Enhancing Discovery with OCLC Work IDs
Explore the potential of using OCLC Work IDs for enhancing discovery processes in libraries. Learn about additional use cases and ideas to further develop the integration of OCLC Work IDs, including discovering other editions/formats at different institutions and digital editions in platforms like HathiTrust. Discover how work-level data can be propagated efficiently through the use of Work IDs.
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Using OCLC Work IDs for Discovery ***** OCLC Works in Progress Webinar December 12, 2017 Jim LeBlanc Director, Library Technical Services Cornell University JDL8@cornell.edu Frances Webb Digital Library Applications Programmer Cornell University frances.webb@cornell.edu
OCLC Work IDs: additional use cases and ideas for further development
OCLC Work IDs: additional use cases and ideas for further development Discovery of other editions/formats at other institutions (e.g. within resource sharing consortia)
OCLC Work IDs: additional use cases and ideas for further development Discovery of other editions/formats at other institutions (e.g. within resource sharing consortia) Discovery of digital editions in HathiTrust
Additional use cases and ideas for further development contd. Propagation of work-level data from the work ID to expressions and manifestations (in place of cataloger-created work authority records)
Additional use cases and ideas for further development contd. Propagation of work-level data from the work ID to expressions and manifestations (in place of cataloger-created work authority records) Support for MARC-to-RDF linked data conversion
Additional use cases and ideas for further development contd. Integration of Work IDs into OCLC production services
Additional use cases and ideas for further development contd. Integration of Work IDs into OCLC production services Embed Work IDs, whenever available, in a standard MARC field see MARC Proposal 2017-09, Defining Field 758 (Resource Identifier)
Additional use cases and ideas for further development contd. Integration of Work IDs into OCLC production services Embed Work IDs, whenever available, in a standard MARC field see MARC Proposal 2017-09, Defining Field 758 (Resource Identifier) Refresh Work IDs in WorldCat to incorporate new and changed data
Additional use cases and ideas for further development contd. Integration of Work IDs into OCLC production services Embed Work IDs, whenever available, in a standard MARC field see MARC Proposal 2017-09, Defining Field 758 (Resource Identifier) Refresh Work IDs in WorldCat to incorporate new and changed data Allow member libraries to request changes or edit work entity data directly
In early attempts, the focus when linking between records for a work was on the access locations for the other records, and details like language and edition were not noted. 1905 1904 1911 1907 19111905 1911 1907 1909 Early Prototype 1904
Initially, cross links to other records were listed even when hundreds were present. The uselessness of this type of listing lead to hiding the detailed list behind a search link when more than a dozen are present. Early Prototype
