VIVA Webinars – July 23 & 24, 2014
From FirstSearch to WorldCat Discovery:
Cooperative Discovery
that Puts You
Where Your Users Are
Suzanne Butte
Library Services Consultant – Consortia and State Libraries
• 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
What does this mean
for your library?
As a FirstSearch library, you receive:
• 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
Representing the collective collection
Bibliographic
information in
WorldCat
320+ million
bibliographic records
2.1+ billion holdings
Licensed digital
content/articles in
library collections
Digitized
local library content
40 million items
1.5 billion records
(Institutional repositories,
Google, HathiTrust, OAIster)
As of 28 June 2014
Responsive Web design
Feature your digital collections online
with CONTENTdm “quick start”
You choose how to use it
• Access to WorldCat
• As your primary discovery service
• Or both!
If you have OCLC Cataloging and maintain holdings in WorldCat and
the WorldCat knowledge base, you also receive:
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Local library collections listed first
Integrated Link resolution
Built-in A to Z list
Optional Services:
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Item location and real-time availability
Group views
Remote database searching
And more!
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
Take a look
June/July
2014
Staff views
Options
March
2015
WorldCat
Local and
WMS beta
concludes
Enhancements every month!
December
2015
Access to
FirstSearch
ends on
December 31,
2015
What’s coming?
Recently-added functionality
Feature
Target availability date
Staff-specific features, to include MARC views
and holdings by symbol
Available now
E-mail export to RefWorks and EndNote
Available now
Item location and Availability option
Available now
Group- or consortium-views option
Available now
Custom traffic and usage reports option
Available now
Type-ahead search suggestions
Available now
Temporary lists of records
Available now
Downloadable, customizable search box
Available now
Future functionality
Feature
Target availability date
Direct link into WorldShare ILL and ILLiad
August 2014
Remote database search option
August 2014
Google Analytics
September 2014
WorldCat Discovery API
September 2014
Knowledge Card
Get ready for
WorldCat Discovery
Get Ready for WorldCat Discovery
1. Register to receive your new WorldCat Discovery URL
1. Attend online training, watch short videos http://oclc.org/support/training/portfolios/discovery/
worldcat-discovery.en.html
2. Register for email updates at www.oclc.org/enUS/email.html
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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