Publishers Supply Chain News Publishers Supply Chain News http://www.oclc.org/publishers/en/news/default.htm Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:39:11 EDT Copyright 2009 OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. en-us support@oclc.org (OCLC Support) http://backend.userland.com/rss Saturday Sunday Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information_Science/ Merant Collage 1440 Library of Congress report and study http://publishers.oclc.org/en/en/news/announcement13.htm The Library of Congress recently published reports on the topic of bibliographic control and MARC record providers.

The reports are available on the Library of Congress Bibliographic Control Working Group News and Press Releases page. They include:

  • Recommendations the Library of Congress Should Pursue Over the Next Four Years: Report to the Associate Librarian for Library Services (OTR Report Implementation Working Group, Regina Reynolds and Bruce Knarr, co-chairs, September 15, 2009)
  • Library of Congress Study of the North American MARC Records Marketplace
    (R2 Consulting LLC, Ruth Fischer, Rick Lugg, October 2009)

]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:44:00 EST http://publishers.oclc.org/en/en/news/announcement13.htm Presentation at Frankfurt Book Fair http://publishers.oclc.org/en/en/news/announcement12.htm Renee Register and other OCLC representatives recently attended the Frankfurt Book Fair. During the event, Renee presented on OCLC initiatives at the 31st International Supply Chain Seminar.

See the seminar presentations. ]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:33:00 EST http://publishers.oclc.org/en/en/news/announcement12.htm ALA Annual 2009 meeting recordings are now available http://publishers.oclc.org/en/en/news/announcement10.htm OCLC cataloging and metadata meetings at ALA Annual 2009 of interest to publishers include sessions that were recorded and are now available for viewing.

  • ONIX to MARC and Back Again: New Metadata Service Options at OCLC – Renee Register, OCLC, introduces OCLC Metadata Services for Publishers and describes the process of enriching publisher title metadata to create an ONIX file for use in the publisher supply chain.
  • Redesigning Technical Services Workflows – with presentations including:
    • “Streamlining Book Metadata Workflow: A Report from NISO and OCLC” presented by Todd Carpenter, NISO, and Renee Register, OCLC;
    • The Only Constant is Change presented by Arlene Klair, University of Maryland Libraries; and
    • Technical Services for a Radically New Reality presented by Rick Anderson, University of Utah.
]]> Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:18:00 EDT http://publishers.oclc.org/en/en/news/announcement10.htm Webinar introduces Metadata Services for Publishers http://publishers.oclc.org/en/en/news/announcement9.htm Recording of August 5, 2009 webinar introducing Metadata Services for Publishers now available.

On August 5, 2009, OCLC held a webinar introducing Metadata Services for Publishers. Click here to listen to the webinar recording, featuring Renee Register and Sandy Piver of OCLC, showing publishers how the new service can help increase efficiencies and sell more titles by enriching ONIX title metadata for use throughout the supply chain.  The webinar PowerPoint slides are also available for download. ]]> Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:51:00 EDT http://publishers.oclc.org/en/en/news/announcement9.htm ISQ reports on OCLC Symposium for Publishers and Librarians http://publishers.oclc.org/en/en/news/announcement8.htm In its Spring 2009 issue "Information Standards Quarterly" released a report on the results of a Symposium for Publishers and Librarians on metadata, hosted by OCLC in March. 

During the event, participants discussed the challenges and opportunities in creating, enriching, maintaining and distributing metadata. Read more. ]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:04:00 EDT http://publishers.oclc.org/en/en/news/announcement8.htm Research Information Network publishes study http://publishers.oclc.org/en/en/news/announcement7.htm "Creating Catalogues: Bibliographic Records in a Network World" is a very timely overview of the whole process of bibliographic record production for printed and electronic books, and for scholarly journals and journal articles.

This study follows the production of these data from publisher through a range of intermediaries to the end user. Read more. ]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:35:00 EDT http://publishers.oclc.org/en/en/news/announcement7.htm OCLC and NISO study "Streamlining Book Metadata Workflow" is now available http://publishers.oclc.org/en/en/news/announcement5.htm NISO and OCLC are focused on reducing the costs of data exchange between disparate systems in the supply chain of data and content.

To this end, NISO and OCLC have published an analysis of the current state of metadata creation, exchange, and use throughout the book supply chain. The study "Streamlining Book Metadata Workflow" is available on the NISO Web site. For more information, see the OCLC news release. ]]> Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:51:00 EDT http://publishers.oclc.org/en/en/news/announcement5.htm OCLC holds webinar follow-up to Publisher Library Symposium http://publishers.oclc.org/en/en/news/announcement6.htm On May 5, OCLC hosted a webinar to continue the dialogue between publishers and libraries that began at the March Symposium.

See the participant list and agenda. Watch this space for news on forthcoming webinars and other publisher/library collaborative efforts. ]]> Thu, 21 May 2009 12:55:00 EDT http://publishers.oclc.org/en/en/news/announcement6.htm Symposium results now available http://publishers.oclc.org/en/en/news/announcement4.htm OCLC recently hosted a Symposium for Publishers and Librarians to explore metadata needs and practices.

View the report and outcomes. ]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:48:00 EDT http://publishers.oclc.org/en/en/news/announcement4.htm