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At the heart of your information © 2006 OCLC PICA. 3 Today… OCLC merge with RLG UnityUK OpenWorldCat WorldCat.org

At the heart of your information © 2006 OCLC PICA. 4 OCLC Has a 95% fill rate Proven 30 years of reliability Largest ILL network in the world Handles 10 million requests per year Over 8000 libraries, resource centres and document suppliers Every 4 seconds an OCLC member library fills an ILL request Every second a library user searches WorldCat using FirstSearch Every 10 seconds an OCLC member library adds a record 53,548 participating libraries use & contribute 70,242,452 Bibliographic Records 1,071,391,719 Holdings

At the heart of your information © 2006 OCLC PICA. 5 OCLC & RLG Combine organisations Membership & governance Timeframe? RLG Catalogue integrated into WorldCat RedLightGreen built into OpenWorldCat Will SHARES continue?

At the heart of your information © 2006 OCLC PICA. 6 OCLC & RLG ILL Manager 2.0 within the next few weeks Expense-neutral alternatives to users who transition to OCLC resource sharing ILL Manager users are free to select ISO ILL-capable alternatives OCLC, SHARES program officer, and the SHARES Executive Group will work closely with special subgroups

At the heart of your information © 2006 OCLC PICA. 7 UnityUK Response to The Combined Regions Virtual/Physical approach VDX, ZPortal and CBS Contract awarded February 15 Cynthia from Oldham says “Whoppee!”

At the heart of your information © 2006 OCLC PICA. 8 UnityUK Live on April subscribers 37 full ILL management option “old” database loaded June Dennis from Swindon says “I’m up for anything that is going to give me less s to deal with”

At the heart of your information © 2006 OCLC PICA. 9 UnityUK LinkUK 5 million unique bib records 40 million holdings 78 individual organisations Early adopters – July million bib records & 75 million holdings Kate from Trafford says “Thanks that’s a great help!”

At the heart of your information © 2006 OCLC PICA. 10 UnityUK New release requirements “Power users” reports Usability project UnityUK members area Rob Froud, Chair of TCR, “It provides us with a unique opportunity to join-up previously distinct union catalogues into a single national resource. Combine this with improved functionality and service and we believe that we have a winning formula.”

At the heart of your information © 2006 OCLC PICA. 11 OpenWorldCat For libraries - Visibility of library names, collections and services in major search engines and other sites on the open Web For Web Searchers - Find and access library materials and services as part of their normal search engine workflow and reveals a portion of the hidden Web at point of need

At the heart of your information © 2006 OCLC PICA. 12 Current Partners

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At the heart of your information © 2006 OCLC PICA. 14 Coming soon…WorldCat.org August 2006 Free search box for your website Free web toolbars and plug-ins Open-source software & web services Contribute reviews and notes

At the heart of your information © 2006 OCLC PICA. 15 Everyday we’ll find and play, In the wonderful world, In the magical world, Of …?