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WorldCat Discovery
Services
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
Central index
Bibliographic records in WorldCat
FirstSearch subscription databases
Article-level records
HathiTrust, ArticleFirst, MEDLINE, ERIC, JSTOR, OAIster
Licensed databases
ProQuest, Gale
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)
Advanced search
Discovery through:
WorldCat Discovery Services (individual) site
WorldCat.org
Partner sites:
Goodreads
Google Books
Blackboard
Wikipedia
Improvements?
Interface
Mobile interface!
Ranking has higher emphasis on “library owned” than “relevance”
Content more prominent (less scrolling)
Mobile interface
Interface adjusts automatically on mobile devices
Fewer options on screen
Text is larger and more readable
Options easier to select
Electronic Resources
If we maintain the Knowledge base
Library’s resources listed first
Direct links to full-text
A-Z list
Timeline
WorldCat Discovery Services (beta) available to FirstSearch subscribers April 2014
In beta through December 2014
(at this point, all features fully implemented)
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!)