NEWS FROM OCLC
Compiled by Jay Weitz
General News
OCLC and OCLC PICA Form One Global Organization
OCLC is uniting all offices under one name and visual brand identity to reflect a global enterprise with a unified strategy to serve libraries worldwide. As a result, OCLC PICA, with offices in the Netherlands, Australia, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, will be known as OCLC. By bringing together all offices under one name and identity, libraries worldwide can benefit from OCLC membership, research and an expanded portfolio around a comprehensive set of products and services. OCLC has created global engineering and global product management divisions, with eight engineering centers across Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States that will expand OCLCs ability to innovate and create products and services libraries need at local, regional and global levels. OCLC has also created teams of employees from various geographic regions, and has aligned activities in three major geographic areas: 1) the Americas, 2) Asia Pacific, and 3) Europe, Middle East and Africa. These organizational changes, along with the partnerships OCLC has made over the years, make possible this new strategy as one global enterprise. The OCLC organization is now uniquely positioned to provide libraries with services at the point of need. OCLC has continued to grow and attract new partners that have increased its resources and capabilities worldwide. Each organization that has joined OCLC has contributed distinctive competencies, vision and innovation to the global organization. The new OCLC organization is represented by a new logo and brand identity, which can be seen at <www.oclc.org/common/images/logos/oclc/OCLC_TM_Tag_V_LG.jpg>. This will be integrated in OCLC communications throughout the end of 2007. The OCLC global strategy represents an evolution of the cooperative that began in the 1970s as an intrastate group of 54 colleges and universities in the state of Ohio, sharing resources to save money and eliminate duplication of effort.
Collections and Technical Services
New Connexion Documentation
New Reference Card. A new 4-page reference card, OCLC Cataloging Authorization Levels, shows two things: 1) authorized cataloging actions for each type of OCLC authorization level, including "Search", "Limited", "Full", and higher, and 2) types of master record updates authorized for "Full" and higher authorizations. It is available at: <http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/connexion/client/catalogingauthorizationlevels.pdf>
SCIPIO Documentation. The following new documentation is available for SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs:
SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs, formerly available from the Research Libraries Group (RLG), is now installed in the Connexion Browser and Client and is available in WorldCat. SCIPIO records describe art auction and rare book catalogs for sales from the late sixteenth century through the present. Any OCLC cataloger can retrieve, copy and paste, export, or print SCIPIO records. Only SCIPIO-authorized catalogers can create, add, delete, and take other actions on SCIPIO records.
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