Presentations

Global Council Meeting

• Global Council Meeting  [10 video segments, 8 PDF slide presentations]
  Slide presentations from the meeting held November 7 –9, 2011.

77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly

• OCLC Membership Matters  [PDF, 4 slide presentations]
  A discussion on membership activities and opportunities in the Americas Regional Council and Global Council, and a view from OCLC Research
• DDC 23 workshop at IFLA 2011 [PowerPoint, 6 presentations]
  See presentations made at the DDC 23 workshop.
• Winds of Change: a taxonomy of clouds for libraries  [PDF, Report and slide presentation]
  Cloud computing is a new technology model for IT services which many
  businesses and organizations are adopting. It allows them to avoid locally hosting
  multiple servers and equipment and constantly dealing with hardware failure, software
  installs,  upgrades and compatibility issues. For many organizations, cloud
  computing can simplify processes and save time and money. This article defines cloud
  computing and shows how it is different from other types of computing. It also
  discusses how  cloud computing solutions could be beneficial to libraries in three
  basic areas: technology, data and community.

Moving Library Cooperation to Web Scale

• Moving Library Cooperation to Web Scale: Denver Public Library  [PDF, 3 slide presentations]
  

  Everyone seems to be throwing around phrases like, "in the cloud," or "paradigm shifts of Web-scale proportion." But do you have the knowledge to formulate how you will elevate your library's critical services—including acquisition, circulation and license management—to the cooperative cloud? To help you get the knowledge you need, OCLC and LYRASIS partnered to present Moving Library Cooperation to Web Scale. This event took place on May 18 at the Denver Public Library. Participants discovered how Web scale is revitalizing traditional services through shared workflows, activities and data.

OCLC Global Council annual meeting

• Global Council Annual Meeting, April 11–13, 2011  [Streaming video recordings, 19 PDF slide presentations]
  Video recordings and slide presentations from the annual meeting held April 11–13, 2011.

ALA Midwinter Conference

• ARC presentations at ALA Midwinter 2011  [3 audio files; 5 PDF slide presentations, Audio files total 103 minutes]
  The OCLC Americas Regional Council (ARC) met in San Diego on January 7 at the start of the 2011 ALA Midwinter Meeting. More than 100 librarians attended in person, and a similar number attended virtually, to hear a variety of presentations from librarians and OCLC senior leadership. You are encouraged to view or listen to these ARC meeting presentations at your convenience.
• Actions Speak Louder than Words: Usability Findings from OCLC  [5 streaming video segments, 1 hour 22 minutes]
  User input drives OCLC's design and enhancements to services like WorldCat Local and WorldCat.org. Learn about OCLC's recent studies of WorldCat Local and how they improve your users' experiences. Presenters from the WorldCat Local community are Jennifer Ward, Head, Web Services, Libraries Information Technology Services at the University of Washington and Carlos Melian, Associate University Librarian for Systems, Technical and Access Services at Northeastern Illinois University
• Membership Report: Perceptions of Libraries 2010  [Streaming video, 1 hour, 22 minutes]
  Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community is a follow-up to the 2005 Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources. The new report provides updated information and new insights into information consumers and their online information habits, preferences and perceptions. Particular attention was paid to how the current economic downturn has affected information-seeking behaviors and how those changes are reflected in the use and perception of libraries.
• Sharing Electronic Resources Just Got Easier: Two-click Article Sharing through WorldCat Resource Sharing   [2 streaming video segments, 54 minutes]
  Learn about how the integration of WorldCat Resource Sharing and ILLiad with a knowledge base and license management tools saves time for library staff and delivers faster access to electronic resources for the people who need them
• Take Another Look: Introducing the New Face of CONTENTdm  [Streaming video, 29 minutes]
  At ALA Midwinter 2011, Kevin Miller, Digital Collections Coordinator at Pepperdine University Libraries, discussed the newly released CONTENTdm 6 and how CONTENTdm helps their library staff to easily manage their collections and make them discoverable to users.
• Creating Cataloging Efficiencies that Make a Difference  [2 streaming video segments, 55 minutes]
  Catriona Cannon of the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, talks about evolving cataloging and collection management workflows to boost efficiency. A question and answer session follows the presentation.
• All About E: Management, Discovery and Delivery of Electronic Content with WorldCat  [5 Streaming video segments, 1 hour 55 minutes]
  

  Hear how the new, cooperative WorldCat knowledge base features and data help centralize the management, discovery and delivery of your electronic resources when you use OCLC services like WorldCat Local and WorldCat Resource Sharing. Use of the WorldCat knowledge base adds value to OCLC members’ existing subscriptions to OCLC Cataloging, WorldCat Local, WorldCat Resource Sharing and ILLiad.

• Library Management Services in the Cloud: More Reality than Dream  [5 streaming video segments, 1 hour 19 minutes]
  Listen as early members of the user community explain why they chose OCLC Web-scale Management Services and share their progress to-date.
• Transformational literacy: Preparing users for life’s transitions  [2 Streaming video segments, 2 hours, 4 minutes]
  Every day, libraries help people transform their lives. But nowhere is that role more apparent—and important—as when people move from one life stage to another. Whether the transition is from high school to college, student to worker, adult to parent or any other important life change, the need for information and preparation during these “between” states is more acute than at any other time in our users’ lives. A presentation by Dr. Mimi Ito was followed by a panel discussion on principles that all libraries can use to create an environment that encourages and facilitates lifelong learning.

76th IFLA Annual Conference

• Membership Matters: Working together for the benefit of all  [4 PDF Slide Presentations, ]
  Hear about the activities of EMEA Regional Council and Global Council and learn about the new membership protocols, record use policy and new OCLC Research projects. 
• The future is web-scale  [PDF, 52 slides]
  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? Norbert Weinberger, Managing Director, OCLC Germany gives an overview of developments and thoughts on cloud computing for libraries, and what benefits libraries can expect to receive from this new generation of library management services.
• Industry Symposium: Innovation and Mobile in Libraries  [PDF, 2 slide presentations]
  Historically, disruptions to the library industry have come from both inside and outside the sphere of the profession. No matter where changes originate, however, libraries must increase the pace at which they innovate to meet the ever accelerating demands of the public. Mike Teets discussed library user demographics and how commercial and consumer technology races have become a primary driver for library technologies. He also addressed the challenges and potential that mobile technologies bring to the table. Jay Jordan joined Mike to put OCLC's strategy and innovation efforts into perspective relative to the overall library landscape.

2010 OCLC Global Council Annual Meeting

• Recorded sessions and presentations  [Streaming media and PDF presentations, multiple sessions]
  

75th IFLA General Conference and Council

• Web Scale Management Services  [PDF, 28 slides]
  Matt Goldner, OCLC Product and Technology Advocate, provides an overview of OCLC’s strategy for Web-scale management services.
• OCLC: a global cooperative  [PDF, 50 slides]
  Jay Jordan, OCLC President and Chief Executive Officer, provides an update of OCLC’s recent and upcoming initiatives.
• End User Discovery Tools: OCLC Perspectives  [PDF, 56 slides]
  This program outlines how OCLC is enhancing the discovery-to-delivery experience for library users through services such as WorldCat.org, TouchPoint and WorldCat Local.

WorldCat Hackathon

Get the OCLC presentations on the Developer's Network wiki

Preconference to the 10th International ISKO Conference, Université de Montréal, Canada
5 August 2008

• SKOS and Its Application in Transferring Traditional Thesauri into Networked Knowledge
  Organization Systems (PDF)
  Marcia Lei Zeng, School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University
• DDC, SKOS, and Linked Data on the Web (PowerPoint)
  Michael Panzer, OCLC
• Terminology Services: Releasing the Value of Controlled Vocabularies (PowerPoint)
  Diane Vizine-Goetz, OCLC
• FAST: A Vocabulary to Facilitate Faceted Browsing (PowerPoint)
  Eric Childress, OCLC
• A Faceted Structure to Organize and Access Web Resources in Education (PDF)
  Michèle Hudon, École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information, Université de Montréal

SLA Conference 2008

Delivering Your Special Collections Online: Digitization and CONTENTdm

OCLC Informationstag 2008 in Oberhaching, Germany

• Frisch von der ALA 2008 in Anaheim, USA (PDF)
  Norbert Weinberger, OCLC GmbH, 03. Juli 2008
• OCLC TouchPoint (PDF)
  Marianne Klomp, OCLC B.V., 03. Juli 2008

ALA Annual 2008

• The Mashed-Up Library (OCLC Symposium) [Streaming video: 02:08:52]
  Developing new library services can now mean mixing data and functionality from several sources into “mash-ups” to provide a unique and powerful user experience. Some librarians have discovered how to use Web applications to adapt or create new services. Others are investigating this trend and looking for further guidance. Still others have found creative ways to deliver traditional programs to new populations.

  Join our keynote speaker, Michael Schrage, author of Shared Minds—The New Technologies of Collaboration and columnist for CIO and MIT's Technology Review, and our panel of three librarians who have developed their own mash-ups.

  • Susan Gibbons, Associate Dean, Public Services & Collection Development, University of Rochester (NY) River Campus Libraries
  • David Lee King, Digital Branch & Services Manager, Topeka & Shawnee County (KS) Public Library
  • Mary Beth Sancomb-Moran, Librarian, University of Minnesota, Rochester
• CONTENTdm digital collection showcase [Streaming video: 01:09:26]
  Hear from Joanna Burgess, Digital Assets Librarian, Reed College and Kenning Arlitsch, Assoc. Director for Admin. and IT Services, University of Utah Marriott Libraries.

NASIG 2008 Conference

WorldCat Registry was a part of the discussion at the NASIG 2008 Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. A discussion panel reviewed problems with online access to journals and how to prevent them with the help of identifiers. To learn more see “Using Institutional and Library Identifiers to Ensure Access to Electronic Resources” presentation.

InetBib Congress 2008 in Würzburg, Germany

• Social Network Services in WorldCat.org (PDF)
  Norbert Weinberger, OCLC GmbH, 10. April 2008

Electronic Resource and Libraries Conference - Atlanta, Georgia, USA

The WorldCat Registry and ERIC presented at the 2008 Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. The program described how information about OpenURL resolvers and library catalogs in the WorldCat Registry streamlined access to electronic and print resources for users of the ERIC database. ERIC provides access to library collections through Find in a Library links, connecting users with local catalogs and full-text resources.

ERIC and the WorldCat Registry
Lawrence Henry, ERIC Program Manager
Joanna White, WorldCat Registry Product Manager

EUSIDIC in London

• A compelling end user environment: OCLC's view (PowerPoint)
  Marianne Klomp, OCLC Product Manager, Leiden

ALA Midwinter 2008

• New Leadership for New Challenges (OCLC Symposium)
  (Streaming video—requires Internet Explorer)
  View the eight minute 41 second version
• ALCTS Forum: Moving Library Services to the Network Level
  • Web-Scale Cataloging and Metadata Management
    (Matt Goldner/Karen Calhoun, OCLC - PDF of PowerPoint slides, with notes)
  • Rethinking WorldCat Maintenance
    (Glenn Patton, OCLC - PDF of PowerPoint slides, with notes)
  • Network Level Cataloging: The View from a Member Library
    (Diana Brooking, University of Washington - PowerPoint)

IFLA 2007, Durban, South Africa

• OCLC initiatives; Tools and registries for cooperative development of Next Generation Library Services (PowerPoint)
  Janifer Gatenby

ALA Annual 2007

• Is the Library Open (OCLC Symposium)
  (Streaming video—requires Internet Explorer)
  • Cathy De Rosa: “Introduction” [10.0MB; PowerPoint]
  • Siva Vaidhyanathan: “What's so bad about a ‘Surveillance Society?'” [2.02MB; PowerPoint]
  • Mary Minow: “When library privacy policies clash with practice…” [26.3MB; PowerPoint
• Serving Diverse Communities with OCLC Custom Collections presented by Jill Haile and Lynn Jacobson from the Jacksonville Public Library

IFLA Libraries for the Blind Section, Helsinki, Finland

• Union Catalogue Models (PowerPoint)
  Janifer Gatenby

IFLA Fellows, Den Haag, Netherlands

• More than you want to know about standards (PowerPoint)
  Janifer Gatenby

ELAG 2007, Barcelona, Spain

• Accessing library materials via Google and Other Web Sites (PowerPoint)
  Janifer Gatenby

KB and UVA, Leiden, Netherlands

• OCLC Cluster Service (PowerPoint)
  Janifer Gatenby

VUGANZ

• VDX 3.1 (incorporating VDX 3.0) (PowerPoint)
  Patricia Burke
• VDX 2007: based on Ed Davidson's VDX 2007 Statement of Requirements, 25 January, 2007 (PowerPoint)
  Patricia Burke

ALA Midwinter 2007

• Partnering with OCLC for Cataloging and Selection (PowerPoint)
• OCLC WorldCat.org: Exceeding User Expectations of Libraries (PowerPoint)

Online Conferentie Nederland OCN 2006

• Today's information consumer tapping into international services: making it a reality (PowerPoint)
  Janifer Gatenby

• OCLC Members Council Enterprise Framework (PowerPoint)
  Lorcan Dempsey

NISO Discovery to Delivery Workshop

• Mobilizing Library Discovery Services (PowerPoint)
  Robin Murray

Netherlands Customer Contact Day

• International Resource Sharing (IBL) (PowerPoint)
  Janifer Gatenby
• WorldCat (PowerPoint)
  Janet Lees
• OCLC PICA Plan and Vision (PowerPoint)
  Robin Murray

7th Nordic NVBF- ILL Conference, Elsinore, Denmark

• Resource Delivery Focus OCLC PICA (PowerPoint)
  Janifer Gatenby

ALIA 2006, Perth, Australia

• Introduction to NCIP (PowerPoint)
  John Bodfish
• Benefits of NCIP in VDX (PowerPoint)
  John Bodfish

Test evaluation results in the form of a Powerpoint

• WorldCat.org and Delivery (PowerPoint)
  Janifer Gatenby

ARL Membership Meeting

• Cooperative Collection Management Survey
  Chip Nilges, Vice President, New Services, OCLC
  (PowerPoint)

ALA 2006 Annual Conference

• Alta California and San Francisco Call
  Charles Stewart, Senior photographer and head, preservation microfilm lab
  LPS/ Preservation Dept., University of California, Berkeley
  (Adobe PDF)
• Additional Remarks in re “ The left-hand side ” Problem
  Charles Stewart, Senior photographer and head, preservation microfilm lab
  LPS/ Preservation Dept., University of California, Berkeley
  (Adobe PDF)
• Microfilmed Newspapers: Selection for Digitization Success
  Kelly Barrall, OCLC; Brenda Bailey-Hainer, Colorado State Library; Henry Snyder, California Newspaper Project
  (PowerPoint)
• Digitization from Newspaper Microfilm:The Colorado Experience
  Brenda Bailey-Hainer, CHNC Program Director, Colorado State Library
  (PowerPoint)
• The Evolution of Dewey & WebDewey: The Future is Now
  Andrea Kappler, Cataloging Manager, Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library
  (PowerPoint)
• WorldCat for Genealogical Research: A Researcher's Assistant
  Curt B. Witcher MLS, FUGA, IGSF, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
  (PowerPoint)
• Using WorldCat .for Genealogy:.Thinking Outside the Chart
  Callie B. McGinnis, Dean of Libraries, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia
  (PowerPoint)
• WorldCat and the Family Tree: A lesson in creative catalog searching
  Tina Beaird
  (PowerPoint)
• ArchiveGrid: Open the door to history
  Anne Van Camp, Manager, Member Programs, American Libraries Association
  (PowerPoint)

2006 Special Libraries Association Conference

• OCLC Update
  Anita Reeb, Executive Director, U.S. Library Services, OCLC
  (PowerPoint)

Ohio Library Council 2006 Technical Services Retreat

Pattern Recognition in Action for Cataloging and Metadata (.ppt: 1.6MB/42 slides)
Chris Grabenstatter
Mohican State Park Lodge, Loudonville, OH (USA)

ALA Midwinter 2006

• MFHD Local Holdings Project Status
  (Powerpoint)
• CDP's Sustainability
  (Powerpoint)
• Sustainability for Digitization Programs
  (Powerpoint)
• Sustainability: Partnership models
  (Powerpoint)

Resource Sharing and Fulfillment Services

• User Group Update

Preserving Access for the Future: Updates on Various Activities in Digital Preservation

• Agenda
  (Powerpoint)
• Video digitization presented by John Walko, Scene Savers.
  (Powerpoint)
• Audio digitization presented by George Blood, Safe Sound Archive.
  (Powerpoint)
• Preserving Access to Multimedia Collections presented by Alan Cornish, Washington State University.
  (Powerpoint)
• Digital Preservation with OCLC presented by Taylor Surface, OCLC.
  (Powerpoint)

Sound Preservation: First Steps

• Agenda
  (Powerpoint)
• Audio digitization for the long run presented by George Blood, Safe Sound Archive.
  (Powerpoint)
• Preserving Notable New Yorkers presented by Debra Spruill, Director, OCLC Preservation Service Centers
  (Powerpoint)

Digitization Standards: Issues and Updates

• Agenda
  (PowerPoint)
• National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) presented by Guy Lamolinara, Library of Congress
  (PowerPoint)
• Practical Digital Data Curation presented by Gayle Palmer, OCLC Western
  (PowerPoint)
• Preservation Metadata Standards presented by Taylor Surface, OCLC
  (PowerPoint)