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KLA/MLA Oct. 2015
WorldCat Discovery Services
Suzanne Butte
Director, Strategic Accounts
Tricia Karlin
Collection Service Manager
Lawrence Public Library
Reference solution that expands FirstSearch
More value for the same subscription:
More content New functionality Local experience
Libraries that subscribe to FirstSearch receive:
• Single search of all content available in FirstSearch today
• Access to a vendor neutral central index of more than
2,200 e-content collections
• Modernized, mobile-ready interface
• Library-branded URL and custom branding
• Access to the WorldCat Discovery API
• Use of CONTENTdm “quick start”
Libraries with holdings in WorldCat also receive:
• Local resources listed first in search results
• Visibility of your library’s collections on popular websites
• Integrated link resolution
• Built in A to Z list
With holdings in the WorldCat knowledge base:
Options you can add to the service
• Item Location and Real-Time Availability
• Group Views
• Remote Database search
• Course Reserves
• Custom reporting
Current WorldCat Local/WMS libraries
• WorldCat Discovery replaces WorldCat Local as
user-facing interface
• Beta continues
• Continue to add key features
• End of access to WorldCat Local TBD
341 million records
2.2 billion holdings
43 million digital items
16 million eBooks
Major publishers represented
• Link directly to
– Online full text
– Your OPAC
• Borrow from another library*
– Built in user-initiated ILL
Integrated delivery to end users
* For libraries with an interlibrary loan subscription
Visibility for library collections
WorldCat partner traffic FY15
44 + million referrals
from search engines
20 + million referrals
from other websites
9.5 + million click-throughs
to libraries
You choose how to use it
Access to WorldCat
Discovery for the world’s largest
online database of library
resources – WorldCat
As a discovery service
A full-featured discovery service
that can be tailored to meet your
library’s needs
New Date for FirstSearch: 2016
Promotional materials
Posters • Table tents • Bookmarks • Email headers • Banner ads • Leaderboard ads
• Request your library’s unique WorldCat Discovery URL
http://oc.lc/RegDiscovery
• Get help to set it up: training and documentation
http://oc.lc/SupportDiscovery
• Promote the new service to your users
http://oc.lc/DiscoverWorldCat
Get started with WorldCat Discovery
Thank you