The Winding Road: WorldCat Local as Discovery Tool at the University of South Florida Libraries
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The Winding Road: WorldCat Local as Discovery Tool at the University of South Florida Libraries Monica Metz-Wiseman Coordinator of Electronic Collections
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The Winding Road: WorldCat Local as Discovery Tool at the University of South Florida Libraries. Monica Metz-Wiseman Coordinator of Electronic Collections. New dean Cycles of innovation – back to early adopter Incredible shrinking staff. Background on “Selection”. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Winding Road: WorldCat Local as Discovery Tool at the University of South
Florida Libraries
Monica Metz-WisemanCoordinator of Electronic Collections
Background on “Selection”
New deanCycles of innovation – back
to early adopterIncredible shrinking staff
Why WorldCat Local?
Stop reinventing the OPAC wheel
Why WorldCat Local? Benefit for our users: one search
Promotion of WorldCat Local
Launched as “Next Generation Catalog”
What is WorldCat Local?
WorldCat Local road map –Relies on records in OCLC that may require record clean-up/reclamation Local branding, controlInteroperates with circulation, ILL, link
resolvers, local services, through linking and Z39.50
Hosted service
How does it differ from Summon, EBSCO EDS, etc.?
Not exporting records, relying on Worldcat.org
Vendor-neutralAnother approach to the
“catalog”
What we like about WorldCat Local
Designed for usersVendor neutral (Switzerland)Road map - forward thinkingRichness of WorldCat content + proprietary Referrals from web to WorldCat LocalFast response time for searchingMobile Sandbox Reasonable pricing Web 2.0 features
Where we struggle
Hard sell: public service librarians Comparison to local catalog – features and useKeeping up with an evolving product- beyond
the launchConnecting to full text and KB’sMerged records and ebooksProprietary records, EEBO, ECCO, etc. and
permissionsPDA program with EBL
Where we struggle: Part II
Central index vs. remote databasesPresentation of article databases from
initial search – what’s in WorldCat.org?Getting to local information fast and
efficientlyRegional campus librariesFull text coverage
Product
Number of USF titles analyzed
Number of USF titles available in Discovery Tool
Number of USF titles NOT available in Discovery Tool
% of available USF titles in Discovery Tool
Date Data was Received
EBSCO Discovery Services 49,223 34,788 14,435 71% 3/11/2011Summon 49,223 42,746 6,477 87% 3/10/2011
Primo/Mango-Primo Central 49,220 41,550 7,670 84% 3/31/2011WorldCat Local 49,223 27,983 21,260 57% 3/15/2011
What do our users say and do?
Currently, the use of our local catalog is 10:1 over WorldCat Local
Engaged in usability testing with faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students
Undergraduates’ top choice: WorldCat Local with low marks for our local discovery tool
