{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/dataliberate.com\/2013\/09\/24\/oclc-declare-oclc-control-numbers-public-domain\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/dataliberate.com\/2013\/09\/24\/oclc-declare-oclc-control-numbers-public-domain\/","headline":"OCLC Declare OCLC Control Numbers Public Domain","name":"OCLC Declare OCLC Control Numbers Public Domain","description":"Little things mean a lot.&nbsp; Little things that are misunderstood often mean a lot more. Take the OCLC Control Number, often known as the OCN, for instance. Every time an OCLC bibliographic record is created in WorldCat it is given a unique number from a sequential set \u2013 a process that has already taken place over a billion times.&nbsp; The individual number can be found represented in the record it is associated with.&nbsp; Over time these numbers have become a useful part of the processing of not only OCLC and its member libraries but, as a unique identifier proliferated across <span class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dataliberate.com\/2013\/09\/24\/oclc-declare-oclc-control-numbers-public-domain\/\">...<\/a><\/span>","datePublished":"2013-09-24","dateModified":"2013-09-24","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dataliberate.com\/author\/richard-wallis\/#Person","name":"Richard Wallis","url":"https:\/\/dataliberate.com\/author\/richard-wallis\/","identifier":1,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dfc30377fdeb159bbd38ccbec398d54c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dfc30377fdeb159bbd38ccbec398d54c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Data Liberate","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/dev.dataliberate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Data_Liberate_Logo-200.png","url":"https:\/\/dev.dataliberate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Data_Liberate_Logo-200.png","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/dataliberate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ocn.png","url":"https:\/\/dataliberate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ocn.png","height":98,"width":356},"url":"https:\/\/dataliberate.com\/2013\/09\/24\/oclc-declare-oclc-control-numbers-public-domain\/","commentCount":"13","about":["Data Publishing","Libraries","Licensing","Linked Data","OCLC","Open Data","WorldCat"],"wordCount":620,"keywords":["OCLC","OCN","Open Data","WorldCat"]}