAC Subject Headings

DeweyClassification

LC,NLM and non-English Subject

Headings

Series

Annotations

Tables ofContents

Reviews

Title Author

Cover Image

End-user tags, ratings

Sales and usage data

Publisher

• Accepts publisher title metadata in ONIX format

• Automatically adds publisher metadata to WorldCat, making it available to libraries and end users on the Web

• Mines WorldCat metadata to enrich publisher metadata

• Delivers enriched metadata back to publishers or supply chain partners in ONIX format.

How the new service works…How the new service works…

How the new service works…How the new service works…

Title: Galactic Dynamics (Second Edition)

Author: Binney, James

ISBN13: 9780691130279

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Brief publisher ONIX metadata

Title: Galactic Dynamics

Author: Binney, James,1950-

Author: Tremaine, Scott, 1950

ISBN 13: 9780691130279

OCLC #: (OCoLC)195749071

LCCN: 2007937669

Edition: 2nd ed.

Series: Princeton Series in Astrophysics

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Publication Date: 2008

Library of Congress Classification: QB857

Dewey Classification: 523.12

LC Subject Headings: Stars – Clusters; Galaxies

French Subject Heading: Etoiles – Amas

Spanish Subject Headings: Galaxias; Cumulos estlares

BISAC Subject Heading: Science – Astrophysics and Space Science

After OCLC enrichment

• Reduces cost in bibliographic description, categorization and authority work

• Provides better marketing data to support buying decisions: for wholesalers, retailers, libraries, end users

• Supports marketing, sales and business intelligence needs for multiple markets

Benefits to the publisher supply chain

WorldCat on the Web: WorldCat.orgWorldCat on the Web: WorldCat.org

WorldCat on the Web: WorldCat.orgWorldCat on the Web: WorldCat.org

WorldCat MobileWorldCat Mobile

www.worldcat.org/m

http://redlaser.com

WorldCat Mobile Red Laser app

Contact Bruce Miller to:• Learn more about OCLC services and partnership

opportunities for publishers

• Request record enrichment for a sample file

• Request a price quote for a project or for ongoing title enrichment

• Suggest topics for upcoming webinars

Bruce A. MillerPublisher Services Executivemillerb@oclc.orgOffice: 732-533-5818Fax: 614.718.7383Toll Free: 800-848-5878 x4064publishers.oclc.org

Want to find out more?Want to find out more?

• Visit our publisher website for news, resources and information: http://publishers.oclc.org/en/

• Search WorldCat: www.worldcat.org

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