OCLC WorldCat Localat
University of WalesTrinity Saint David
John DallingSenior Learning Resources Adviser
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Why?What?
When?How?
Changes
Benefits
ImpactIssues
Why?• 2 institutions
• 2 Library Management Systems
• 2 catalogue interfaces
• 1 new university
• 0 resource discovery interfaces
Evaluated 4 products: start of 2010
Chose WorldCat Local:
April 2010
Loaded records:Summer 2010
Reviewed results and
loaded corrections
Planned “go live” date:
September 2010
When?
Live testing on one campus:
September 2010
Launched WC Link Manager:January 2011
Added collections to
knowledgebase
Loaded final corrections
Live for both campuses:
September 2011
What?
The world’s libraries. Connected.
replaces searches of multiple services and interfaces
Central index for content
Replaces searches of multiple services and interfaces
The world’s libraries. Connected.
WorldCat LocalCentral Index
WorldCat Local conceptual overview
Integrated link resolution
User Interface
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WorldCat
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Worldwide• 399
Europe, the Middle East and Africa• 5 in the UK• 5 in Spain• 4 in the Netherlands• 2 in South Africa• 1 in Sweden• 1 in Ireland
WorldCat Local libraries
The world’s libraries. Connected.
WorldCat Local in UK Higher Education
How does it work for us?
OCLCWorldCat
Recordmatching
WorldCatRecorddisplays
Our record returned with OCLC control number
Benefits• Easy to use knowledgebase
– Now manageable across multiple sites• Consolidated searching for full text
– Limiting to full text resources, e-books– Searches content of full text articles– ‘One-stop’ search for most of our content
• Search across both our campuses
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Books233 million
As of 18 January 2013
Maps: 4 millionScores: 6 millionVisual materials: 11millionSerials: 11 millionSound recordings: 12 millionConf. proceedings: 15 millioneBooks: 14 millionTheses and dis.: 19 millionInstitutional repository records: 25 millionArchival materials: 27 millionDigital materials: 34 million
Articles775 million
WorldCat Local central index content
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Mobile access
Changes to workflows
• Using OCLC Connexion for cataloguing
• Setting holdings in WorldCat for every bibliographic record
• WorldCat displays the central OCLC record and not our local record
Impact: Uptake of WorldCat Local
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WorldCat Local Use by Campus: 4 September 2011 - 28 January 2013
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ACLS Humanities E-book Collection - Page views
Local Issues• Two campuses = 2 instances of WCL
– No ‘main’ campus, 1 hour apart travelling time
• Not compatible with ‘Classic’ Athens– Limits consolidated searching options– Works with Shibboleth / EZProxy
• Print journals display not ideal– Limitations due to our LMS OPAC display
Wider Issues• Editions and formats grouped together…
– …most popular rather than latest is shown– old editions are frequently requested from storage
• Some resources not well promoted– Teaching artefacts– Special collections: provenance data
• Batch processing / deletion
Useful Links
• OCLC WorldCat Local brochure http://www.oclc.org/services/brochures/212611usb_worldcat_local.pdf
• OCLC WorldCat Local informationhttp://www.oclc.org/worldcatlocal/
• Trinity Saint David WCL:http://tsd-c.worldcat.org http://tsd-l.worldcat.org