WorldCat Local Quick Start ASERL Next-Gen Discovery Tools #4.

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WorldCat Local Quick Start ASERL Next-Gen Discovery Tools #4

Transcript of WorldCat Local Quick Start ASERL Next-Gen Discovery Tools #4.

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WorldCat Local Quick StartASERL Next-Gen

Discovery Tools #4

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

• SFX OpenURL linkresolver

• ContentDM

• ILLIAD

UAB Sterne Library Basics

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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

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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?

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• 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

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One Search Box

Specifically Speaking

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User friendly platform

Specifically Speaking

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Screen scrape for holdings

Specifically Speaking

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Pulled directly from Sterne ILS

Specifically Speaking

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Mobile Site

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Intuitive administrator’s side

Administrator’s Side of Quick Start

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• 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

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Limits of functionality clearly identified on administrator’s side

Quick Start Limits

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• 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?

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Thank you

Peggy KainElectronic Resources Librarian

Mervyn H. Sterne LibraryUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

Email: [email protected]

© Margaret M. Kain, 2011

WorldCat Local Quick Start