Tag Archives: WorldCat Local

OCLC pushing WorldCat Local as ILS

In Challenge to ILS Industry, OCLC Extends WorldCat Local To Launch New Library System
Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technology and Research, Vanderbilt University Library, Nashville, TN — Library Journal, 4/23/2009
A third space for library automation, combining ILS and discovery
New project will manage, deliver [...]

WorldCat Local vs. Google

Here’s a link to an article in Serials Review by Steve Shadle, talking up WorldCat Local as implemented at the University of Washington:
The Local Catalog Is Dead! Long Live the Local Catalog!
He notes that the “igeneration” (roughly those born from 1981 to 1999) demand instant gratification a la Google, and go there for topic identification [...]

Links for WorldCat Local

For those looking for more on the WorldCat Local “next gen lite” externally hosted interface, DEDCC’s Resources page will lead you to catalogs, Powerpoint presentations, and more info:. http://www.fivecolleges.edu/sites/libraries_dedcc/resources/
In November a speaker from the University of Washington spoke to Five Colleges staff about their early implementation. UW and another site, Ohio State University, [...]