OCLC Online Computer Library Center

Jennifer Pearson

OCLC Services for Groups

OCLC Services for GroupsSolutions for your Consortia

Agenda

Needs of the group

Solution for the group

Features of the group catalog

Overview of OCLC services for groups

Q & A

Summary

Group needs

Centralized location of specialized information

Secure environment

Accommodation of disparate (or no) integrated library systems

How group catalog addresses the needs

Increases visibility of collections

Web-based, ILS independent solution

Fast performance

Low/no switching costs

Hosted solution – no exposure to your servers

OCLC’s group catalog

Physical union catalog based on holdings set in WorldCat

Customized “scopes”

Branding

Guest view (optional)

Library A

Library C

Group catalog

Building a group catalog

Cataloging tools

Library A

Library B

Library C

Define scopes

MERLN group catalog

Over 1.5 million holdings for 13 libraries

Over 9,300 searches performed in first six months

Guest view usage almost 80% of total searches

Transportation Libraries Group Catalog

Almost 500,000 holdings for 15 libraries

Over 15,300 searches performed in first two months

Guest view usage over 85% of total searches

Adding four new libraries this summer

Transportation libraries catalog search screen

Transportation libraries catalog search results

Transportation libraries catalog holdings for

searched item

Item record in home library catalog

Access to guest view from NTL site

Transportation Guest View

OCLC services for groups

Group catalog

Unlimited cataloging services

Unlimited resource sharing

Questions?

In Summary

A single, easy-to-use view of all resources

Increased access to library collections

Economical ILS independent solution

To contact me: pearsonj@oclc.org