[Mcls-print-storage] FW: OCLC Support for Shared Print

[Grudzien, Pamela A.]

Hello all:

Hope everyone enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday.

Sharing this message with you all.  Some food for thought and  for discussion at our next MI-SPI meeting...

Pamela Grudzien
Head of Technical Services
Central Michigan University         Voice:  989-774-6422
310A  Park Library                            Fax:  989-774-2145
250 East Preston Street                     Email:
Mount Pleasant, MI  48859              Grudz1pa at cmich.edu<mailto:Grudz1pa at cmich.edu>



From: Print Archive Network [mailto:PAN at listserv.crl.edu] On Behalf Of carneyb
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 3:39 PM
To: PAN at listserv.crl.edu
Subject: [PAN] OCLC Support for Shared Print

Dear PAN members,

As active participants in shared print programs, you are probably aware of recent efforts to develop metadata standards for how libraries can use WorldCat to register holdings contributed to shared print collections.  OCLC is moving forward to support implementation of these Print Archives Metadata Guidelines ( http://www.oclc.org/productworks/shared-print-management/metadata-guidelines.html) and is ready to provide active support for library and group shared print programs as they get under way.

As the OCLC liaison to the Shared Print Community, I will be happy to support libraries and consortia as they establish the processes necessary to report shared print holdings to WorldCat.  Please feel free to contact me and I will help to define new symbols and set up resource-sharing functions.  For a general description of OCLC's Shared Print Management program, please see our webpage at http://www.oclc.org/us/en/productworks/shared-print-management.htm.

OCLC will work with the library community to gather additional requirements and services OCLC could provide to support cooperative management of print collections.  We will also continue an established program of research in Shared Print Collections conducted by OCLC Research. This research will continue to explore the evolution of library operations associated with the ongoing shift from locally-owned print inventory to jointly managed print and digital collections.

For questions about OCLC's Shared Print Management program, please contact us via e-mail at sharedprint at oclc.org.

Bill Carney
OCLC Shared Print Community Liaison
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