worldcat local: global network, local results

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WorldCat Local:Global Network,

Local Results

Sirsi Midwest Users’ GroupAnnual Conference

July 27, 2007

Christa BurnsOCLC Member Services Coordinator, NEBASE

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WorldCat Local: Agenda

OCLC Strategy for Worldcat.org

WorldCat Local Overview

Demo

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Vision: Aggregate services around the user

Discover

Get it

Create, manage, share

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Goal: Deliver the full capacity of the library community to the user, at the point of need

Collections

Services

Community, expertise, place

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Introduction of WorldCat Local

Alternative discovery experience

Customized view of WorldCat.org that can serve as a library or library consortium’s local discovery service

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Components of WorldCat Local

Content

Branded version of WorldCat.org

Interoperability with local delivery environment

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Content

OCLC supplied content

– All of WorldCat (including “shared collections”)

– All article metadata in WorldCat.org

– All evaluative content in WorldCat on FirstSearch

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Physical collections

Electronic journals

Special collections

Digitized collections

WorldCat.org

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Integration with Local Delivery Environment

Circulation– Request/Place hold via circulation

– Or via intra-consortial borrowing system

Interlibrary loan– Interoperability with OCLC ILL, ILLiad, VDX

Online full-text– Direct access to FirstSearch, ECO, NetLibrary

– Linking to OpenURL Resolver

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Systems to be tested

Innovative (INNOPAC, Millennium, INNReach)

SirsiDynix (Horizon, Unicorn)

Endeavor (Voyager)

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Demo

University of Washington Libraries

http://www.lib.washington.edu

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WorldCat Local Partners

Pilot partners

– University of Washington

– Peninsula Library System

– Libraries from the state of IllinoisOther potential partners - In discussions with:

– University of California libraries

– The Ohio State University

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WorldCat Local Timeline

Pilot – Spring through Summer 2007

Launch service – Fall 2007

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What makes WorldCat Local Unique?

Shared-platform approach

Access to the global network

Syndication across the network

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Thank you!Christa Burns

OCLC Member Services Coordinator

NEBASE

cburns@nlc.state.ne.us

800-307-2665

OCLC Regional Service Providers: http://www.oclc.org/contacts/regional/

University of Washington on WorldCat.org (screen shot)

Holdings: Local, Group, Global

Summit collections

Univ Washington collections

WorldCat

Detailed record – item held by UW

Detailed record – request item

Request handled locally

Item not held by UW

Item not held by UWor Summit

Article citations

Article citations