Jennifer Pearson

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OCLC Services for GroupsSolutions for your
Consortia

• Jennifer Pearson
• OCLC Services for Groups

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Agenda

• Needs of the group
• Solution for the group
• Features of the group catalog
• Overview of OCLC services for groups
• Q A
• Summary

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Group needs

• Centralized location of specialized information
• Secure environment
• Accommodation of disparate (or no) integrated
  library systems

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How group catalog addresses the needs

• Increases visibility of collections
• Web-based, ILS independent solution
• Fast performance
• Low/no switching costs
• Hosted solution no exposure to your servers

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OCLCs group catalog

• Physical union catalog based on holdings set in
  WorldCat
• Customized scopes
• Branding
• Guest view (optional)

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Building a group catalog
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MERLN group catalog

• Over 1.5 million holdings for 13 libraries
• Over 9,300 searches performed in first six months
  
• Guest view usage almost 80 of total searches

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Transportation Libraries Group Catalog

• Almost 500,000 holdings for 15 libraries
• Over 15,300 searches performed in first two
  months
• Guest view usage over 85 of total searches
• Adding four new libraries this summer

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Transportation libraries catalog search screen
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Transportation libraries catalog search results
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Transportation libraries catalog holdings for
searched item
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Item record in home library catalog
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Access to guest view from NTL site
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Transportation Guest View
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OCLC services for groups

• Group catalog
• Unlimited cataloging services
• Unlimited resource sharing

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Questions?
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In Summary

• A single, easy-to-use view of all resources
• Increased access to library collections
• Economical ILS independent solution
• To contact me pearsonj_at_oclc.org