Data Points

OCLC Research is a busy place and from time to time we retire our projects and activities. This page lists activities that are no longer so active, just in case you want to dig into the past a little bit.

Audience Level 

This research project explores using library holdings data in WorldCat to calculate audience-level indicators for books represented in the WorldCat database, based on the types of libraries that hold the titles.

Bookmarklets 

Got a book title from an online bookseller?  Check whether your local library has it.

OAIHarvester 

OAIHarvester was an early attempt to write an OAI-PMH client application. It was replaced by the OAIHarvester2 project.

OAIHarvester2 

The OAIHarvester2 Open Source Software (OSS) project is a Java application that provides an OAI-PMH harvester framework.

OpenURL 

OOMRef-J is a Java implementation of ANSI/NISO Z39.88 – The OpenURL Framework for Context-Sensitive Services.

OpenURL 

The ANSI/NISO Z39.88-2004 (OpenURL) Registry identifies and defines the set of approved components for use in the OpenURL Framework.

WorldMap 

View data relating to libraries and collections in a map-based visual interface.

From Previous OCLC Research Projects

• ACE
• ALCME
• Automatic Classification Research
• Centroids-based Collection Analysis
• COLIS
• Comparative Collection Assessment (a Data Mining-related project)
• Cooperative Online Resource Catalog (CORC)
• CORE Electronic Library Project
• Curiouser (a FRBR-related project)
• Data Mining research area
• DBUtils
• DSpace Harvesting (a OAI-related project)
• Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
• DCMI Registry
• Economics of Digital Preservation
• ePrints-UK
• Extensible Repository Resource Locators (ERRoLs) for OAI Identifiers
• FAST as a Knowledge Base for Automatic Classification
• FRBR research area
• Grammar Builder
• Gwen
• Harvesting Metadata via the Web
• IMS Support
• Information Visualization
• InterCAT
• Kilroy
• LC Name Authority Service
• Mantis
• Metadata Crosswalk Repository
• Metadata Switch
• OCLC Top 1000
• Open Archives Initiative research area
• Pears
• RDF Interoperability
• RDF Topicmaps
• Reference in Context
• Recombinant Catalog Metadata
• Sense-making the Information Confluence
• Scorpion
• SiteSearch
• Special Collections
• Terminology Services
• W3C's Resource Description Framework (RDF) Working Group
• Web Characterization
• Webutils
• WikiD
• WordSmith
• xISBN (a FRBR-related project)
• XSLTProc
• Z39.50

From the RLG Programs Work Agenda

• Analyze Current Shared Print Policy Frameworks
• Betatest WorldCat Identities
• Collection Descriptions in Natural History Institutions
• Commission a Report Synthesizing the Existing State of the Art in Offsite Storage Provision and Organizational Structure (.pdf: 227K/ 35pp.)
• Contribute to the development of a Registry of Copyright Evidence
• Convene an Event for Sharing and Discussing User Studies
• Define Library Systems Data Service Layer
• Establish a Baseline Understanding of Metadata Practices
• Evaluate Current Delivery Practices for Archives and Special Collections
• Explore RLG Programs Partner Interests in Terminologies Services
• Increase the Scale of Special Collections Digitization
• Lead an Effort to Upgrade the LC/NACO Authority File with Non-Latin Alternate Names
• Mass Digitization and Partnership Agreements
• North American Storage Trust (NAST)
• Prepare Collection Analysis of Four Art Libraries as Intelligence for Collaborative Agreements
• Public Service Trends in Special Collections
• Scholarly Inforamtion Practices
• Share Best Practices for Metadata Creation Workflows
• Synthesize Research on User Studies in Special Collections and Archives

Earlier RLG Programs work

• The AMICO Library™ from RLG
• Arches—RLG's Archival Server Infrastructure
• RLG Archival Resources Redesign for ArchiveGrid
• Ariel®—Document Delivery on the Internet
• Art & Architecture Group
• Attributes of Trusted Digital Repositories
• Automatic Exposure—Technical Metadata
• “Borrow Direct” Resource Sharing
• Capturing Quality Images of Visual Resources
• Chinese Rare Books in a Union Catalog
• CIMI Consortium—A Valued Association
• Creating the Conspectus
• Cultural Materials Initiative
• Digital Archiving—Early Priorities
• Digital Image Capture Planning & Topics
• Digital Imaging Project Management Workshops
• Digital Imaging Project Preparation Tools
• Digital Information Preservation—The Landmark Study
• Digital Preservation—Changing Focus
• Digital Preservation Needs—Members' Survey
• Digital Preservation—OAIS-Compliant Metadata
• Digital Repository Certification
• Digital Repository Testbed Exploration
• Dublin Core Metadata—Exploration for Memory Institutions
• Encoded Archival Context Activities
• Encoded Archival Description Activities
• Essential Metadata for Preserving Digital Master Files
• Establishing MARC 21 Coding for Digital Files
• "FAST" Workshops in Finding Aids SGML Training
• "Inaccessible Domain" Materials—A Cataloging Standard
• Interlibrary Lending Peer-to-Peer—RLG's ILL Manager
• Interlibrary Lending Peer-to-Peer—SHARES Partners' Migration
• International Archival Gateways
• Metasearch Survey Among RLG Members
• METS Activities
• Moving Museum Resources Online—REACH, VISION, & AMICO
• Natural History Advisory Group
• OAIS Activities
• Pinyin Conversion for North American Chinese Cataloging
• PREMIS—Preservation Metadata Implementation Strategies
• Preservation Microfilming Projects & Practice
• RedLightGreen
• RLG Union Catalog Gateway to Local Holdings
• RLIN21™ & RLG Database Infrastructure Migration
• Special Collections Resource Sharing Working Group
• "Studies in Scarlet" Collaborative Digital Collection

Some of the activities listed here have prototypes or demonstrations you can explore and play with. You can find a list of just those hands-on activities in ResearchWorks.

A few of these activities have generated software that you can download and build upon. Go to our software page for a list of only those activities.

The RLG Partnership has sponsored the activities with this mark.