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VIVA Webinars – July 23 & 24, 2014

VIVA Webinars – July 23 & 24, 2014. Suzanne Butte. From FirstSearch to WorldCat Discovery: Cooperative Discovery that Puts You Where Your Users Are. Library Services Consultant – Consortia and State Libraries.

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VIVA Webinars – July 23 & 24, 2014

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  1. VIVA Webinars – July 23 & 24, 2014 Suzanne Butte From FirstSearch to WorldCat Discovery: Cooperative Discovery that Puts You Where Your Users Are Library Services Consultant – Consortia and State Libraries

  2. A single reference and discovery solution to replace FirstSearch and WorldCat Local • Available to any library with a FirstSearch subscription • 700 libraries registered since March 31 • WorldCat Local/WMS transition beta happening now • Access to FirstSearch will end on December 31, 2015

  3. What does this mean for your library?

  4. As a FirstSearch library, you receive: • Single search of all content available through FirstSearch today • Access to central index of 1.5 billion items • Option to purchase remote database searching • Library-branded URL and custom branding

  5. Representing the collective collection Bibliographic information in WorldCat Licensed digital content/articles in library collections Digitized local library content 320+ million bibliographic records 2.1+ billion holdings 1.5 billion records 40 millionitems(Institutional repositories, Google, HathiTrust, OAIster) As of 28 June 2014

  6. Responsive Web design

  7. Feature your digital collections online with CONTENTdm “quick start”

  8. You choose how to use it • Access to WorldCat • As your primary discovery service • Or both!

  9. If you have OCLC Cataloging and maintain holdings in WorldCat and the WorldCat knowledge base, you also receive: • Local library collections listed first • Integrated Link resolution • Built-in A to Z list • Optional Services: • Item location and real-time availability • Group views • Remote database searching • And more!

  10. Web visibility for library collections maintained in WorldCat WorldCatpartner traffic July 2012-June 2013 77 million referralsfrom partner sites 8.7 million click-throughs to libraries

  11. Take a look

  12. Access to FirstSearch ends on December 31, 2015 Staff views Options WorldCat Local and WMS beta concludes Enhancements every month!

  13. What’s coming?

  14. Recently-added functionality

  15. Future functionality

  16. Knowledge Card

  17. Get ready for WorldCat Discovery

  18. Get Ready for WorldCat Discovery • Register to receive your new WorldCat Discovery URL • Attend online training, watch short videos - http://oclc.org/support/training/portfolios/discovery/worldcat-discovery.en.html • Register for email updates at www.oclc.org/en-US/email.html

  19. Thank You! Suzanne Butte buttes@oclc.org 800-848-5878, ext 5130 Tom Jacobson jacobsot@oclc.org 800-848-5878, ext 4049

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