Keynote:  The Current State of Library Discovery

WiLS Peer Council Meeting, June 4, 2014

Matt GoldnerProduct & Technology Advocate

The Current State of Library Discovery

• A brief history of library discovery• Where we are today• What is WorldCat Discovery

Agenda

Brief history of library discovery

services

In the early days

First automation

The Web OPAC

Multiple sequential searches

Attempts at broadcast searching

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Move to central index

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Where we are today

The content providers

Business reason

How much is too much?

The discovery providers

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Encore Discovery Solution

• Competition vs. Co-opetition • Relevancy ranking• De-duplication• Authority control• Full text indexing

What isWorldCat Discovery

Services

• The next generation replacement for FirstSearch

Which can be:

• Just be your window into WorldCat

OR

• Your single reference and discovery solution for all of your library’s physical, electronic and digital resources

Single Search of 1.7+ billion items

Single Search318 1.4

• All content available through FirstSearch today– WorldCat, ERIC, MEDLINE, and more

• Access to 2.1 billion holdings in libraries around the world

• Access to a central index that represents more than 1.4 billion articles, e-books and other e-content

• 40 million digitized local library materials– Includes OAIster, Hathitrust and Google Books

• Simple, advanced and expert searching• Mobile-aware user interface• On the Web with no login required for you patrons• Library control over content footprint

Direct links to most popular content

Feature your digital collections online with

CONTENTdm “quick start”

To get started, visit: http://oc.lc/contentdm.quickstart

Mobile aware interface

Integrated fulfillment options

• Borrow from another library

Built-in user-initiated interlibrary loan

• Link directly to your OPAC for availability

• Buy items directly from content providers

• Your library’s collections listed first in search results

• Direct link resolution to full-text resources for your library’s e-content subscriptions

• A built-in A to Z list• Additional options such as: Real-Time

Availability, Group Views, Course Reserves

For libraries also maintaining holdings in WorldCat:

and visibility for your collections

WorldCatpartner trafficJuly 2012-June 2013

77 million referrals from partner sites

8.7 million click-throughs to libraries

Making WorldCat Discovery

Your Library’s Complete

Discovery Service

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Options

Options for everyone–Remote Database Search

Options for OCLC cataloging libraries–Real-time Availability –Group Views–Course Reserves/Readers Advisory lists

Stay Informed

• Go to OCLC’s Email and discussion lists page– Select “WorldCat” email updates – Join the FirstSearch listserv to stay

informed

Get in the Loop

Already have a FirstSearch subscription?

• Register now for WorldCat Discovery• Attend a training class to start configuring

your instance of WorldCat Discovery• Decide which options are best for your

library

New to FirstSearch/WorldCat Discovery?

• Request a quote

Next steps

WorldCat Discovery optional features:• Real-time availability status• A group or consortium view of available resources• Management of course reserves or reading lists• Remote database search of all library subscriptions • Customized traffic and usage reports with Adobe® Analytics

 Tailor WorldCat Discovery for your library and save!

 Order by June 20, 2014 and take 20% off the optional feature(s) you select for your library.

Incentive applies only to the subscription period July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015; standard rates apply after this subscription period.

 For more details or to request a quote, visit

http://oc.lc/DiscoveryPricing 

Limited time offer on WorldCat Discovery options