Mission Statement |
OCLC PICA will be a valued global partner in the information infrastructure, helping libraries of all kinds in an economical way to create an environment that connects people to information. |
Computer Networks and Connectivity |
a.In General HW, SW:
HW : Sun v480, Intel platform
Operating Systems : Unix, Windows RDMS: Sybase, Oracle Web server: Apache |
Union Catalog |
a.Software used:
Catalogue maintenance: CBS / PSI
Enquiry: PSI, ZPortal, Elektra
Local system interfaces: LBS, SISIS SunRise, OLIB |
Digital Library |
a.Based on your production of digital documents::
OCLC PICA provides ContentDM and Olive as tools for the creation and management of digital libraries. OCLC PICA and the Koninklijke Bibliotheek operate Strata Preservation N.V. www.stratapreservation.nl, a centre to digitize, microfilm and preserve the rich history recorded in centuries-old European collections in European libraries. |
New in-house Databases |
LinkUK – union catalogue of approximately 40% of UK public libraries
New CBS installations – BSZ Baden Württemberg, Germany, Libraries Australia.
CBS installation in progress: TCR (The combined regions; network of approximately 60% of public libraries in the UK) |
Electronic document delivery |
Electronic Document delivery is available as an option through the PiCarta service http://www.oclcpica.org/?id=1447&ln=uk and is used by many libraries in the Netherlands having agreements with one or more of the suppliers Swets & Zeitlinger, Chadwyck-Healey (Periodicals Contents Index), EBSCO Academic Search, Elsevier, Kluwer Academic, Springer Verlag and Academic Press. The OL2 software http://www.fdisolutions.com/linking.html is used with portals for resolving and linking to online text.
The VDX request management and delivery software interfaces with the CBS software and enables management of requests from multiple independent sources. |
Research and Tehnology Development Products |
FRBR work record import – joint project with OCLC.
International ILL architecture in collaboration with OCLC.
DAI-project: use of the NCC name authority file by researchers in institutional repositories.
SRU server in production
Web based cataloguing in production |
Others |
Standards work on:
ZING update
ISO 8459 bibliographic data element directory
The Request Submission Message via OpenURL (IPIG)
Re-thinking resource sharing group
ISO Holdings schema
Acquisitions:
SISIS
FDI |