Hagley Museum and Library enters the 100,000th record from the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway

DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 4 February 2010—A record, titled “New Haven, Connecticut,” from the Hagley Museum and Library, marked the 100,000th record entered into WorldCat using the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway. The record of an aerial photograph taken in 1940 is a part of the museum’s Dallin Aerial Survey Company Photographs digital collection and can be viewed at www.worldcat.org/oclc/476891282.

The WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway, introduced in July 2009, provides CONTENTdm users like the Hagley Museum and Library, with a Web-based, self-service tool to upload metadata for unique digital collections to WorldCat. Once records are uploaded, the digital collections of libraries, archives and other cultural heritage institutions receive unparalleled visibility through WorldCat and on the Web. Later in 2010, the Gateway's capabilities will be expanded to support all OAI-compliant repositories.

"Adding our digital content to WorldCat via the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway provides our users with another avenue to access Hagley's world-class collections on the history of business and industry. The Gateway is an intuitive tool that makes it feasible to move large sets of metadata from CONTENTdm into WorldCat," said Kevin Martin, Curator of Digital Collections at the Hagley Museum and Library located in Wilmington, Delaware.

OCLC and its member libraries are striving to develop WorldCat into the premier resource for the discovery of digital primary source and cultural heritage materials. The goal is to maximize the visibility and accessibility of the unique digital collections of libraries, museums and archives by providing infrastructure, services and support.

WorldCat is the world's largest database of bibliographic information built continuously by libraries around the world since 1971. Each record in the WorldCat database contains a description of a single item or work and a list of institutions that hold the item. The institutions share these records, using them to create local catalogs, arrange interlibrary loans and conduct reference work.

There are now more than 165 million records in WorldCat spanning five millennia of recorded knowledge. Like the knowledge it describes, WorldCat grows steadily. Every second, OCLC and its member institutions add seven records to WorldCat.

About CONTENTdm Digital Collection Management Software
CONTENTdm is a single software solution for storage, management and delivery of a library's digital collections to the Web. CONTENTdm provides a collection builder where data and digital items are prepared in large batches; a server where data and images are stored and can be edited; a Web-based search interface and customizable display templates; a self-service tool, the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway, for uploading metadata of unique digital content to WorldCat; integration with OCLC services for building collections with cataloging workflows, as well as the option of harvesting from Web sites and adding long-term preservation; and services to assist with every phase of collection development from implementation to preservation. In addition, an entry-scale version of CONTENTdm Digital Collection Management Software hosted by OCLC is now included as part of an expanded FirstSearch Base Package at no additional charge to subscribers. Learn more about the Gateway and about CONTENTdm.

About the Hagley Museum and Library
Hagley Museum and Library, a nonprofit organization, collects, preserves and interprets the unfolding history of American enterprise. Located in Wilmington, Delaware, Hagley is the site of the gunpowder works founded by E. I. du Pont in 1802. This example of early American industry includes restored mills, a workers’ community, and the ancestral home and gardens of the du Pont family. Hagley’s library furthers the study of business and technology in America. The collections include individuals’ papers and companies’ records ranging from eighteenth-century merchants to modern telecommunications and illustrate the impact of the business system on society. More information is available at www.hagley.lib.de.us/.

About OCLC
Founded in 1967, OCLC is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world’s information and reducing library costs. More than 72,000 libraries in 112 countries have used OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend, preserve and manage library materials. Researchers, students, faculty, scholars, professional librarians and other information seekers use OCLC services to obtain bibliographic, abstract and full-text information when and where they need it. OCLC and its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the world’s largest online database for discovery of library resources. Search WorldCat.org on the Web. For more information, visit the OCLC Web site.

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