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VIVA Webinars – July 23 & 24, 2014 Suzanne Butte From FirstSearch to WorldCat Discovery: Cooperative Discovery that Puts You Where Your Users Are Library Services Consultant – Consortia and State Libraries
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A single reference and discovery solution to replace FirstSearch and WorldCat Local Available to any library with a FirstSearch subscription 700 libraries registered since March 31 WorldCat Local/WMS transition beta happening now Access to FirstSearch will end on December 31, 2015
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What does this mean for your library?
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Single search of all content available through FirstSearch today Access to central index of 1.5 billion items Option to purchase remote database searching Library-branded URL and custom branding As a FirstSearch library, you receive:
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320+ million bibliographic records 2.1+ billion holdings 1.5 billion records 40 million items (Institutional repositories, Google, HathiTrust, OAIster) Bibliographic information in WorldCat Licensed digital content/articles in library collections Digitized local library content Representing the collective collection As of 28 June 2014
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Responsive Web design
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Feature your digital collections online with CONTENTdm “quick start”
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You choose how to use it Access to WorldCat As your primary discovery service Or both!
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Local library collections listed first Integrated Link resolution Built-in A to Z list Optional Services: –Item location and real-time availability –Group views –Remote database searching –And more! If you have OCLC Cataloging and maintain holdings in WorldCat and the WorldCat knowledge base, you also receive:
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Web visibility for library collections maintained in WorldCat WorldCat partner traffic July 2012-June 2013 77 million referrals from partner sites 8.7 million click-throughs to libraries
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Take a look
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June/July 2014 March 2015 December 2015 Staff views Options WorldCat Local and WMS beta concludes Access to FirstSearch ends on December 31, 2015 Enhancements every month!
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What’s coming?
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FeatureTarget availability date Staff-specific features, to include MARC views and holdings by symbol Available now E-mail export to RefWorks and EndNoteAvailable now Item location and Availability optionAvailable now Group- or consortium-views optionAvailable now Custom traffic and usage reports optionAvailable now Type-ahead search suggestionsAvailable now Temporary lists of recordsAvailable now Downloadable, customizable search boxAvailable now Recently-added functionality
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FeatureTarget availability date Direct link into WorldShare ILL and ILLiadAugust 2014 Remote database search optionAugust 2014 Google AnalyticsSeptember 2014 WorldCat Discovery APISeptember 2014 Future functionality
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Knowledge Card
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Get ready for WorldCat Discovery
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1.Register to receive your new WorldCat Discovery URLRegister 1.Attend online training, watch short videos - http://oclc.org/support/training/portfolios/discover y/worldcat-discovery.en.html http://oclc.org/support/training/portfolios/discover y/worldcat-discovery.en.html 2.Register for email updates at www.oclc.org/en- US/email.htmlwww.oclc.org/en- US/email.html Get Ready for WorldCat Discovery
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Explore. Share. Magnify. Thank You! Suzanne Butte buttes@oclc.org 800-848-5878, ext 5130 Tom Jacobson jacobsot@oclc.org 800-848-5878, ext 4049
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