Presentation at the Illinois Library Association Conference September 2008

1. Illinois Library Association September 25, 2008

13. Data Information Silos

14. Integrated Data Resources

16. The WorldCat Local “landing page” for Urbana Free Library. HTML coding is supplied to the library so that the “google-like” search box can be placed in locations which will be most convenient to users.

17. Coding for both a simple and a tabbed search box are available for downloading.

18. Central High School has placed their search box in the center of their library web page.

19. Location and Relevance, the default sort, will display resulting records available at your library, then the consortium , then other Illinois libraries, and finally the full WorldCat database. Faceted searching allows the user to refine a search by author, content, format, or date.

20. Four levels of relevancy are displayed in this search.

21. For physical items in the library, call number and shelf status are displayed. To see availability at other libraries in the consortium, click on the + sign.

22. Limiting our search to articles.

23. To view the full text, select “check for electronic resources.”

24. Central High School has a subscription to EBSCO’s Mas Ultra database.

26. From this screen you may also search for other articles in the journal and display a variety of formatted citations for the article.

29. If appropriate, a “view all editions and formats” will be displayed with the brief record…

30. … or on the detailed record.

31. Display of all editions.

32. The advanced search screen. The advanced search screen.

33. The title we are looking for is at the top of the list.

34. For this item, WorldCat supplies contents, an abstract, and information about the author.

35. To place a hold on this item, click on the button and…

36. logon to LINC to complete the transaction.

37. If the item is not held within your consortium, use the “request item” option.

38. Fill out and submit this request form which will be sent to the library’s ILL review file.

39. This search retrieves an Open Content Alliance title with a link to full text.

42. Retrieving a digital photo from the IL Digital Archives by limiting to “Internet Resource.”

44. Photography of the Lindsay children From the Illinois Digital Archives collection.

45. To view a sample from the new “identities” project, click on an author’s name.

46. The goal of WorldCat Identities (a research project) is to create a summary page for every name in WorldCat .

48. By selecting an associated subject…

49. WCL will set up a new search for the user.

50. A search for this title, at the Hoopeston Public Library site, allows the user to preview the item, place a hold on the item, or purchase the book from Amazon. The user can also click the Libraries tab to determine which other libraries that own the book.

51. A preview from Google.

52. The “Libraries” tab displays those libraries that own this title beginning with the closest library and then listing libraries that are farther away. The user can enter any preferred location.

53. By registering and signing in to WorldCat, users can access several social networking services to create and share lists and reviews.

55. Since I am logged into my WorldCat account, I can add this title to one of my lists.

56. The list service provides space for notes and can be made public for sharing or kept private. To see other lists that I have created, click on “My Lists.”

57. Lists I have created.

58. Since we are still logged on to our WorldCat account, we can also create and submit a review of an item.

59. The review template allows users to create and share reviews.

60. OCLC’s WorldCat Link Manager bridges the gap between article citations and full text .

61. WorldCat Link Manager at

62. Lincoln Library subscribes to Academic Search Premier. The title list for this product is added in the WorldCat Link Manager’s Resolver administrative module.

63. The link resolver also provides access to free content from many digital resources.

65. Electronic Resources in Illinois Libraries: Surveys Conducted as part of the WorldCat Local Project Summer/Fall 2007

73. Questions?