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? 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.

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

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

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 And another important question… How can my library save money?

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

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

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

CONTENT + DISCOVERY + DELIVERY = WorldCat Local Digital materials WorldCat Local

CONTENT + DISCOVERY + DELIVERY = WorldCat Local Physical Materials WorldCat Local

WorldCat Local more than just books in millions

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

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.

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: IRs, 25 million records ArchiveGrid: institutions, 1 million records, finding aids Both are available through WorldCat Local

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

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

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

Web services: WorldCat.org and Google Books

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Mobile Apps

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.

WorldCat Local Remote Index WorldCat Local WorldCat with your library holdings OCLC Licensed Content Central Index Non-OCLC Licensed Content Knowledge Base WMS Management services WMS Management services

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

Tools enable user interaction Personal profile Lists Citations Tagging Saved searches

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

Local ILS ILL Consortia Hathi Trust Google Books OAISTER WorldCat knowledge base Articles Local Resolver Request physical materials Click to digital materials WorldCat Local Intelligent delivery to the point of need

Shortest path to the resource

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

Integrated chat

Success in the numbers: Macalester College Traffic to OpenURL resolver from WorldCat Local: June 08July 08Aug 08Sept 08Oct 08Nov 08 Requests Clickthroughs WorldCat Local added

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

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

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.) WorldCat Local Users

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 Results - conclusions

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