worldcat local: global network, local results
DESCRIPTION
Sirsi Midwest Users' Group (SMUG) Annual Conference, July 27, 2007 OCLC is piloting its new WorldCat Local service that will allow your library to customize WorldCat.org as a solution for local discovery and delivery services. WorldCat Local interoperates with locally maintained services like circulation, resource sharing and resolution to full text to present a locally branded interface to your patrons. Attend this session to learn how this new service works and to see the beta being run at the University of Washington Libraries.TRANSCRIPT
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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