WorldCat Local
Posted by mightylibrarian on 25th March 2008
Last week, I sat in on a webinar (terrible word) on OCLC’s WorldCat Local. This catalog interface appears to be more useful than the general OPAC. I like the idea that the Local holdingds display first, then the regional consortium, and finally the rest of WorldCat. WorldCat Local also provides the social network options. A patron may add a record to his social network (e.g. del.ic.ous) and add comments to a record. The record holding also list articles from certain databases (I hope more are added int eh future). I think this interface is headed in the right direction, but it is needs more improvements and there are free options (e.g. Plymouth State University) being used and in development.
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