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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
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
