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There’s a world right here, Full of wonder and surprise!

Interlend 2006

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Today…

• OCLC merge with RLG

• UnityUK

• OpenWorldCat

• WorldCat.org

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OCLC

Has a 95% fill rateProven 30 years of reliability

Largest ILL network in the worldHandles 10 million requests per year

Over 8000 libraries, resource centres and document suppliersEvery 4 seconds an OCLC member library fills an ILL request

Every second a library user searches WorldCat using FirstSearchEvery 10 seconds an OCLC member library adds a record

53,548 participating libraries use & contribute70,242,452 Bibliographic Records

1,071,391,719 Holdings

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OCLC & RLG

• Combine organisations

• Membership & governance

• Timeframe?

• RLG Catalogue integrated into WorldCat

• RedLightGreen built into OpenWorldCat

• Will SHARES continue?

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OCLC & RLG

• ILL Manager 2.0 within the next few weeks

• Expense-neutral alternatives to users who transition to OCLC resource sharing

• ILL Manager users are free to select ISO ILL-capable alternatives

• OCLC, SHARES program officer, and the SHARES Executive Group will work closely with special subgroups

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UnityUK

• Response to The Combined Regions

• Virtual/Physical approach

• VDX, ZPortal and CBS

• Contract awarded February 15

Cynthia from Oldham says “Whoppee!”

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UnityUK

• Live on April 3 2006

• 110 subscribers

• 37 full ILL management option

• “old” database loaded June 30 2006

Dennis from Swindon says “I’m up for anything that is going to give me

less e-mails to deal with”

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UnityUK

• LinkUK• 5 million unique bib records

• 40 million holdings

• 78 individual organisations

• Early adopters – July 2006

• 9 million bib records & 75 million holdings

Kate from Trafford says “Thanks that’s a great help!”

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UnityUK

• New release requirements

• “Power users” reports

• Usability project

• UnityUK members area

Rob Froud, Chair of TCR, “It provides us with a unique opportunity to join-up previously distinct union catalogues into a single national resource. Combine this with improved functionality and service and we believe that we havea winning formula.”

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OpenWorldCat

• For libraries - Visibility of library names, collections and services in major search engines and other sites on the open Web

• For Web Searchers - Find and access library materials and services as part of their normal search engine workflow and reveals a portion of the hidden Web at point of need

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Current Partners

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OpenWorldCat

• Other editions

• Link to authenticated services

• Reviews

• Notes and Table of Contents

• Google Books

• Permalinks

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Coming soon…WorldCat.org

• August 2006

• Free search box for your website

• Free web toolbars and plug-ins

• Open-source software & web services

• Contribute reviews and notes

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Everyday we’ll find and play,

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In the magical world,

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