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Passages of a Reform
CIB
Dr. U. Risch Les réseaux de bibliothèques à l’ère du cloud, Genève 6.11.2015

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CIB
Cloudbased Infrastructure for Library Data
(Cloudbasierte Infrastruktur für Bibliotheksdaten)
applied for at the German Research Foundation (DFG)
HeBIS (consortia leader)
BVB
KOBV
as part of the DFG-tender
„New alignment of supra-regional information services“
(„Neuausrichtung überregionaler Informationsservices“)
official start at 1.9.2013 (funded 3 + 2 years)

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ILS – integrated “local“ library system
ILL Search
Global
Regional
(network)
Library
GND, ZDB
(authority files)
National
union catalog
HeBIS, BVB, GBV, SWB, (KOBV)
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Architectural Levels
Kuali
OCLC
WorldCat
OCLC
WorldShare
Platform
ExLibris
Alma
SerialsSol
utions
Intota
NN
Six library networks are running five functionally
identical cataloging systems
Should that be centralized?!
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Moving to a new Architecture
Strong political bias in a reform of
german library networks –
functional, not regional division of
work
movers of library landscape:
• Changing sources of catalogue
data
• Changing rules of cataloguing
• Changing library systems

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CIB: Aims and Directions
Aim: New positioning of libraries as partners in education
and science
First: Future cataloging will not take place in regional
cataloguing systems but in internationally oriented
environments using international metadata
standards.
Second: Today‘s ILS will (almost) entirely migrate into
cloudbased systems.
Third: A „national data window“ will be established to back
up data in a system under national law and to allow
for services solely needed for national purposes. 5

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Union Catalogue
GND, ZDB
(Authority Files)
ILS
ILL
OPAC/
Discovery
Global
Regional
Library
Network
Library
National
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Library Infrastructure 2020?
Synchronisation – unified german data space
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National
Data Window
eResour
ces
Loan
Acquisit
ion
Services instead of Systems

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Working Packages
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1. Integration of Central Cataloguing Ressources in the
Platforms
o German Authority File (Gemeinsame Normdatei, GND)
o German Union Catalogue of Serials (Zeitschriftendatenbank,
ZDB)
2. Data Management / Cataloguing (application) Rules
3. Data Privacy
4. Plattform Synchronization

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WP1: National Cataloguing Ressources
German Authority File (GND)
(bidirectional) synchronization between GND und
platforms
o CIB „GND High-Level-Spezifikation“, 26.08.2013
o CIB „Fachspezifikation GND“, 11.3.2015
German National Library (host of GND) cooperates with
both suppliers
completion end of 2015
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WP1: National Cataloguing Ressources
Serials
CIB consortium wants to avoid splitted cataloguing of
different media types
supply interface to deliver all new and/or modified data to
the German Union Catalogue of Serials (ZDB)
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WP2: CIB Data Model
migrating cataloguing to international platforms
presupposes
- sufficient platform data models
- unified library (network) data
cross-platform unification of cataloguing (application) rules
(RDA)
unified (external) exchange format (MARC21)
CIB Data Modell
presented to the german library networks 5/2015:

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WP2: CIB Data Model
CIB Data Modell
documentation of MARC-exchange formats (CIB-consortia
members) unification and implementation of RDA
first comparison to WorldCat data model (coverage)
resolution of German „AG der Verbundsysteme“:
CIB Data Model will be common ground for deveolping a
unified and high quality data delivery to WorldCat

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CIB Data Model

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CIB Data Model

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serious concern: access from outside the European Area of
Justice!
technical support from outside the European Area of
Jusitice should be possible
• in form of well defined exceptions
• by ensuring a (technical) separation of support access
from user data
• asuring precise recording/logging of accesses
• asuring transparent and controlable rights management
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WP3: Data Privacy

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WorldCatAlma
Unified German Data Space
synchronisation of metadata from German libraries
OCLC Number (OCN) as common and unique identifier.
Deduplication takes place in OCLC WorldCat.
WP4: Platform Synchronization

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„enrichment“-
platforms
Alma
WP4: CIB Sync-Szenario
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WorldCat
German Network Zone
(GNZ)
National
Data Window
OCLC CIB Base Service
- dedup
- delivery of OCN only
- restricted to titles in GNZ
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CIB Data Service OCLC CIB German
Metadata Set Service
- free, licence HeBIS
- alle titles from geman libs
- all fields + holdings
- ODC-BY / CC0
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„enrichment“-
platforms
Alma
WP4: CIB Sync-Szenario
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WorldCat
German Network Zone
(GNZ)
National
Data Window
OCLC CIB Base Service
CIB Data Service OCLC CIB German
Metadata Set ServiceOAI-PMH

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„enrichment“-
platforms
Alma
WP4: CIB Sync-Szenario
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WorldCat
German Network Zone
(GNZ)
National
Data Window
OCLC CIB Base Service
CIB Data Service OCLC CIB German
Metadata Set Service

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WP4: Interfaces
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WorldCat
Networks
DNB
CIB Base Service
CIB German
Metadata Set Service
(Collection Manager)
Ingest
24 h – to slow !
poorly documented
not parametrizable
not controlable!

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Alma
WP4: CIB Sync-Szenario
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WorldCat
German Network Zone
(GNZ)
Nationales
Datenfenster

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Alma
WP4: CIB Sync-Szenario
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WorldCat
German Network Zone
(GNZ)
Nationales
Datenfenster
Don‘t manage complexity, avoid it

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Primary Cataloging in WorldCat !
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Primary Cataloging in WorldCat!
• Politically disputed
• Reduces complexity
• Needs enhancements in
WorldCat data quality
• Needs connecitvity to/from non-
OCLC systems
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Global
Regional
(Verbund)
Bibliothek
National
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Library Infrastructure 2020?
National Data
Window
Alma
GNZ
primary cataloguing of all
(CIB-)libraries in WorldCat

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forward: technical steps
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CIB Data Model is common ground for the development of
a unified and improved data delivery to WorldCat
Ingest/Load to WorldCat: Documented and transparent
Match/Merge processes („MDC-Profiles“) needed!
National Data Window/“OCLC Collection Manager“:
Gap/Error List and stepwise enhancements of Collection
Manager. Response time should be reduced significantly!
Connectivity to WorldCat: enhanced WorldCat Cataloguing
API and enhanced (Ex Libris) Cataloguing Clients.

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forward: political steps
• OCLC: offer a national cataloging licence
for WorldCat
• Ex Libris: support (primary) cataloguing in
WorldCat
• discuss and evaluate new partner models
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