WorldCat as OurCat

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WorldCat as OurCat

• The development of
• MnObe-Wan-Kenobe-Cat

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Problems with current catalogs

• Duplication of effort
• Unfriendly search interfaces, esp. when looking
  for materials outside your own library
• No implementation of Web 2.0 features

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Basic functions of the local OPAC? (Silvis, 2007)

• Does my library have the thing (assuming its not
  a journal article) that I want?
• Does my library have other things I may want but
  I dont know about?
• Where is it?
• Is it checked out?
• When is it due back?
• Do I have it checked out?

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Solutions
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Additions

• Tagging Penn Tags
• User comments
• Links to del.icio.us, digg, etc.
• RSS
• New titles
• Subject searches
• Etc.

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Advantages

• Group catalog for MnObe (and other groupings as
  well)
• Standard user interface
• User participation, Web 2.0 apps
• Faceted results
• Mashup possibilities (reviews, cover art, more)

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Considerations

• Circulation status
• Local holdings
• ILL (use Illiad)
• Locally enhanced records
• Acquisitions records/status

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Questions? Discussion?

• Dave Collins (collins_at_macalester.edu)
• Ron Joslin (joslin_at_macalester.edu)
• Tess Kasling (tkasling_at_csbsju.edu)
• Jim Parsons (jparsons_at_csbsju.edu)
• Laura Secord (secord_at_macalester.edu)