WorldCat Local Quick StartASERL Next-Gen

Discovery Tools #4

• Voyager ILS [self hosted]; moved to Voyager from Notis in late 1990’s.

• SFX OpenURL linkresolver

• ContentDM

• ILLIAD

UAB Sterne Library Basics

2009 Events

• Significant budget cuts for 2009/2010

• Redesign of Sterne Library’s home page

• Major Voyager upgrade

• Registration for WorldCat Local Quick Start completed

A Little Bit of History

WorldCat Local Quick Start is a discovery tool that is

included in a subscription to OCLC FirstSearch at no additional cost

What is WorldCat Local Quick Start?

• No added cost – just time

• Hosted

• Chance to “test drive” a discovery tool

• User friendly on front and back end

• Able to add basic configuration

Generally Speaking

One Search Box

Specifically Speaking

User friendly platform

Specifically Speaking

Screen scrape for holdings

Specifically Speaking

Pulled directly from Sterne ILS

Specifically Speaking

Mobile Site

Intuitive administrator’s side

Administrator’s Side of Quick Start

• Will not link to aggregated databases EXCEPT OCLC and open source

• Limited configuration

• Cannot add an affiliated library [e.g. UAB medical library]

Quick Start Limits

Limits of functionality clearly identified on administrator’s side

Quick Start Limits

• Standardizing our OCLC numbers

• Evaluating and obtaining data that will support the expense of a full blown discovery tool

• Continuing to educate users

Where do we go from here?

Thank you

Peggy KainElectronic Resources Librarian

Mervyn H. Sterne LibraryUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

Email: pkain@uab.edu

© Margaret M. Kain, 2011

WorldCat Local Quick Start