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WorldCat Local

First Look:. WorldCat Local. Discovery Software Evaluation Team, Oct 12, 2011. Systems Perspective. Integrate tool into other sites Search box API = WorldCat only? Interface customization: Ability to add internal scripts (doubtful). Library Systems: Search box (JavaScript).

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WorldCat Local

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  1. First Look: WorldCat Local Discovery Software Evaluation Team, Oct 12, 2011

  2. Systems Perspective • Integrate tool into other sites • Search box • API = WorldCat only? • Interface customization: • Ability to add internal scripts (doubtful)

  3. Library Systems: Search box (JavaScript) <script src="http://warnerpacific.worldcat.org/wcpa/html/searchapi.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </p> <div id="wcl_searchbox" style="display: none;"></div> <p> <script type="text/javascript"> // <![CDATA[ // Mandatory customization varparams = new Object(); params["layout"] = "h"; params["scoping"] = "1"; params["tabon"] = "1"; params["tabid"] = "all:books:arts:dvds"; params["dftab"] = "all"; params["w"] = 570; params["h"] = 130; params["lang"] = "en"; params["host"] = "warnerpacific.worldcat.org"; params["background"] = "#ffffff"; // override background color // Optional customization, remove if you do not need /* params["title"] = "Search Your Library and beyond"; // override branding title */ // Call WorldCat Local to display search box WCLSearch.display(params, "wcl_searchbox"); // ]]> </script>

  4. Library Systems: Search box (HTML)

  5. Systems Perspective • Catalog load process: awesome… • well documented • We will continue to do this anyway • Internal workflow changes – for the better?

  6. Systems Perspective • Usage stats… wow!

  7. Systems Perspective • Course Reserves… a separate product? • System / vendor stability good • Slow to implement some new features? • Full text limiter in August 2011 • Peer reviewed limit new in June 2011 • Local data in May 2011 • However I like that they have an updates page.

  8. Systems: Outstanding Questions • Responsiveness of customer service? • Including records for aggregator journals? • Sync with journal holdings? • Import non-MARC data? • Create Custom links?

  9. Functionality - User Perspective

  10. Functionality - User Perspective

  11. Functionality - User Perspective

  12. Functionality - User Perspective

  13. Functionality - User Perspective

  14. Functionality - User Perspective

  15. Functionality - User Perspective • Social media / sharing • Your Library Account vs • WorldCatSignIn • Useful after college – is it the same account?

  16. Functionality - User Perspective • Mobile

  17. Outstanding Questions - functionality • Still questions about relevance • Can multi-row be used on main search screen? • Field codes included in search box  • kw:"balanced scorecard" kw:higher education • UW not yet using as journal / newspaper locator

  18. Content Perspective • “More than 86,556 journals represented from sources including ArticleFirst, MEDLINE, ERIC, British Library Inside Serials, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst, JSTOR, OAIster and Elsevier.”

  19. Content: Hrmmm?

  20. Outstanding Questions • Pricing

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