KLA/MLA Oct. 2015

WorldCat Discovery Services

Suzanne Butte

Director, Strategic Accounts

Tricia Karlin

Collection Service Manager

Lawrence Public Library

Reference solution that expands FirstSearch

More value for the same subscription:

More content New functionality Local experience

Libraries that subscribe to FirstSearch receive:

• Single search of all content available in FirstSearch today

• Access to a vendor neutral central index of more than

2,200 e-content collections

• Modernized, mobile-ready interface

• Library-branded URL and custom branding

• Access to the WorldCat Discovery API

• Use of CONTENTdm “quick start”

Libraries with holdings in WorldCat also receive:

• Local resources listed first in search results

• Visibility of your library’s collections on popular websites

• Integrated link resolution

• Built in A to Z list

With holdings in the WorldCat knowledge base:

Options you can add to the service

• Item Location and Real-Time Availability

• Group Views

• Remote Database search

• Course Reserves

• Custom reporting

Current WorldCat Local/WMS libraries

• WorldCat Discovery replaces WorldCat Local as

user-facing interface

• Beta continues

• Continue to add key features

• End of access to WorldCat Local TBD

341 million records

2.2 billion holdings

43 million digital items

16 million eBooks

Major publishers represented

• Link directly to

– Online full text

– Your OPAC

• Borrow from another library*

– Built in user-initiated ILL

Integrated delivery to end users

* For libraries with an interlibrary loan subscription

Visibility for library collections

WorldCat partner traffic FY15

44 + million referrals

from search engines

20 + million referrals

from other websites

9.5 + million click-throughs

to libraries

You choose how to use it

Access to WorldCat

Discovery for the world’s largest

online database of library

resources – WorldCat

As a discovery service

A full-featured discovery service

that can be tailored to meet your

library’s needs

New Date for FirstSearch: 2016

Promotional materials

Posters • Table tents • Bookmarks • Email headers • Banner ads • Leaderboard ads

• Request your library’s unique WorldCat Discovery URL

http://oc.lc/RegDiscovery

• Get help to set it up: training and documentation

http://oc.lc/SupportDiscovery

• Promote the new service to your users

http://oc.lc/DiscoverWorldCat

Get started with WorldCat Discovery

Thank you