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FirstSearch Update
March 2005
Vivien Cook, Regional Account Manager
[email protected]
FirstSearch Update
Today’s Topics :
 The drivers of change
 Linking functionality
 New content
 Resource sharing functionality
 Administration Module
 Usage statistics
The drivers of change
 Increase the returns from the investment libraries
make into their collection and resources (electronic
and print)
 User demands
 New Oracle platform
 The web revolution
 Internal rationalisation
Linking functionality
Inbound Linking
from services such as:
Bowker booksinprint.com
CSA
EBSCO EBSCOhost
Ex Libris SFX
Gale InfoTrac
ProQuest
Goggle / Yahoo!
Outbound Linking
to services such as:
NetLibrary
JSTOR
Infotrieve
Alibris
Z39.50 library catalogues
Your web catalogue
Library
Web Sites
Book
Searches
Bibliographies
Article
Searches
Music &
video
Searches
WorldCat,
FirstSearch
databases
& ECO
Full-text
Articles
Booksellers
Library
ownership
via OPAC
Ebooks
Document
Suppliers
Linking functionality
My own library’s OPAC
Variety of outbound links
Linking functionality
OCLC Environmental Scan
• The Web has become the most significant engine driving changes
that impact on libraries and OCLC PICA alike.
Google has transformed the world we inhabit
Google is a major player in search technologies
Google has become a substitute for a visit to the library’s reference desk
OCLC Environmental Scan
Challenge :
How do we bring the world of the Library (order, rationality) and the
world of the Web (disorder, anarchy) together ?
OCLC Mission:
To “weave libraries into the Web” becomes the driver behind the
Open WorldCat Program
Note my Yahoo! search
Link to OpenWorldCat
“Find in a Library”
Access the Library OPAC
Access Library Information
All your electronic
resources now visible
to web users
New Content

WorldCat continued growth
3.2 million records added July 03 and June 04
57 million records to date

Dublin core metadata related to digitized items now automatically
harvested, converted to MARC and stored in WorldCat

Future ability to handle cyrillic, hebrew and greek character sets

Electronic Books database

Added Nov 2004, contains records for more than 200,000 ebooks,
available on licence, purchase or public domain titles

Philosopher’s Index – citations and abstracts from 550 journals
 25 years of reliability
 More than 7,000 libraries, resource centers and
document suppliers globally
 Handles over 10 million requests each year
 Request made every 4 seconds
 WorldCat search every second
Why Integrate Resource Sharing into FirstSearch ?
 Powerful FirstSearch search capabilities
 More WorldCat-based activities within a library are
integrated
 Single platform = Reduced information costs
Single platform allows for greater control over
future enhancements
The Benefits
Easier to use and budget for resource sharing
Increase sharing accuracy and fill rate, more request processing
options
Turnaround requests more quickly
Integration with OPAC increases visibility of local fulfilment
options, saving money
 End user more informed
New Pricing Model 2005
 Unlimited WorldCat Resource Sharing services
(searching, holdings, produces)
 Unlimited use of Fee Management and statistics
 Unlimited online Union Listing
 Lending credit history incorporated into quote
Subscription Bands
Number of Requests
Up to 100
101-250
251-500
501-750
751-1000
1001-1500
1500+
$
500
1,000
1,875
2,625
3,250
4,500
Custom Quote
Lender Discounts
Number of loans
Discount rate
1-250
5%
251-500
10%
501-
12%
IFM users monthly invoicing prevails