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WorldCat Local
Expand WorldCat Local searchesNow expand WorldCat Local searches to include content from OCLC electronic resource services! WorldCat Local gives your ILS and other accumulated systems an updated, user-focused front end—based on the WorldCat.org environment—and absorbs the complexity of integrating them. Users get the ease-of-use and Web features they want, and through the application of open standards, information about your collection is discoverable in many places it wasn't before. Best of all, this comprehensive solution comes from an established provider dedicated to the long-term mission and vitality of libraries. Your users find—and get—it all, from one placeUsers no longer need to look for different kinds of library resources using different interfaces, or even think about your services as separate systems. Like WorldCat.org, your WorldCat Local search box connects them to everything in your collection: Physical and electronic books and journals; digital media; purchased and open-access article full text; separately catalogued special collections; digital objects; and more. Your customers finally see, and develop a greater appreciation for, the full range of the quality information you offer. And they know immediately whether an item is available and how to obtain it: WorldCat Local integrates seamlessly with your live circulation data, full text resolvers and interlibrary loan facility to prominently present the best available "get it" options within the item record. Shelf location, call number and status are displayed for all physical copies across branches and/or consortial partners. One click lets an authorised user view an electronic copy or place a hold or resource-sharing request. |
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OCLC is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world’s information and reducing information costs. More than 71,000 libraries in 112 countries and territories around the world use OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend and preserve library materials. |
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