Transcript A compelling end user environment

A compelling end user
environment:
EVERY
CONNECTION
has a
starting point.
OCLC’s view
Marianne Klomp
Product Manager
OCLC
EUSIDIC 2008
London, UK
End User Interface Definition (1)
Inside Library
(within IP range)
(Local)
Resources
Users
Inside Library
Outside Library
Outside Library
(outside IP range)
(Remote/Licensed)
End User Interface Definition (2)
Need for new end user
search experience:
End User Interface
Aggregate multiple
information resources
Discovery
Local catalogue
Meta search
Full text
Delivery
ILS services
Resource sharing
Link resolution
Buy it!
Services
Catalogue
enrichment
xISBN
Social networking
services
Libraries looking for
unbundled but
connected discovery
solutions, since
traditional ILS-OPACs
and Portals do not fulfil
this new need.
WorldCat.org – networked model
More than 10,000
participating
libraries
Create web-scale by aggregation of data at the network level
On average 700,000
clickthroughs to
local library services
per month
On average 2 million
unique web users
per month
End User Services Proposition
Networked Model
Library Group
Proposition
Individual Library
Proposition
WorldCat Local
WorldCat Local
Leverage the
network effect
Deployable Model
Deployable End
User Environment
Deployable End
User Environment
Adoption Cycle of
New End User Environments
Larger public libraries
Higher education libraries
Large corporate libraries
Public libraries
Special and tertiary education
Higher education libraries
Large corporate libraries
Small public and special libraries
Tertiary education & schools
Primarily higher
education libraries
Innovators
2.5%
Early majority
Late majority
34%
34%
Early adopters
Last adopters
13.5%
16%
WorldCat Local
• A localized version of WorldCat.org
• Custom branding
• Relevancy ranking that puts your collections first
• OCLC-hosted and supported service that interoperates with your
existing ILS and fulfillment systems.
• Single-search, multilingual interface for all physical and
electronic content held locally or in remote locations.
• Integrated access to the most appropriate delivery options for
authorized users.
• Syndication of your holdings to major search engines including
Google and Yahoo! via WorldCat.org.
Deployable End User Environment
• Installed at customer site
• Multilingual interface for all physical and electronic content held locally
or in remote locations
• Support of various search engine API’s to create flexibility (e.g. FAST)
• Interoperability with your existing ILS and fulfillment systems
• My library features:
• My database preferences
• My search settings
• My bookshelf
• Customization possibilities, e.g.:
• Configuration of multiple views in one installation
• UI completely in look & feel of your library’s corporate branding
• Social networking services
Networked or Deployable
There is
no difference
for the end user!
Thank You!
Questions?
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