1. GOLD/GALILEO Conference 2008

2. Agenda OCLC FirstSearch Databases: GALILEO and beyond WorldCat.org The Open WorldCat Project Encouraging Usage

3. FirstSearch Databases on GALILEO What’s there? GALILEO>Databases A-Z In search, keyword firstsearch Some featured databases:

4. Featured FirstSearch Databases Reference and Research Wilson Select Plus Papers First Proceedings First World Almanac

5. Featured FirstSearch Databases Special Interest e-books Index ClasePeriodica (CLASE and PERIÓDICA)

6. Featured FirstSearch Databases Academics/Research Biology Digest Econlit GEOBASE

7. Changing Resource Needs? OCLC FirstSearch offers a wide range of databases to meet your needs! For an overview, visit: http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/fir stsearch/databases/dblist/default.htm#news

8. Flexible access Subscription: An annual subscription to the databases you select Per-search: Purchasing in blocks of 500 searches We can help you determine the level of access (simultaneous logons from your library to OCLC FirstSearch, ranging from 1 to unlimited) that your library will need, as well as the databases your library's users will want.

9. For More Information… Call or e-mail the SOLINET Member Services Helpdesk! 1-800-999-8558 helpdesk@solinet.net

10. WorldCat Features WorldCat.org Open WorldCat Project

11. Search 1.2 Billion items in libraries worldwide Article-level citation records in WorldCat.org results OCLC has added article-level citation records from GPO, ArticleFirst, Medline and ERIC

12. Statistically Speaking… Number of libraries represented worldwide: 69,000 Number of bibliographic records: 108,828,533 How often a record is added: Every 10 seconds Number of holdings: 1,292,763,300

13. Number of countries represented: 112 Number of languages and dialects represented: More than 470 How often a request is filled through WorldCat Resource Sharing: Every 4 seconds How often WorldCat is searched via FirstSearch: Every second

14. Worldcat.org Access: http://www.worldcat.org Anyone can search WorldCat! Create an account to: Create Lists Build a bibliography Write reviews

15. Your Library in WorldCat.org! Contribute your holdings and other metadata Subscribe to the WorldCat database on the FirstSearch reference service* Receive membership in OCLC *Required for Web exposure of your holdings via WorldCat.org, Google, Yahoo! and other partner sites

16. 2.Whoa! WorldCat.org Facebook Application Search plug-ins: Facebook and Firefox Share your lists with others!

17. Latest News H.W. Wilson and MLA to make article-level records available in OCLC WorldCat.org OCLC and Google to exchange data, link digitized books to WorldCat

18. Open WorldCat Ever search for something on Google and suddenly…

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21. How it works User enters search term, also phrase “find in a library” WorldCat records integrated into the mix, user finds it Links lead user to the core WorldCat Web interface, displaying evaluative content for the selected item including author, publisher, format, and subject headings linked to “More like this” results User enters their postal ZIP code or another geographic identifier

22. How it works Results show libraries near them that hold theitem User clicks our library’s link and goes directly to the library’s online catalog record for that item User may also see links to a virtual reference desk or general information page

23. Share it all at your library! Promote WorldCat in your library: http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/promote/default. htm Promote FirstSearch in your library: http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/support/promot ing/default.htm

24. Questions and Discussion How are your patrons using databases like WorldCat? What questions do you have for me?

25. Thank You! Russell Palmer rpalmer@solinet.net 1-800-999-8558, ext. 4916