It all comes together in the WorldCat Registry

By David M. Duke

The WorldCat Registry is an authoritative, single-source, Web-based directory for your library or library consortium to maintain information that defines your institutional identity, services, relationships, contacts and other key data often shared with third parties.

With the WorldCat Registry, libraries, museums, institutions, archives and other cultural entities can:

• Create and manage a profile that centralizes and automates information sharing with vendors and others—no need to maintain multiple identities, and data is always up-to-date
• Get greater Internet visibility for collections and services through syndication of your data over a variety of Web services, including WorldCat.org.

“The WorldCat Registry enables more users to find the services that your library provides,” explains Joanna White, Product Manager, WorldCat Registry. “People come to your library through WorldCat from different services, such as Google, Yahoo!, Ask and many others. Registry data helps make that happen.”

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