December 14, 2006
OCLC WorldCat Selection Now Available
OCLC WorldCat Selection is now available to OCLC member libraries. This new subscription-based service from OCLC, based on software known as the Integrated Tool for Selection and Ordering at Cornell University Library (ITSO CUL), allows selectors of new materials at your library to view notification records from multiple materials vendors in one centralized system. It streamlines the selection and ordering process for new library materials and delivers to you the corresponding WorldCat records.
At present, Selection works only with vendor notification items. An anticipated future enhancement will allow a library to import data from WorldCat Collection Analysis and distribute the WorldCat records to selectors based on their subject area.
Current materials vendor partners are Aux Amateurs de Livres International, Casalini Libri and Harrassowitz, with more expected in the future.
Details are available on the OCLC WorldCat Selection Web pages. For more information or for answers to questions, please contact Linda Gonzalez at BCR.
Special information session scheduled — If you are attending the American Library Association meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA, please join OCLC staff on Saturday, January 20, 2007, to learn more about WorldCat Selection at the "Partnering with OCLC for Selection and Cataloging" session. Visit www.oclc.org/info/ala/ to register.
