WorldCat.org enhancements in September 2009

This month’s enhancements include a new library card field in the WorldCat Registry and the WorldCat CiteMe app being recognized by Mashable.

WorldCat Registry now includes library card field

Photo attribution: ilovelibraries.org
Library Card Sign-up

September is national library card sign-up month for libraries in the United States, so there’s no better time to take advantage of the latest new field added to the WorldCat Registry—the Library Card Form page. This new field lets you add the URL for your library card sign-up form to your Registry profile. Find it in the “Name and Location” section of your profile. Once you add it, soon new users who find your library through WorldCat.org will be able to apply for a library card immediately.

Add your library card sign-up form URL to your WorldCat Registry profile now >>

More WorldCat news

Facebook apps for back-to school

The WorldCat CiteMe app was recently recognized in the article, “Back to School: 15 Essential Web Tools for Students” by Mashable, the world's largest blog focused exclusively on Web 2.0 and Social Media news. There are two Facebook apps for WorldCat:

• WorldCat – an app that lets you find items in WorldCat from right within Facebook
• CiteMe – an app that delivers formatted citations from WorldCat in one of 5 standard styles: APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA or Turabian.

  Add the apps to your library’s Facebook page today, and then check out the article for other good apps and tips to get back in the school swing of things.

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