World catlocal at York St. John University

WorldCatLocal at York St John University Clare McCluskey and Victoria Watt, Academic Support Librarians For more information, see the project blog at http://yocalcat.wordpress.com/ Pre WorldCatLocal 
Main search tools were SirsiDynix iBistro OPAC and Sirsi Resolver
No federated search – relied on separate, external databases
Evaluation of new search tools 
Primo
Encore
AquaBrowser
WorldCatLocal
The final decision was predominantly down to cost. Positive outcomes 
Bringing together of different types of resources
Search by keyword improved – no need for Boolean
Easier to link records with the Virtual Learning Environment
List functions available for reading lists and user’s own
Some federated searching now available
Refining searches easier/more intuitive
Good extra location tool for inter-library loans
Usability testing Positive outcomes in many areas: “I found WorldCatLocal easier to use than the old catalogue; I would recommend this.” “It’s like searching Amazon…easier to use, the facets are good.” Problems and issues 
Material type isn’t obvious enough and was ignored in usability testing by participants
The interface doesn’t make it easy for a user to ascertain the extent of print/electronic journal holdings
Initially ebooks were referred to on the interface as Internet Resource – this has been changed by OCLC as it was unhelpful and unclear
Confusion due to two sign in options – for WorldCat and for underlying user information in iBistro
Major issues in known item searching – the algorithm is not suitable for academic library use
FRBR does not work well

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