WiLS Hours

September 1, 2009

WorldCat Local Quick Start with Mark Beatty (recording)
Level One members will be charged $25, all others are charged $55/site login.

We'll talk about: What is WorldCat Local "quick start"?
WorldCat Local "quick start" provides a single search result that delivers your library's resources and
those of the world's libraries. It is now included in a subscription to WorldCat on FirstSearch at no additional charge.

That's right IT'S FREE, if you already subscribe to WorldCat FirstSearch.

This is the first step to the first Web-scale, cooperative library service. WorldCat Local connects users' search experience
with library management systems--today, that means WorldCat, your catalog, local availability and resource sharing.

What do you get?
WorldCat Local "quick start" offers libraries:

• Display of a local library's holdings first in search results, followed
  by the holdings of other WorldCat libraries
• Local branding of a WorldCat search box, URL and user interface
• Links to an existing OpenURL resolver for access from the over 58 million
  article citations
  in WorldCat.org to the online full text to which libraries subscribe
• Integration of existing OCLC delivery/interlibrary loan services
  (WorldCat Resource Sharing, ILLiad)
• Interoperability with a single local library catalog for real-time item availability information and place holds
• Access to the same social networking tools available on WorldCat.org

Attend the WiLS Hour if you're interested in giving "quick start" a try.

Posted by sheila at August 4, 2009 03:02 PM