OCLC书目数据质量控制举措及其启示

Measures for Controlling Quality of Bibliographic Data of OCLC and Its Enlightenments

联合目录数据库汇集了多个图书馆和信息机构的书目数据,它的完善程度和书目数据的质量都直接影响着图书馆信息资源的交流与共享。OCLC拥有世界上最大的联合目录数据库——WorldCat,为了确保其质量,OCLC采取了一系列质量控制举措,如实施多层次的标准以确保其数据的兼容性、开展广泛的合作、强化书目数据的更新与维护机制等。OCLC的书目数据质量控制举措取得了较大的成效,能够为改进我国联机联合编目系统质量控制提供参考。

Union catalogue database collects the bibliographic data from many libraries and information institutions, and its quality and perfectness directly influence the communication and sharing of information resources in libraries. WorldCat is the largest union catalogue database in the world, and the quality of bibliographic data is strongly ensured by a series of measures taken by OCLC, such as implementing multi-level standards to ensure the data compatibility, promoting broad cooperation, strengthening mechanisms for updating and maintaining bibliographic data. These measures have achieved good results and could provide references for improving our quality control measures of union catalogue databases.