WorldCat on the Web

NEBASE HourSeptember 3, 2008

Christa BurnsOCLC Member Services Coordinator

NEBASE

WorldCat – the Heart of OCLC

WorldCat DatabaseWorldCat Database

FirstSearchFirstSearch

ConnexionConnexion

Open WorldCat

Open WorldCat

WorldCat Resource Sharing

WorldCat Resource Sharing

ClientClient

BrowserBrowser

WorldCat.org

WorldCat.org

Yahoo! Search, Google, etc.

Yahoo! Search, Google, etc.

Other Databases Other Databases

Why WorldCat on the Web?

Help OCLC member libraries make their collections visible and available from heavily used sites on the open Web

Help Web searchers discover the richness of library collections and link them to their local library for service

What is Open WorldCat?

Program that lets major search engines and other partner Web sites integrate WorldCat data with their own services

Yahoo! Search, Google, etc.

Entire WorldCat database available for harvesting by search engines; actual number of records varies by site

Drives traffic to library resources and services

What is WorldCat.org?

Destination Web site for public searching of the entire WorldCat databasehttp://www.worldcat.org/

Simple searching

Downloadable WorldCat search box that Web site owners (library and non-library) can add to their sites

Social networking – profiles, reviews, lists, citation formatting

What about FirstSearch?

Worldcat.org and Open WorldCat are benefits of your subscription to WorldCat on FirstSearch

Libraries must have a subscription to WorldCat on FirstSearch for their holdings to show in Open WorldCat and WorldCat.org

All libraries in Nebraska have subscription access to WorldCat on FirstSearch via NebraskAccess

FirstSearch is research oriented

Cross-database searching

All library ownership information

Your Library’s Link

Deep-linking takes patrons to an individual item’s record in your library’s online catalog

FirstSearch Administrative Module – http://firstsearch.oclc.org/admin

Linking tab Web Library Catalogs

Tutorial using WorldCat Registryhttp://www.oclc.org/support/

documentation/worldcatorg/deeplinking/

WorldCat Search Plug-ins

Facebook application

Firefox browser search extension

Google Toolbar

http://www.worldcat.org/toolbars/

Social Networking

Personal profiles

ListsSharing

RSS feeds

BookmarkingDelicious.com

Digg

More…

Reviews and ratings

WorldCat.org: Clicks to Libraries

OCLC Usage Statistics

http://www.stats.oclc.org

WorldCat.org Promotional Materials

Customizable tools for promoting WorldCat.org

Includes:-Poster-Table tent-News release-Flier-PowerPoint slides

http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/promote

WorldCat Promotional materials

Kits include: Flyer,Bookmark, Shelf hanger, Brief article

WorldCat Web Resources

WorldCat Web site:http://www.oclc.org/worldcat

WorldCat Toolbox:http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/toolbox

WorldCat Public Views Comparison:http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/web/

comparison

WorldCat Blog:http://worldcat.org/blogs/

Demonstration

NEBASE Hour: WorldCat on the Web

Questions ???

Christa Burns

OCLC Member Services Coordinator

NEBASE

800-307-2665

cburns@nlc.state.ne.us