Abstract
I would like to thank LIBER and EBLIDA for inviting me to present this paper on the role of registries in the digitization workflow. During the past 18 months, OCLC has been working on a project to synchronize WorldCat with mass digitization projects, which we will begin to pilot shortly. The concept is to educate WorldCat about the millions of new digital manifestations for print items being produced. During the past 35 years, librarians have built a comprehensive representation of print materials and holdings in WorldCat item-by-item. However, as we move into a more digital world through the production of born-digital materials and the high-volume reformatting of our print heritage, it is impractical to catalog these new manifestations via traditional workflows. The OCLC eContent Synchronization program is one example of how OCLC is moving to address the need to ingest metadata representing digital works on an industrial scale. Through strategic alliances with key digital content producers and automated processing, new digital surrogate records will be created to increase the visibility of and access to content at the point of need. While the eContent Synchronization program is an important initiative for visibility and access, of equal importance is the process of registering the existence of the preservation copies of these digital items.
Highlights
I would like to thank LIBER and EBLIDA for inviting me to present this paper on the role of registries in the digitization workflow.During the past 18 months, OCLC has been working on a project to synchronize WorldCat with mass digitization projects, which we will begin to pilot shortly
The new WorldCat Registry describes ‘the institution itself: its identity, electronic services, relationships, staff contacts and other pertinent data that informs the processes and systems driving wthe libraryx « enterprise.’[2]. The objective of the OCLC Registry of Copyright Evidence, currently in the early development phase, is to reduce the time and costs associated with investigating the copyright status of potential digitization items
These records « warex exchanged with the DLFyOCLC Registry and possibly others to create global coverage.’[9]
Summary
I would like to thank LIBER and EBLIDA for inviting me to present this paper on the role of registries in the digitization workflow. The new WorldCat Registry describes ‘the institution itself: its identity, electronic services, relationships, staff contacts and other pertinent data that informs the processes and systems driving wthe libraryx « enterprise.’[2] The objective of the OCLC Registry of Copyright Evidence, currently in the early development phase, is to reduce the time and costs associated with investigating the copyright status of potential digitization items. Susan Westberg, OCLC product manager for the registry, offered these additional thoughts: ‘Reasons for slow adoption may be finding the right project to start; analyzing workflows; making changes to workflows; other priorities; lack of resources, such as staff; changes in direction; or the impetus for joining has changed Be that as it may, the registry has some 4,100q records and the number of participating institutions has expanded from the original five institutions to nine institutions.’[8]. These environmental changes are precisely the reason why the registry will thrive in the near future
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