Library Technology Trends

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Social Networking
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What is Library 2.0?

C. G. O’Kelly Library
Julie Dornberger
2007
Part 7
Catalogs
 Web 2.0 and Library
Catalogs
• WorldCat
– Local WorldCat
– Open WorldCat
• Innovate Interfaces and Encore
 Local World Cat
• OCLC is piloting a new service that allows the ability to
customize WorldCat.org as a solution for local discovery
and delivery services.
• University of Washington Libraries is testing a platform to
search all online resources without regard to format.
• http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/worldcatlocal/what.
 Open World Cat
• Records are available through Google, Yahoo and
Windows Live Academic searches.
• http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/
Innovative Interfaces 2.0
• Examples of Innovative Interfaces catalogs
• http://faculty.quinnipiac.edu/libraries/tballard/webpacs
 Encore
• Innovative Interfaces brings Web 2.0 to the
library catalog.
• Yale University Law Library
http://encore.law.yale.edu/