Global Council Year Two the power of cooperative problem solving is enhaned by many voices

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Global Council Year Two: The Power of Cooperative
Problem Solving is Enhanced by Many Voices
Annual Report 2010/ 11
August 1, 2011
Appropriately for our worldwide cooperative, we developed this year’s ambitious plan in the context of a strategic and global focus, building on the significant accomplishments of the regional and global councils last year. We were also mindful of new issues identified by members as well as the Board of Trustees and OCLC staff in articulating a plan of activity. We focused on initiatives that impact how we advance our shared mission. We believe in working together and our plan is appropriately titled the Power of Cooperative Problem Solving is Enhanced by Many Voices.
The Annual Plan identified key areas in which our work could productively advise OCLC’s strategic directions and development of services. In broad terms, our activities related to the following.
 WorldCat quality and sustainability
 Communication within the OCLC cooperative
 Cost sharing principles and models
 Collaboratively building Web- scale with libraries and OCLC’s Web services
 WorldCat in the Global Information Environment
We met our goals through in- person and virtual Global Council ( GC) meetings as a whole and through the work of committees, task forces and ad hoc working groups. With the conclusion of the GC Virtual Meeting on June 17, 2011, we concluded the year with a solid record of achievement. Together, we:
 Engaged delegates and OCLC in Regional and Global Council discussions on enhancing WorldCat quality, advised OCLC on priorities for future enhancements,
 Provided guidance on WorldCat quality by revising the Guidelines for Contribution to WorldCat,
 Addressed WorldCat sustainability through ratification of The WorldCat Rights and Responsibilities Dispute Resolution, which was adopted by the Board of Trustees in June 2011,
 Engaged delegates and OCLC in discussions on the key strategic direction of collaboratively building Web- scale capacity and developing Web services for members,
 Engaged delegates and OCLC in discussing WorldCat in the global information arena, including the relevance of open data licensing, current events in linked data, and the National Library of Australia/ OCLC partnership,
 Engaged delegates in discussions on pro bono/ non- revenue generating services and the development of cost sharing models that would incorporate the principles adopted the previous year,
 Approved the Final Report and Recommendations from the Cost Sharing Models Task Force ( 03 June 2011) for transmittal to OCLC,
 Learned about member activities in areas including linked data, research data management, disaster assistance to local communities, cost- effective processing of archival materials, and a major European initiative of archives, museums and libraries making their cultural heritage accessible to society at large, and in collaborating with other aggregators of content in a wider European information space,