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Title: Open WorldCat Pilot: A User's Perspective.
Authors: O'Neill, Nancy1
Source: Searcher (1070-4795). Nov/Dec2004, Vol. 12 Issue 10, p54-60. 6p. 4 Color Photographs.
Subjects: OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc., Internet searching, Electronic information resource searching, Websites
Abstract: This article provides information on Open WorldCat Pilot, an initiative by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) that integrates library records into popular Internet search sites and tests the effectiveness of the Web in guiding users to library-owned materials. The goal of the pilot is to make libraries more visible to Web users and more accessible from the sites where many people begin to look for information. The project aims to open WorldCat records to present and potential library users through the familiar Web search engines Google and Yahoo! Search. Enabling Web users to locate materials they need quickly and easily in libraries near them will promote library use and reinforce the value of libraries. Ultimately even people who do not often use libraries may come to consider libraries as a first source of information. For the Open WorldCat Pilot, OCLC extracted a 2-million-record subset from the 55 million records in the WorldCat database. OCLC selected the items most frequently cataloged by libraries. Specifically, they selected records with one hundred or more libraries listed as holding the item. It is important to note that the pilot uses limited fields of the records. INSET: Life Without Open WorldCat, Or "Real People" Searching.
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  Data: This article provides information on Open WorldCat Pilot, an initiative by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) that integrates library records into popular Internet search sites and tests the effectiveness of the Web in guiding users to library-owned materials. The goal of the pilot is to make libraries more visible to Web users and more accessible from the sites where many people begin to look for information. The project aims to open WorldCat records to present and potential library users through the familiar Web search engines Google and Yahoo! Search. Enabling Web users to locate materials they need quickly and easily in libraries near them will promote library use and reinforce the value of libraries. Ultimately even people who do not often use libraries may come to consider libraries as a first source of information. For the Open WorldCat Pilot, OCLC extracted a 2-million-record subset from the 55 million records in the WorldCat database. OCLC selected the items most frequently cataloged by libraries. Specifically, they selected records with one hundred or more libraries listed as holding the item. It is important to note that the pilot uses limited fields of the records. INSET: Life Without Open WorldCat, Or "Real People" Searching.
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