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Recent Web sessions and podcasts

Topic and brief description Date recorded
Single-Search access to your library's resources

Learn how your library can offer single-search access to your print, electronic and digital resources through WorldCat Local.

[WebEx recording, 37 minutes]

 October 20, 2011
End-to-End E-resource Management: How OCLC Makes it Easier  [Streaming video, 46 minutes]
New OCLC services let you centralize and simplify management of e-resources from selection and purchase to discovery, delivery and ongoing maintenance. Hear how the new, cooperative WorldCat knowledge base features and data help OCLC members connect users to e-resources in library collections through WorldCat Local, WorldCat Resource Sharing and OCLC’s Web-scale Management Services. Learn how the knowledge base integrates with the new OCLC License Manager to help gain control of all aspects of your license arrangements. 		June 25, 2011
Data, Devices and Discovery: Bringing it All Together with WorldCat Local  [Streaming video, 1 hour, 7 minutes]
Listen to how three different universities implemented WorldCat Local and learn from their experiences about what worked and what was challenging. You¹ll hear from Morag Boyd, Head of Special Collections Cataloging at The Ohio State University; Ben Hunter, Head of Cataloging and Collections at the University of Idaho and Elliot Polak, Head of Library Technology at Norwich University. 		June 25, 2011
100. Bibliothekartag 2011

Estrel Convention Center, Berlin

PowerPoint Viewer

 June 07, 2011
Single-Search access to your library's resources
Learn how your library can offer single-search access to your print, electronic and digital resources through WorldCat Local.  [WebEx recording, 1 hour 2 minutes]		 May 19, 2011
Drive success for your library users with WorldCat Local
Featured speaker Morag Boyd from The Ohio State University discusses her library's experience with the WorldCat Local.		 March 29, 2011
Tips for a successful WorldCat Local introduction, featuring Ben Hunter, University of Idaho

Ben Hunter shares his experiences with the implementation and introduction of WorldCat Local at the University of Idaho. The webinar includes information about ready-made promotional resources available from OCLC.

[WebEx recording 57 minutes]

 March 01, 2011
Connect more users to more content with WorldCat Local
David Lippert of Portland Community College gives his perspective on how WorldCat Local helps PCC students and faculty find and use the library's resources.		 January 27, 2011
All About E: Management, Discovery and Delivery of Electronic Content with WorldCat

Hear how the new, cooperative WorldCat knowledge base features and data help centralize the management, discovery and delivery of your electronic resources when you use OCLC services like WorldCat Local and WorldCat Resource Sharing. Use of the WorldCat knowledge base adds value to OCLC members’ existing subscriptions to OCLC Cataloging, WorldCat Local, WorldCat Resource Sharing and ILLiad.

January 26, 2011
Actions Speak Louder than Words: Usability Findings from OCLC  [5 streaming video segments, 1 hour 22 minutes]
User input drives OCLC's design and enhancements to services like WorldCat Local and WorldCat.org. Learn about OCLC's recent studies of WorldCat Local and how they improve your users' experiences. Presenters from the WorldCat Local community are Jennifer Ward, Head, Web Services, Libraries Information Technology Services at the University of Washington and Carlos Melian, Associate University Librarian for Systems, Technical and Access Services at Northeastern Illinois University 		January 08, 2011
Connect more users to more content with WorldCat Local
Hear from Mark Vargas, Library Director at Saint Xavier University, and Bill Kelm, Systems Librarian at Willamette University, as they discuss the impact WorldCat Local has had on how university students and faculty use library resources.		 December 08, 2010
WorldCat Local "quick start"
This Web information provides an introduction to WorldCat Local "quick start," a localized view of WorldCat.org available to all libraries that subscribe to OCLC Cataloging and to the public views of the WorldCat database (through FirstSearch).		 October 28, 2010
Making Partnerships Matter
If the adage two heads are better than one is to be believed, then what could be achieved when thousands come together to innovate? OCLC has worked for over forty years in the library sector, partnering with libraries around the world to deliver transformational services. This unique series of events explored OCLC’s next wave of innovation for libraries. 		October 18, 2010
Single Discovery and Delivery: It’s not just WorldCat anymore
WorldCat Local librarians share their experiences with the WorldCat Local service and provide examples of how it has simplified user access to their libraries’ print, digital and electronic resources.  Presenters: Jan Ison, Executive Director, Lincoln Trail Libraries System; Mark Vargas, Library Director, Saint Xavier University; Cheryl Snowdon, WorldCat Local Product Manager, OCLC. 		June 27, 2010
Success story podcast: Saint Xavier University Library  [MP3, 44 minutes]
Hear an interview with fellow librarians Mark Vargas and Anita Morgan of the Saint Xavier University Library, and learn why they consider their WorldCat Local implementation very successful for both their staff and users. 		April 23, 2010
Single Search and Delivery of All Your Library’s Resources: WorldCat Local, Metasearch and More from OCLC  [WebEx video, 1 hour 35 minutes]
Jan Ison, Executive Director, Lincoln Trail Libraries System, and Pat Boze, Consultant for Lincoln Trail Libraries System, discuss how their system uses the single-search access provided by OCLC’s WorldCat Local service to simplify user access to their print, electronic and digital resources.  		March 25, 2010
WorldCat Local: The Nuts and Bolts  [Streaming media, 25 minutes]
Presented at ALA MidWinter 2009 by Steve Shadle, Serials Access Librarian, University of Washington Libraries. 		March 01, 2010
Local Impact - Global Reach: WorldCat Local for Your Library
Librarians from WorldCat Local libraries share their experiences with implementation and use of the new service. 		January 17, 2010
WorldCat Local @ Auraria  [Streaming media, 23 minutes]
Presented at ALA Midwinter 2009 by Nina McHale, Assistant Professor, Web Librarian University of Colorado, Denver. 		January 17, 2010
Sharing the News: WorldCat Local at Boise State University  [Streaming Media, 22 minutes]
Presented at ALA Midwinter 2010 by Barbara Glackin, Head of Cataloging and Online Catalog, Boise State University. 		January 17, 2010
Success story: MIT  [Streaming media, 11 minutes]
Tips for collection development and liason work in academic libraries through WorldCat Local tools 		January 16, 2010
Fiske Genealogical Library and WorldCat Local  [Streaming video, 2-1/2 minutes]
David Brazier tells how Fiske Genealogical Library uses WorldCat Local "quick start" to increase the visibility and use of their unique resources. 		December 03, 2009
End User Discovery Tools: OCLC Perspectives  [PDF, 56 slides]
This program outlines how OCLC is enhancing the discovery-to-delivery experience for library users through services such as WorldCat.org, TouchPoint and WorldCat Local. 		September 02, 2009
Online catalogs: designing with users in mind
The webinar, “Online Catalogs: Designing with Users in Mind”, recorded Aug. 13, 2009, featured Karen Calhoun and Christie Heitkamp of OCLC reporting on their online catalog research findings, discussing user and usability studies and describing resulting changes made to WorldCat, WorldCat.org and WorldCat Local. During the event, the presenters chatted virtually with participants and the chat dialog is available along with the event recording and polling results.		 August 13, 2009
WorldCat Local  [7 Streaming video segments, 01:32:00]

All of Your Library’s Content in One Search Box — Early adopters of the OCLC WorldCat Local service share their implementation and use experiences for this new discovery-to-delivery service. OCLC staff discuss ongoing enhancements that will further consolidate access to library-provided resources.  Speakers for this event were:  

  • Mindy Pozenel, Director, WorldCat Discovery Services, OCLC
  • Steve Shadle. Serials Access Librarian, University of Washington Libraries
  • Amy Kautzman, Associate University Librarian for the Humanities & Social Sciences, University of California, Davis
  • Gregg Silvis, Assistant Director for Library Computing Systems, University of Delaware Library
  • Angi Falks, Associate Director, DeWitt Wallace Library, Macalester College
 January 24, 2009
WorldCat Local: (Nearly) All of Your Library’s Content in One Search Box  [Streaming media, 17 minutes]
Presented at ALA MidWinter 2009 by Gregg Silvis, Assistant Director for Library Computing Systems, University of Delaware Library. 		January 24, 2009
Next Generation Melvyl at the University of California: A Consortial Approach  [Streaming media, 22 minutes]
Presented at ALA MidWinter 2009 by Amy Kautzman Associate University Librarian for the Humanities & Social Sciences, University of California, Davis. 		January 23, 2009

The following recordings provide information about how to customize your WorldCat Local site. Customization programs are approximately 1 hour long.

Session Name Date
WorldCat Local Batchload Solutions webinar 4/23/2009
WorldCat Local Customization webinar 6/26/2009