(Name of Library) users can find library content



[Library name] now represented in global

library catalog,

(Date)—Now anyone with a Web connection in [City]/at [School] can see the latest materials and online services available from [Library name] through and in search engines such as Google and Bing. Because the library’s collection is a part of WorldCat, a global network of libraries that unite their collections in one master catalog, people can discover and link to [Library name]’s content through the Web sites they use every day.

“Our users have come to expect great service and a variety of resources when they visit our library, and our goal is to make both more readily available,” says [name/title of spokesperson]. “In this case, we are delivering our services right where our patrons live and work. When they look for information on the Web, the library is right there, too. Our contribution to and participation in allows anyone to find our collections. We take pride in providing access to authoritative information not readily available on the Web.”



Web users can search to discover materials at [Library name] and more than 10,000 other WorldCat libraries around the world. WorldCat includes more than 150 million items in 484 languages and dialects. Users do more than a million searches on every month. Materials located in other WorldCat libraries in some cases may be obtained on loan through [Library name]’s sharing service.

Google and Bing

To locate library resources, Web users performing a search at Google or Bing enter their search terms and include the phrase “Find in a Library.” When those terms match information about a library-owned item, the returned search results include a link to WorldCat’s Web page for that item. For there a user can review identifying information about the item (such as author, format and year of publication). If the item is what they want, the user enters their postal code or another geographic identifier to view libraries near them that own the item. If [Library name] owns it, a listing for the library is displayed with approximate distance from the user’s location. A link leads the user directly to the item’s record in the library’s Web catalog at [Library OPAC URL], where the user can [describe possible circulation activities for users who are not logged in with a membership account, then for users who do log in, if applicable].

Encouraging community participation

encourages self expression and community. On the site, users can:

• Link through popular social networking sites. Users can tweet a title through Twitter or post a new status to Facebook about the latest game, article or music they’re listening to.

• Add their tags, thoughts and notes. Users can contribute tags, ratings and reviews of books, videos and other materials, or enter factual notes about content (such as the historical or cultural context of a work).

• Download and install library-search toolbars. Several browser plug-ins that provide always-there access to WorldCat searching are available, including a Firefox extension.

• Publish their own WorldCat search box. Bloggers or other Web site owners can place a WorldCat widget—a modular version of the WorldCat search box—on their site to help other Web users discover content related to their blog.

 

About WorldCat

WorldCat was created by libraries and is stewarded by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, the world’s largest library cooperative. WorldCat contains more than 150 million records that represent more than 1 billion physical and electronic items owned by libraries worldwide.

About [Library name]

(optional background information on library)

For more information on the range of services offered by [Library name], visit [Library Web site address] or call [contact name and phone number].

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