Report from the RLG Service Center OCLC Online Computer Library Center

FM/2006/17 Report from the RLG Service Center OCLC Online Computer Library Center November 2006, National Széchényi Library, Budapest SUMMARY The Research Libraries Group, Inc combined with OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc on July 1, 2006 OCLC is pleased to be able to continue to work with CERL on the development and promotion of the Hand Press Book database Work to complete the agreement between CERL and RLG/OCLC was a top priority CERL and RLG-OCLC staff worked together to meet this goal As in previous years, RLG/OCLC staff was pleased to continue working closely with CERL staff, committee members, and file contributors to add new files and updates to the Hand Press Book database (HPB) RLG participated in the CERL Advisory Task Group, Executive Committee, and Annual General meetings, answered queries, and responded to the needs of CERL member users of HPB We also served both CERL members and subscribers to HPB with account management, search assistance, and training During the previous year, there were 26 subscribers to HPB, and among these are library consortia that provide access to more than 30 additional institutions 26 institutions also accessed HPB on a per-search basis As in past years, the RLG Information Center set up accounts for CERL member institutions to provide reading room access based on IP addresses, enabled communication between RLG’s Z39.50 server and individual CERL member client software, as well as responded to inquiries regarding HPB and CERL from libraries, scholars, and booksellers The majority of staff in the RLG Service Center is now working on the migration of the RLG databases to the OCLC headquarters in Dublin, Ohio ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING 2006 File conversion and loading The following collections and updates were worked on during fiscal year 2005-2006: Contributor New collections National Library of Hungary March 2006 Status 11,308 records loaded in FM/2006/17 National Library of Lithuania 2006 Royal Library, Copenhagen 2006 2,307 records loaded in June 74,965 loaded in October Updates National Library of Russia update 2006 National Library of Spain update in June 2006 National Library of Wales update June 2006 Royal Library of The Netherlands update in October 2006 GBV Catalogue (replacing the October 2006 Goettingen State and University Library) Bavarian State Library, VD16 update 2006 588 records loaded in June 78,768 records loaded 5,453 records loaded in 130,935 records loaded loading began in loading began in October PLANS FOR 2007 The Hand Press Book database will be migrated to the OCLC computer systems in Dublin, Ohio The preliminary schedule calls for the migration to be completed in the middle of calendar year 2007 Researchers and scholars will be able to search HPB using the FirstSearch interface FirstSearch has many features that CERL members have requested, including a multi-lingual interface and the ability to simultaneously search more than one database More information about FirstSearch is available on the OCLC website at: http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/default.htm Librarians will be able to use HPB in the Connexion service to view and download MARC records Information about Connexion is available at: http://www.oclc org/connexion/default.htm Z39.50 access will continue to be available Database loading will continue to handle UNIMARC as well as MARC 21 and UKMARC records Specific information about integrating the products and services is available at the RLG-OCLC Transition page at: http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=20965 Overall information about the combination is available at The Agreement to Combine RLG and OCLC—Frequently Asked Questions page at: http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=20944 FILE STATISTICS FM/2006/17 Number of records in file Current number of HPB subscriptions Number of users with per-search access Total searches on HPB by subscribers (CERL statistics not included) Sept 2004-Feb 2005 Mar 2005-Aug 2005* * incomplete data October 2004 1,633,224 24 October 2005 1,646,989 26 October 2006 1,835,135 23 28 24 26 11,573 - 8,020 5891 1611 Total records by contributor Contributor Bavarian State Library, Munich Bavarian State Library, Munich, VD 16 Supplement British Library – ISTC British Library – K17 Cathedral Libraries Catalogue Central Institute for the Union Catalogue of Italian Libraries Goettingen State and University Library National and University Library of Croatia National and University Library of Slovenia National Library of France National Library of Hungary National Library of Lithuania National Library of Russia, St Petersburg National Library of Scotland National Library of Spain* National Library of Wales Oxford University Libraries Royal Library of Denmark Royal Library of Sweden Royal Library of The Netherlands University of London Libraries Warsaw University Libraries Wellcome Library Yale University Library Total Records 526,920 26,865 29,421 24,725 25,718 140,350 157,317 8,209 18,837 27,934 11,789 2,037 21,100 14,284 78,770 13,153 76,035 74,965 54,965 131,221 45,202 2,938 51,639 270,741 1,835,13 * Figure does not include the approximately 14,000 duplicate records caused by changes in record identification numbers The duplicate records will be deleted later in 2006 FM/2006/17 HPB Subscribers (during 2005-2006) Brigham Young University CERL Columbia University Cornell University Duke University Florida Consortium Folger Shakespeare Library Harvard University Indiana University Library of Congress New School University New York University OhioLINK Princeton University Rice University Rutgers University Stanford University Temple University Texas A&M University University of Arizona University of California University of Chicago University of Minnesota University of Pennsylvania University of Texas at Austin University of Toronto HPB Per-Search Users (during 2005-2006) Bard College Ben Kinmont, Bookseller College of Physicians of Philadelphia Cornell University Cumberland Rare Books Dartmouth College Davidson College Howard Karno Books, Inc J Paul Getty Trust Lafayette College Lovells University of Minnesota Law Library Mineral Trust Morgan Library National Library of Medicine National Library of New Zealand New York Public Library Newberry Library Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscripts Co Rick Zank Syracuse University University of Alabama, Birmingham University of New Mexico University of Prince Edward Island University of Southern California Villanova University Library School with Access for Teaching (during 2005-2006) Free access is offered to some databases to recognized library schools for instructional purposes This access is used to teach library school students about cataloging and online searching: Catholic University of America Clarion University of Pennsylvania Dalhousie University Dominican University Drexel University Indiana University Bloomington Long Island University Louisiana State University Pratt School of Information & Library Science Queens College, City University of New York Rutgers University San Jose State University Simmons College Southern Connecticut State University Texas Woman's University University of Arizona University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of Oklahoma University of Rhode Island University of Washington FM/2006/17 University of Western Ontario Wayne State University Prepared by Wesley M Taoka October 31, 2006 ... integrating the products and services is available at the RLG- OCLC Transition page at: http://www .rlg. org/en/page.php?Page_ID=20965 Overall information about the combination is available at The Agreement... National Library of Scotland National Library of Spain* National Library of Wales Oxford University Libraries Royal Library of Denmark Royal Library of Sweden Royal Library of The Netherlands... National Library of Wales update June 2006 Royal Library of The Netherlands update in October 2006 GBV Catalogue (replacing the October 2006 Goettingen State and University Library) Bavarian State Library,