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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