OCLC + Local Catalogue = 100 % AWESOME!
Wednesday, March 5, 2008 by Rob
University of Washington has this wicked Local/Inn-Reach/OCLC Catalogue interface that is simply killer. I love this search interface, in fact I wish I had this when I was doing Interlibrary loan at Dartmouth, it would have made ordering faster. Not only can you do a search to see where the book is held in the UW collection but you can also see the other libraries around the world who hold it.
The slick thing about this search interface is that you can limit it to local holdings, their Inn-Reach holdings (Summit), or holdings from around the country. I would love to have this for our current catalogue, combining our local holdings and our Inn-Reach holdings into one would be excellent and cut down on the amount of marketing that I need to do to get people to use LIWA.
If you haven't tried out UW's search interface you can do so by going here: University of Washington Library Catalog
The slick thing about this search interface is that you can limit it to local holdings, their Inn-Reach holdings (Summit), or holdings from around the country. I would love to have this for our current catalogue, combining our local holdings and our Inn-Reach holdings into one would be excellent and cut down on the amount of marketing that I need to do to get people to use LIWA.
If you haven't tried out UW's search interface you can do so by going here: University of Washington Library Catalog
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