university of washington and worldcat local pam mofjeld texshare ill conference 15 february 2008
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University of Washington and WorldCat Local
Pam Mofjeld
TexShare ILL Conference
15 February 2008
Why Discovery Delivery Impact of WorldCat Local Outcomes
Which WorldCat?
Three versions of WorldCat– FirstSearch WorldCat – WorldCat.org– WorldCat Local
UW Libraries Environment 36,000 students over 3 campuses Collections
– Over 6 million volumes– Ranked 14th among ARL Libraries
Innovative Interfaces ILS & WebPAC Summit Union Catalog ILLiad for ILL
Why – changing environment Many conversations on the
– NextGen catalog– Discovery to Delivery– Syndication
Libraries Strategic Plan: To build and integrate new tools and services for information discovery and delivery.
OCLC is in a position to work with national and international partners to move libraries to the network level
Why – our users
Search simplicity based on research showing how most seek information
Fewer clicks to find and obtain information
Make our quality resources convenient for users to find and get
Why - too many silos
Discovery Silos
Three catalog/returnable silos:– UW Libraries Catalog– Summit Catalog– WorldCat
E-content: hundreds of databases, plus journals, e-books, images, etc.
Delivery Silos
UW Libraries catalog request
Summit request Interlibrary Loan
(ILLIAD)
Searching with WCL WCL includes all
– UW records in OCLC (books, serials, media, etc.).
– Summit holdings – WorldCat records– Article citations from ArticleFirst, ERIC,
GPO and PubMed. Contains links to full text via OpenURL
resolver
Requesting with WCL Requests for materials held at UW or Summit are routed through Summit.
Requests for materials held by WorldCat Libraries are routed through ILL (ILLiad).
Staff in ILL process requests with the goal of getting the item the person wants.
WCL Impact summary
Summit requests by UW users - Filled by other sites 2006 2007 % difference
May-December 20729 33919 64%
Summit Same site requests - Filled by UW items 2006 2007 % difference
May-December 2035 16903 731%
Interlibrary borrowing
Total number of requests received 2006 2007 % difference
May - August 5058 6927 37%
May-December 9596 18233 90%
ILL Requests Filled by ILL 2006 2007 % difference
May - August 3398 4462 26%
May-December* 6645 10223 51%
ILL Fill rate 2006 2007 % difference
May - August 71% 65% -6%
May - December* 71% 56% -15%
% ILL requests filled by UW/Summit copy
06/07 average = 19%
May-Dec 07 = 17%
Summit requests - filled by other sitesSummit requests by UW users - Filled by other sites 2006 2007 % difference May-December 20729 33919 64%
Summit Same Site Requests
Summit Same site requests - Filled by UW items 2006 2007 % difference May-December 2035 16903 731%
ILL borrowing – total requests
Total number of requests received 2006 2007 % difference
May - August 5058 6927 37% May-December 9596 18233 90%
ILL borrowing requests filled
ILL Requests Filled by ILL 2006 2007 % difference May - August 3398 4462 26% May-December* 6645 10223 51%
ILL borrowing fill rate
ILL Fill rate 2006 2007 % difference May - August 71% 65% -6% May - December* 71% 56% -15%
Ill borrowing - filled by locally held
% ILL requests filled by UW/Summit copy
06/07 average = 19%
May-Dec 07 = 17%
Outcomes
WorldCat Local makes discovery seamless
WorldCat Local makes delivery seamless
User’s love it!
Final thoughts…
Scary?Plan for success!Be willing to change!Stay focused on your users!
THANKS!
QUESTIONS?