Discovery Tools for Health Libraries 11th September 2015

WorldCat Discovery Services

Simon DayProduct Manager

A global, nonprofit library cooperative

16,737 members in 109 countries17 offices5 data centers

25,900+ institutions

Members

3 councils

Regional Councils

48 members

Global Council

16 trustees

Board of Trustees

Powered by library cooperation

Intelligent workflows

Global data network

Platform

Management Services Discovery Services

Library discovery challenges

1. Unify and simplify discovery of your local collections– Physical, electronic/licensed, digitised

2. Expand discovery beyond your local collections– Universe of research and evidence

3. Make your collections and services visible to users outside of the library domain– Take the library to the user

Help users find and get resources

from your library + libraries worldwide

through a single search of WorldCat and familiar, authoritative e-content collections.

It makes your collections visible on the web.

Connects users to library resources

A community-built database of over 340

million items that libraries own

A database of electronic resources representing 13,900 collections from 5,966 providers

Knowledge BaseA vendor neutral index of

over 2,100 collections of electronic resources

Central Index of electronic resources

Discovering ALL library materials, owned, licensed, open access

WorldCat knowledge base powers…

Works on any device

Demonstration

Supports discovery and visibility

• Make collections discoverable on the Internet via syndication with partners

• Back to your library in 3 clicks

Visibility for library collections

WorldCat partner traffic July 2014 – June 2015

44 million referralsfrom search engines

20 million referrals from other websites

10 million click-throughs to libraries

Find and get everything in your library’s collection.

1. Connects users to all your library’s collections—electronic, digital and physical

2. Broad central index

3. Integrated fulfillment for end users

Find and get anything in any library worldwide.

4. End-user access to WorldCat

Find and get your collections where your users are.

5. Makes library collections visible on the Web

Thank you!

Simon Day

Product Manager

simon.day@oclc.org