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Sessieronde: WorldCat

Sessieronde: WorldCat. Janet Lees OCLC PICA. Agenda. WorldCat overview European library holdings in WorldCat OpenWorldCat and WorldCat.org Future Directions Some fun things to look at. WorldCat Overview.

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Sessieronde: WorldCat

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  1. Sessieronde: WorldCat Janet Lees OCLC PICA

  2. Agenda • WorldCat overview • European library holdings in WorldCat • OpenWorldCat and WorldCat.org • Future Directions • Some fun things to look at

  3. WorldCat Overview • OCLC Union Catalog(ue) – global scope but not global coverage. US holdings dominate. • 68 million records, 1 billion holdings • All types of materials – print, maps, visual, electronic, serials, all date ranges • All languages – Unicode support includes non-roman scripts • Platform for cataloguing, resource sharing, reference, collection analysis • Several interfaces – Connexion, Z39.50, FirstSearch, WorldCat.org

  4. OCLC PICA contribution to WorldCat • 35.5 million European holdings • Contribution via online cataloguing, retrospective conversion, batchloading • Major OCLC PICA contributors – UK, Scandinavia, South Africa, France (pre-2002) • Batchloaded files: BL, Czech National Bibliography, GGC, LinkUK, Helsinki University, NUKAT, Danish National Library of Education • Major ILL users: BLDSC, South Africa, Scandinavia • Loading soon: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, GBV

  5. Contribution fulfills OCLC Membership OCLC PICA delegation to OCLC Members Council • OCLC Members Council (66 delegates) meets 3 times pa at OCLC Dublin • Delegates elected through annual process for 3 year term • Current OCLC PICA delegation: David Bradbury (UK); Berndt Dugall (D); Poul Erlandsen (DK); Colin Harris (UK); Alex Klugkist (NL); Ariette Skolnik (NL); Ellen Tise (SA) • OCLC PICA delegation also meets with OCLC PICA Board

  6. Contribution provides foundation for other OCLC Services eg. WorldCat Collection Analysis Features • Analyze collection age & subject content • Compare collection to other OCLC member libraries to identify overlap and uniqueness • Analyze group collections for uniqueness & overlap for cooperative collection development

  7. UK Public Library group analysis

  8. Open WorldCat – making the library visible in search engines • 2004 pilot with Google and Yahoo now extended to further partners • Partners harvest limited fields in OCLC WorldCat records • Search engine displays results as “Find in a Library” • Link to library holdings • Deep linking to OPAC and full text

  9. Find in a Library Open WorldCat : meeting the user where the user is • 84% use search engines to begin information search • Only 1% begin an information search on a library web site • Search engines use achieves high satisfaction rates • People trust what they find on search engines • Search engines are a better ‘life style’ fit than physical libraries • ‘Self serve’ is a growing trend • findings from “Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources : a report to the OCLC Membership” OCLC, 2005

  10. Current Partners

  11. Open WorldCat-enabled Web tools • Yahoo! Toolbar with WorldCat searching • Google Toolbar AutoLink • FireFox search extensions

  12. Start with an Internet search …

  13. Library Info

  14. Ask a Librarian

  15. Other Editions

  16. Reviews

  17. Tables of Contents

  18. Purchase options

  19. Google Scholar

  20. Feedback

  21. European Pilot • July – August 2006 • Dutch and UK participants • Evaluated the interface translation, postcode data and “buy it” options • Ranked features • Provided advice on place in library workflow

  22. Pilot - Partner sites used

  23. Pilot – Interface Translation

  24. Pilot - Postal code / Location

  25. Pilot - link to Amazon.co.uk Clicks and orders every day during the pilot

  26. WorldCat.org • OCLC’s own destination portal • builds on Open WorldCat • access to all WorldCat records • holdings of subscribing libraries only • OWC interface translations (inc Dutch) • initial beta release August 2006

  27. WorldCat.org

  28. WorldCat.org 1.0 – brief results

  29. WorldCat.org – library locations

  30. WorldCat.org – local availability

  31. WorldCat.org 1.0 – brief results

  32. WorldCat.org 1.0 – tools

  33. WorldCat.org 1.0 – registration

  34. WorldCat.org - where next? • Add more European holdings • Add more “get it” options • Integrate with European resource sharing services • Add payment options • Add authentication and other resolvers • Add more personalisation and social features

  35. WorldCat Future Directions • Add more non-US union and national catalogues (particularly non roman scripts) • Add more full text and digital content • Improve holdings level for e-serials • Merge with RLG Union Catalog (rich in non-roman scripts esp Arabic and Hebrew, archival materials and special collections) • Integrate into OCLC PICA services

  36. Finally some fun things ……..

  37. Office of Research prototypes…

  38. WorldCat statistics

  39. Watch WorldCat grow ……..

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