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WorldCat Local

WorldCat Local – the single search that connects people to all your library materials. WorldCat Local. 27August 2010 Stockholm. The questions we hear the most…. Q: How can we help users find all of our physical, electronic and digital materials?

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WorldCat Local

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  1. WorldCat Local – the single search that connects people to all your library materials WorldCat Local 27August 2010 Stockholm

  2. The questions we hear the most… • Q: How can we help users find all of our physical, electronic and digital materials? • Q: How do we put our library’s resources where our users are? • Q: How can we make it easy for people to get what they need? • A: Connect users to all your content. • A: Put single discovery where your users are. • A: Provide intuitive delivery options.

  3. The questions we hear the most… • Q: How can we help users find all of our physical, electronic and digital materials?A: Connect users to all your content. • Q: How do we put our library’s resources where our users are?A: Put discovery where your users are. • Q: How can we make it easy for people to get what they need?A: Provide intuitive delivery options. content discovery delivery

  4. The questions we hear the most… content + discovery + delivery = WorldCat Local

  5. And another important question…How can my library save money? • With WorldCat Local… • Mobile is included: no additional software, development or integration required. • Knowledge base functionality is included: no additional resolver service integration costs. • A central index is included: replaces meta-search • Evaluative content is included: no additional fees

  6. Today’s agenda • How WorldCat Local will • Connect your users to all your content • Put single discovery where your users are • Provide intuitive delivery optionsplus… • Results from other WorldCat Local libraries • The benefits of being part of a global library-community

  7. CONTENT + DISCOVERY + DELIVERY =WorldCat Local Massive content from many sources Intelligent delivery to the point of need Single search discovery from many paths

  8. CONTENT + DISCOVERY + DELIVERY =WorldCat Local Electronic / Licensed Materials Massive content from many sources WorldCatLocal

  9. CONTENT + DISCOVERY + DELIVERY =WorldCat Local Digital materials WorldCatLocal

  10. CONTENT + DISCOVERY + DELIVERY =WorldCat Local Physical Materials WorldCatLocal

  11. WorldCat Local more than just books in millions

  12. Licensed content in a single search • Goal: Replace federated search with central indexing • How: Form partnerships with publishers and aggregators • Status: ~1.000 databases represented • Databases/collections direct from publisher: EBSCO, Gale, LexisNexis, Wilson, JSTOR, RMIT, universities, societies, OCLC, etc. • 215 million citations currently indexed • 167 million citations signed and ready to index

  13. Ebooks • Goal: Comprehensive coverage of library eBook collections • How: Partner with eBook providers and mass digitization projects • Status: ~ 5 million records in WorldCat • Aggregator partners: NetLibrary, eBrary, myiLibrary • Mass digitization partners: Google Books, HathiTrust, etc. • Publisher partners: Springer, Elsevier, Wiley, etc.

  14. Special Collections • Goal: Make all Institutional Repositories and Archives of interest to libraries worldwide discoverable and accessible • How: Seek out key digital collections and harvest them • Status: • OAIster: 1.180 IRs, 25 million records • ArchiveGrid: 2.500+ institutions, 1 million records, 92.000+ finding aids • Both are available through WorldCat Local

  15. Evaluative content • Goal: Offer a robust collection to support discovery • How: Aggregate and link to evaluative content • Status: 25 million data elements under contract • 3.4 million bookcovers • 14.2 million ToCs • 2.7 million summaries • 1.6 million albums covers and 12 million songs

  16. CONTENT + DISCOVERY + DELIVERY =WorldCat Local find all How can we help users find all of our physical, electronic and digital materials?

  17. CONTENT + DISCOVERY + DELIVERY =WorldCat Local worldcat.org WorldCatLocal Single search discovery from many paths

  18. WorldCat.org aggregates Web searches,sending traffic back to libraries 595.310.617 32.674.282

  19. Web services:WorldCat.org and Google Books

  20. Put your custom WorldCat Localsearch box on any Web site Student Resources find it find it Search Search Next week is the beginning of If you have any questions, office before 5pm on Friday. Don’t forget to vote for the b It’s your organization, and an Look for an updated list of sthere’s something in there forand if you remember to bring Search OurLibrary and Beyond Search OurLibrary and Beyond History Class Blog November 19, 2009 No class next week Please remember to have your papers with you wh

  21. WorldCat widgets

  22. Go mobile

  23. Mobile Apps

  24. WorldCat Local answers the questions • How can we put our library resources where users are? • WorldCat partnerships with leading Web services • Two-way integration with Google Books • Aggregation of search engine ranking • Portable tools, APIs, widgets and apps.

  25. WorldCat Local WorldCat Local WMS Management services Knowledge Base Remote Index Central Index WorldCatwith yourlibraryholdings OCLCLicensed Content Non-OCLCLicensedContent RemoteIndex RemoteIndex

  26. Interface design informed by ongoing usability testing Persistent search box Social actions now up top “More Like This” for similar items Summary info for a quick decision Preview button Toggle content areas

  27. Tools enable user interaction • Personal profile • Lists • Citations • Tagging • Saved searches

  28. CONTENT + DISCOVERY + DELIVERY =WorldCat Local easy to get How can we make it easy for people to get the items they need?

  29. CONTENT + DISCOVERY + DELIVERY =WorldCat Local WorldCatknowledgebase OAISTER LocalResolver Articles GoogleBooks HathiTrust Intelligent delivery to the point of need Consortia WorldCatLocal LocalILS ILL Requestphysical materials Click to digital materials

  30. Shortest path to the resource

  31. Working together for success • Goal: Make WorldCat Local succeed for your library • How: • Weave into your institution’s site(s) • Configure your collections • Integrate other library services

  32. Integrated chat

  33. Success in the numbers: Macalester College Traffic to OpenURL resolver from WorldCat Local: 7740 6844 5084 Requests 4531 Clickthroughs 3002 WorldCat Localadded 2193 118 337 125 19 230 32 June 08 July 08 Aug 08 Sept 08 Oct 08 Nov 08

  34. Success in the numbers: Cornell University April 2009 WorldCat Local generated 207 OpenURL Requests and ranked 20th for referring URL. April 2010 WorldCat Local generated 16.950 OpenURL requests and is ranked 1st for referring URL.

  35. What librarians are saying “Ease of implementation” “a future we want to be part of” “quality information” “integration of resources all in one place” “users are having success”

  36. WorldCat Local Users US • > 1000 WCL installations (University of California, University of Washington Libraries, Cornell University, Macalester College, University of Colorado etc.) Europe (UK & Spain) • Sales just started > 10 users (South West Regional Libraries - SWRLS, York St. John University, Trinity St. David Wales, Universidad de Salamanca, Universidad de Leon etc.)

  37. Results - conclusions • Massive content from many sources • Discovery – single discovery where you users are • Delivery to the point of need • Mobile is included: no additional software, development or integration required. • Knowledge base functionality is included: no additional link manager integration costs. • A central index is included: replaces meta-search • Evaluative content is included: no additional fees

  38. WorldCat Local – the single search that connects people to all your library materials Questions and Discussion 27 August 2010 Stockholm

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