University of Washington and WorldCat Local

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University of Washington and WorldCat Local

• Pam Mofjeld
• TexShare ILL Conference
• 15 February 2008

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• Why
• Discovery
• Delivery
• Impact of WorldCat Local
• Outcomes

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Which WorldCat?

• Three versions of WorldCat
• FirstSearch WorldCat
• WorldCat.org
• WorldCat Local

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UW Libraries Environment

• 36,000 students over 3 campuses
• Collections
• Over 6 million volumes
• Ranked 14th among ARL Libraries
• Innovative Interfaces ILS WebPAC
• Summit Union Catalog
• ILLiad for ILL

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Why changing environment

• Many conversations on the
• NextGen catalog
• Discovery to Delivery
• Syndication
• Libraries Strategic Plan To build and integrate
  new tools and services for information discovery
  and delivery.
• OCLC is in a position to work with national and
  international partners to move libraries to the
  network level

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Why our users

• Search simplicity based on research showing how
  most seek information
• Fewer clicks to find and obtain information
• Make our quality resources convenient for users
  to find and get

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Why - too many silos
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Discovery Silos

• Three catalog/returnable silos
• UW Libraries Catalog
• Summit Catalog
• WorldCat
• E-content hundreds of databases, plus journals,
  e-books, images, etc.

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Delivery Silos

• UW Libraries catalog request
• Summit request
• Interlibrary Loan (ILLIAD)

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Searching with WCL

• WCL includes all
• UW records in OCLC (books, serials, media, etc.).
  
• Summit holdings
• WorldCat records
• Article citations from ArticleFirst, ERIC, GPO
  and PubMed.
• Contains links to full text via OpenURL resolver

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Requesting with WCL

• Requests for materials held at UW or Summit are
  routed through Summit.
• Requests for materials held by WorldCat
  Libraries are routed through ILL (ILLiad).
• Staff in ILL process requests with the goal of
  getting the item the person wants.

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Summit requests - filled by other sites
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Summit Same Site Requests
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ILL borrowing total requests
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ILL borrowing requests filled
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ILL borrowing fill rate
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Ill borrowing - filled by locally held
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Outcomes

• WorldCat Local makes discovery seamless
• WorldCat Local makes delivery seamless
• Users love it!

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Final thoughts

• Scary?
• Plan for success!
• Be willing to change!
• Stay focused on your users!

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THANKS!QUESTIONS?