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Page 1: WorldCat Discovery Services. A new suite of cloud-based applications Combines functionality of OCLC FirstSearch and WorldCat Local Services will run in

WorldCat Discovery

Services

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WorldCat Discovery Services

A new suite of cloud-based applications

Combines functionality of OCLC FirstSearch and WorldCat Local

Services will run in parallel during transition

WorldCat Discovery Services will replace legacy services over the next 18 months

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Central index

Bibliographic records in WorldCat

FirstSearch subscription databases

Article-level records

HathiTrust, ArticleFirst, MEDLINE, ERIC, JSTOR, OAIster

Licensed databases

ProQuest, Gale

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Remote database searching

Federated search

Search databases not included in the central index

Search results integrated with main results

(probably slower than central index alone)

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Advanced search

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Discovery through:

WorldCat Discovery Services (individual) site

WorldCat.org

Partner sites:

Goodreads

Google Books

Blackboard

Wikipedia

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Improvements?

Interface

Mobile interface!

Ranking has higher emphasis on “library owned” than “relevance”

Content more prominent (less scrolling)

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Mobile interface

Interface adjusts automatically on mobile devices

Fewer options on screen

Text is larger and more readable

Options easier to select

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Electronic Resources

If we maintain the Knowledge base

Library’s resources listed first

Direct links to full-text

A-Z list

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Timeline

WorldCat Discovery Services (beta) available to FirstSearch subscribers April 2014

In beta through December 2014

(at this point, all features fully implemented)

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Concerns?

What were your concerns with WorldCat Local?

Are they addressed in WorldCat Discovery Services?

(If we don’t know, I will look into it!)