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Worldcat Local: A Solution that Changes Everything.

Worldcat Local: A Solution that Changes Everything. Angi Faiks and Johan Oberg. Macalester College:. Small, private, liberal arts college St. Paul, MN 2,000 undergraduate students. ~90 countries represented III Millennium 8-school shared catalog. Choosing WorldCat Local.

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Worldcat Local: A Solution that Changes Everything.

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  1. Worldcat Local: A Solution that Changes Everything. Angi Faiks and Johan Oberg

  2. Macalester College: • Small, private, liberal arts college • St. Paul, MN • 2,000 undergraduate students • ~90 countries represented • III Millennium • 8-school shared catalog

  3. Choosing WorldCat Local What appealed to us: • Research library experience • Simple search • Smooth transition from find to get • Easy implementation • Searching the world, not just our stuff What we wanted: • A ‘catalog’ solution offering a better experience, ASAP!

  4. WCL Website Integration

  5. WCL Website Integration

  6. WCL Website Integration

  7. Redesigned Website – Further Integration

  8. Comparison, Search Box Placement

  9. How were our choices received? It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's a fill in the blank • On-going conceptual change • No easy definition of the new system • The word “catalog” rarely used Why does it not easily lend itself to a name? • Includes a wide range of materials • Does not contain all possible resources

  10. Feedback • Users report satisfaction • Initially looked for old catalog • Searches in old catalog dropped dramatically and quickly Easy to teach: “Students like the Google-likse search, and getting good, ranked results. Students initially did not want to try it, but once I showed them, they were hooked on WorldCat Local. I'm hooked on WorldCat Local.”

  11. Feedback from faculty Positive reactions from faculty: • “It’s amazing what students are able to access.” • “Love that students are searching WorldCat automatically and I don’t have to force them. This is so much better.” • “Wow. This is terrific! Makes my job much easier--and gives me faster access to more knowledge, and an easier way to distribute it to students. Thanks.”

  12. Impact on Use

  13. WCL and ILL

  14. WCL and Circulation Increase

  15. Future • New possibilities • Web-scale • Mobile access • Open development and the API • More digital content

  16. Lessons • Google and Amazon is the mental model • Be bold – put new service front and center • Searching what *we* own is an outdated notion • Take a few risks…

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