From OCLC to Sky River for Better or

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From OCLC to Sky. River, for Better or for Worse, a Cataloger’s Perspective Suzhen Chen (suzhen. chen@case. edu) Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University

Sky. River Introduction: bibliographic utility Formal inception in 2009 Founder: Jerry Kline, co-founder of Innovative Interfaces

Sky. River at Case Western Reserve University Some backgrounds: Library budget shrinks Organizational changes New strategic plan

From OCLC to Sky. River – Decision making Some positive expectations Alternative to OCLC cataloging utility Lower cost Some concerns: Less bibliographic records, such as special collections, music materials, non-Latin scripts materials… Increase of original cataloging Affect shared catalog and interlibrary loan

The Interface of Sky. River

Some features and functionality of OCLC and Sky. River Import and export Derive Constant data Batch process Macros Authority files Z 39. 50 searching function

Z 39. 50 searching function in Sky. River

Z 39. 50 searching function in Sky. River Z 39. 50 searching function (Search library catalog) • University library catalog: Princeton University of Chicago University of Michigan Brown University of Southern California …

Advanced search in Sky. River

Authorities in Sky. River Search by Heading, Keywords and Subdivision

Different workflow/feature: OCLC and Sky. River We use the same logins in Sky. River We can update bibliographic records in OCLC and don’t update records in Sky. River We update holdings in OCLC, but not in Sky. River reload our updated records to their system and update holdings No “Help Manual” in Sky. River OCLC makes restrictions in use of its database, while Sky. River does not