---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: dooleyj &lt;dooleyj(a)oclc.org&gt; Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 09:10:24 -0800 Do you manage digital special collections for public access? Need a no-cost way to drive users to your website? Want to get your CONTENTdm or OAIster metadata available via WorldCat? How can you get started? Learn about OCLC¹s Digital Collection Gateway <http://www.oclc.org/gateway/default.htm> . And if you're attending American Library Association¹s Midwinter meeting in San Diego, please plan to join us on Sunday, January 9th, from 3:00 ­ 4:30 pm at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel, across from the San Diego Convention Center. (Stop by the hotel front desk to ask for the OCLC Blue Suite.) Geri Ingram, OCLC Digital Collection Services, will host special guest, Jen Palmentiero, Southeastern New York Library Resources Council, for a live demo harvesting SENYLRC repository metadata to WorldCat using the Gateway. This will be an informal get together where you can learn about the Gateway, discuss best practices for sharing OAI metadata, and see the self-service metadata mapping function in action. Please let us know if you-- or a colleague--are able to attend: ingramg(a)oclc.org <mailto:ingramg@oclc.org> Here¹s some background on the Gateway ... By now it¹s well known that searchers expect not only to discover, but also to take delivery of digital items at their desktops. Though libraries and archives are assembling digital content in the form of institutional repositories and other locally unique materials, researchers often overlook these local resources and go directly to electronic journals or disciplinary collections that span institutions. Archivists, curators and librarians are responding by increasing the visibility of their digitized collections at the network level. Starting with OAIster repositories and CONTENTdm collections, OCLC and the open access community are working to build the world¹s premier aggregation of metadata indexed in one place for global open access. By uploading your metadata through the WorldCat Digital Gateway, you are developing a premier resource for digital primary source materials. OCLC's goal is to provide the infrastructure, services and support to help maximize the visibility and integrated discovery of digital content worldwide. The Gateway is free and is a self-service tool that allows you to control the mapping profiles appropriate for your own OAI-PMH sets. You also control the schedule for regular harvests of your metadata, and can perform other routine maintenance tasks. To date, more than six million metadata records have been absorbed into Worldcat.org through the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway. The translation feature of the Digital Collection Gateway is unique because it provides you with a click-through interface to customize a translation from Dublin Core to MARC. This design provides a pathway by which metadata can evolve over time, and thus bridging some of the gap between traditional library metadata and newer standards. Please contact Geri Ingram &lt;ingramg(a)oclc.org&gt; for further information. Not attending ALA Midwinter? If you¹re not attending ALA Midwinter 2011, please let us know if you¹re interested in attending a Web-based follow up demonstration in early 2011: kreisl(a)oclc.org &lt;kreisl(a)oclc.org&gt; <mailto:kreisl@oclc.org <mailto:kreisl@oclc.org> >