WCL eases user discovery in the web-based discovery paradigm by giving users:
- A single search box
- Relevancy ranking of search results within each tier
- "Faceted browse capability" that allows searchers to limit results sets or redirect searches to other content
- Citation formatting options
- Additional content to help users evaluate items, e.g., cover art, reviews, etc.
Combining a Google-like search function, along with Web 2.0 functions, WCL gives users the ability to find resources in their local library, consortium libraries, or via interlibrary loan, any world library that fulfills the request.
As part of the Boston Library Consortium, the Healey Library began implementing WCL in the Spring of 2009. Prior to implementation I worked with the Fenway Libraries Online (FLO) staff (at the time FLO was managing our catalog server) on the library's first large scale OCLC record reclamation in over a decade. This updated the OCLC numbers in our cataloging records, as well as re-synced our holdings with those in the OCLC database.
Once the reclamation took place, WCL was configured to display library branding as to display links to our local print and link resolver holdings.
Since WCL was first opened to use by the library community I have configured our WCL to display results from localized databases as negotiations between OCLC and various vendors have allowed database results to be displayed.
list of currently available databases to be searched in addition to OCLC WorldCat
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