Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced that the University of Alberta, Red Deer College, Lakeland College and Concordia University College of Alberta are the first among NEOS member libraries to implement WorldCat Local. WorldCat Local is the service that delivers resources of local libraries and libraries around the world through a single search box.
All members of NEOS, a cooperative library consortium that comprises 18 government, hospital, college and university libraries throughout central and northern Alberta, have been given the option to implement OCLC’s WorldCat Local service. The University of Alberta, Red Deer College, Lakeland College, and Concordia University College of Alberta will complete their implementations by March 31, 2010, with more NEOS member libraries to follow in the coming months.
WorldCat Local is a rich discovery environment that presents local library search results most relevant to the library user, followed by materials available through consortia, as well as allowing the user to search the entire WorldCat database of more than 170 million records. WorldCat Local provides single-search access to discover all types of library materials - physical, electronic and digital. WorldCat Local will interoperate with NEOS members’ existing interlibrary loan management systems and help to streamline circulation among NEOS member libraries, while maintaining each member library’s localised branding.
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