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Worldcat Local interoperability-related FAQs
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ILS
- How does WorldCat Local work with a library's ILS?
WorldCat Local integrates a locally configured version of WorldCat.org with the ILS and delivery services already in place at your library.
WorldCat Local supports a number of activities for authenticated users.
| WITH THESE TYPES OF ITEMS |
USERS CAN PERFORM THESE ACTIONS |
ON THESE SYSTEMS |
| Returnable items including but not limited to books, CDs and DVDs |
Place a hold |
- Innovative: Millennium, INNOPAC
- ExLibris: Aleph, Voyager
- SirsiDynix: Horizon, Symphony, Unicorn
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| Request a selected item |
- WorldCat Resource Sharing™
- OCLC ILLiad™
- Innovative: INN-Reach
- OCLC VDX®*
- Voyager Universal Borrowing (shared catalog)
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| Nonreturnable items, such as articles |
- Link to full text from FirstSearch
or Electronic Collections Online™
- Link to article full text through a library's OpenURL resolver via the OpenURL Resolver Gateway
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* Compatibility with this system is currently under development.
- With which ILSs does WorldCat Local work?
OCLC has completed integration of WorldCat Local with several integrated library systems, and is in the final stages of development with other systems. WorldCat Local is currently active at libraries with the following systems:
Innovative Interfaces: Millennium, INNOPAC, INN-Reach
SirsiDynix: Horizon, Symphony, Unicorn
ExLibris: Voyager, Aleph
Expanded access to other ILSs will be added in phases, including an API and NCIP for library staff to create their own interoperability features later in 2009.
Examples of WorldCat Local sites:
- How does OCLC support a library that migrates from one automation system to another?
Libraries are required to give OCLC 90 days notice prior to migrating to a new system. OCLC will then work with library staff to transition their use of WorldCat Local to their new service. When a library adopts a new local system for which WorldCat Local has not been configured, OCLC will make reasonable efforts to develop interoperability with the system.
Authentication
OpenURL resolver/content management
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