Betsy WilsonJennifer Ward

University of Washington

Approached OCLC in summer 2006 Beta launched April 30, 2007 Three rounds of usability testing Challenges of working with a moving target

Next-Gen Catalog as Porcine Adornment Users prefer simple and direct search Make it easy to GET, not just easy to FIND

TOO MANY SILOS!!!

Three library catalog silos:◦ UW Libraries Catalog◦ Consortial catalog (Summit: 38 academic libraries

in Oregon and Washington)◦ WorldCat

Hundreds of databases Libraries’ digital collections

Without WorldCat Local you need to search:

• Local catalog

• Group catalog

• Databases

• WorldCat

One simple search box…

Three library resource silos:◦ UW Libraries catalog requesting◦ Consortial catalog requesting◦ Interlibrary loan

Amazon.com The WEB!!!

Without WorldCat Local:

• User sees 3 copies in local catalog

• All 3 copies are out

• To “get it,” need to place hold or search group catalog

• For ILL, go back to library homepage

With WorldCat Local, appropriate fulfillment options are offered in record display

WorldCat consists of:• over 121 million MARC bibliographic records • over 50 million article citations

MEDLINE, ERIC, ArticleFirst, British Library Inside Serials service, GPO Monthly Catalog (soon to include data from HW Wilson, MLA, and EBSCO)

Assumptions• In an ‘ideal’ world, the local catalog and the consortial catalog are a subset of WorldCat• WorldCat meets the library information needs of many users or will at least serve as a good ‘starting point’

Implementation issues include: Fulfillment setup Local catalog preparation Staff training Shift in corporate culture Plan for success!

Monthly installations that include bug fixes and/or system enhancements

Changes based on usability testing or other forms of end-user feedback◦ No enhancement requests as with a typical ILS

vendor Not an expert interface

59% increase in consortial borrowing

101% increase in interlibrary borrowing

Top 5 origins in Q1 2009:

ISI/WoS 76096

WCL 70019

EBSCO 44220

PubMed 39617

Google 16829

Metasearch Local Holdings Records (LHR) “Shopping Cart” Better identification of digital/electronic

materials and access rights Digital Materials search

Recommendations:◦ Large Serials TF◦ Special Collections TF

Orbis Cascade AllianceOrbis Cascade Alliance

Oregon & WashingtonPrivate & Public, 2-year & 4-year

Colleges, Universities, Community collegesMembers serving 600 – 44,000 students (FTE)

Electronic Resources– 80 libraries in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Hawaii– Databases, ejournals, ebooks, etc.

Northwest Digital Archives– 31 libraries, archives, museums, historical societies in Oregon,

Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska– EAD finding aids, union database, digital content

Summit Resource Sharing System– 36 academic institutions in Oregon and Washington– 9.2 million unique titles, 28.7 million items– INN-Reach 1993-2008 WorldCat Navigator 2009 +– All members use III Integrated Library System– Very popular service …

1. Regional Library Services Center2. Cooperative Collection Development3. Digital Services Program4. Northwest Digital Archives 5. ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication 6. Next Generation Systems

Data Harvesting Discovery: Aquabrowser, Encore, Endeca, Local development, WorldCat Local,

Primo, etc. Resource Sharing Systems Integrated Library Systems (ILS)

“Moving to the Network Level” – April 2006 Retreat

Leadership opportunityFoster competition in the marketplaceCost effective Cross-platform Merging of ILL and circ workflowsSolution based on standards Strategic partnership with OCLC

Excellence in service to patrons• Improved discovery system• More trading partners, more materials available• Continuous improvement• Increase in resource sharing

Discovery– Group Catalog on the WorldCat.org platform– Option for member libraries to implement WorldCat Local

Delivery– Navigator Request Engine based on Virtual Document

eXchange (VDX)– New: III Circulation gateway; Availability; Streamlined

workflow

Integrated Solution

Eliminate workflow redundancy Shared technical services “Collective” collection Cost-containment New forms of resource sharing

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