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- Reference Services
- Oct. 07
- Issue: 216
Expanded View on OpenWorldCat/WorldCat.org
End-users within IP range of OpenWorldCat/WorldCat.org libraries that have set up IP access to FirstSearch now see a more expansive view of library holdings than do end-users outside of IP address range. End-users that are within an OpenWorldCatlibrary’s IP range can see the entire list of libraries that own a particular item. End-users that are not within IP range see only the items that are owned by other OpenWorldCat libraries. This expanded view (see below) is meant to echo that of the “Libraries that Own Item” page in FirstSearch, which is one of the most interesting for FirstSearch end-users. Although endusers can see every library that owns an item, just as they can in FirstSearch, only libraries that participate in OpenWorldCat are hyperlinked on the list so end users can only connect to OpenWorldCat libraries.
If you would like your end-users to gain this worldwide view of library holdings while on the Web, you just have to set up IP-access to your WorldCat subscription on FirstSearch.
It’s not hard. You can set up IP access to FirstSearch by entering your library’s IP address in the FirstSearch Administrative Module. Entries (and changes) take effect immediately. To learn how, view a brief online demo that Nylink has put together and cleverly titled “Setting Up IP-Access to OCLC FirstSearch” at http://nylink.org/reference/demos/Set_IP_FirstSearch.htm.
- Expanded View on OpenWorldCat/WorldCat.org
[OCLC - edited by Joyce Rambo, Reference & Digital Collections Librarian, Nylink]
OCLC Reference and FirstSearch Contact Information
For more information about OCLC FirstSearch, please contact Nylink’s Joyce Rambo (ramboj@nylink.org) or Jennifer Hawkes (hawkesj@nylink.org).