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Wednesday, July 14, 2004

Somehow I missed the memo about WorldCat going for open access

as a means of promoting libraries directly to the public. Then I stumbled on this whilst searching for a book: Open WorldCat pilot [OCLC]. (This is what happens when you're a solo librarian in a tiny library--you miss this stuff.)

The really great thing is that the user doesn't have to start with WorldCat...rather, he or she puts the info wanted into Google or Yahoo! and the hits are returned as part of the regular search set.

It's a pilot for now, and libraries must ask to participate (and must be contributing to WorldCat records). Check out their FAQ for more.

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