the winding road: worldcat local as discovery tool at the university of south florida libraries
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The Winding Road: WorldCat Local as Discovery Tool at the University of South Florida Libraries. Monica Metz-Wiseman Coordinator of Electronic Collections. New dean Cycles of innovation – back to early adopter Incredible shrinking staff. Background on “Selection”. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Winding Road: WorldCat Local as Discovery Tool at the University of South
Florida Libraries
Monica Metz-WisemanCoordinator of Electronic Collections
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Background on “Selection”
New deanCycles of innovation – back
to early adopterIncredible shrinking staff
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Why WorldCat Local?
Stop reinventing the OPAC wheel
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Why WorldCat Local? Benefit for our users: one search
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Promotion of WorldCat Local
Launched as “Next Generation Catalog”
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What is WorldCat Local?
WorldCat Local road map –Relies on records in OCLC that may require record clean-up/reclamation Local branding, controlInteroperates with circulation, ILL, link
resolvers, local services, through linking and Z39.50
Hosted service
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How does it differ from Summon, EBSCO EDS, etc.?
Not exporting records, relying on Worldcat.org
Vendor-neutralAnother approach to the
“catalog”
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What we like about WorldCat Local
Designed for usersVendor neutral (Switzerland)Road map - forward thinkingRichness of WorldCat content + proprietary Referrals from web to WorldCat LocalFast response time for searchingMobile Sandbox Reasonable pricing Web 2.0 features
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Where we struggle
Hard sell: public service librarians Comparison to local catalog – features and useKeeping up with an evolving product- beyond
the launchConnecting to full text and KB’sMerged records and ebooksProprietary records, EEBO, ECCO, etc. and
permissionsPDA program with EBL
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Where we struggle: Part II
Central index vs. remote databasesPresentation of article databases from
initial search – what’s in WorldCat.org?Getting to local information fast and
efficientlyRegional campus librariesFull text coverage
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Product
Number of USF titles analyzed
Number of USF titles available in Discovery Tool
Number of USF titles NOT available in Discovery Tool
% of available USF titles in Discovery Tool
Date Data was Received
EBSCO Discovery Services 49,223 34,788 14,435 71% 3/11/2011Summon 49,223 42,746 6,477 87% 3/10/2011
Primo/Mango-Primo Central 49,220 41,550 7,670 84% 3/31/2011WorldCat Local 49,223 27,983 21,260 57% 3/15/2011
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What do our users say and do?
Currently, the use of our local catalog is 10:1 over WorldCat Local
Engaged in usability testing with faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students
Undergraduates’ top choice: WorldCat Local with low marks for our local discovery tool