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Discovery Tools for Health Libraries 11th September 2015
WorldCat Discovery Services
Simon DayProduct Manager
A global, nonprofit library cooperative
16,737 members in 109 countries17 offices5 data centers
25,900+ institutions
Members
3 councils
Regional Councils
48 members
Global Council
16 trustees
Board of Trustees
Powered by library cooperation
Intelligent workflows
Global data network
Platform
Management Services Discovery Services
Library discovery challenges
1. Unify and simplify discovery of your local collections– Physical, electronic/licensed, digitised
2. Expand discovery beyond your local collections– Universe of research and evidence
3. Make your collections and services visible to users outside of the library domain– Take the library to the user
Help users find and get resources
from your library + libraries worldwide
through a single search of WorldCat and familiar, authoritative e-content collections.
It makes your collections visible on the web.
Connects users to library resources
A community-built database of over 340
million items that libraries own
A database of electronic resources representing 13,900 collections from 5,966 providers
Knowledge BaseA vendor neutral index of
over 2,100 collections of electronic resources
Central Index of electronic resources
Discovering ALL library materials, owned, licensed, open access
WorldCat knowledge base powers…
Works on any device
Demonstration
Supports discovery and visibility
• Make collections discoverable on the Internet via syndication with partners
• Back to your library in 3 clicks
Visibility for library collections
WorldCat partner traffic July 2014 – June 2015
44 million referralsfrom search engines
20 million referrals from other websites
10 million click-throughs to libraries
Find and get everything in your library’s collection.
1. Connects users to all your library’s collections—electronic, digital and physical
2. Broad central index
3. Integrated fulfillment for end users
Find and get anything in any library worldwide.
4. End-user access to WorldCat
Find and get your collections where your users are.
5. Makes library collections visible on the Web