From: Mustafa Akgul (akgul@Bilkent.EDU.TR)
Date: Tue 23 Nov 2004 - 23:12:50 EET
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:01:15 -0500
To: nethappenings@freelists.org
From: Educational CyberPlayGround <admin@edu-cyberpg.com>
Subject: Google Scholar
Can it be true? Will Libraries become obsolete?
Will this shake up Library La La Land?
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How to Work with GOOGLE explains Google Scholar
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http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/search2.html
What's the deal with Google Scholar?
11/04 Announces Google Scholar allow users "to search specifically for
scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books,
preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of
research." This includes results from the Open WorldCat program, which is
particularly important since much of this material isn't available in
electronic format yet. It will be even more useful after Google has
harvested all 57 million WorldCat records, instead of the 2 million records
in the pilot subset.
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http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/open/facts/default.htm
Quick facts about the Open WorldCat program
Overview of original pilot
In the summer of 2003, OCLC set in motion a vision to harness
the power of Internet search to raise visibility of libraries
with holdings in WorldCat. The Open WorldCat pilot was launched
after extensive consultation with leaders in the library and
information community, including delegates to OCLC Members
Council, library-type and strategic service-area committees, and
focus groups hosted by OCLC regional service providers.
The pilot featured a subset of the WorldCat database: 2 million
abridged records representing the most-cataloged titles in
academic, public and school libraries within the OCLC
cooperative, as well as some additional libraries' special
collections. Just over 30,000 OCLC member libraries participated
in the pilot.
The pilot quickly validated itself: Monthly inbound links to the
pilot interface grew from a hundred to millions in just six
months. The percentage of users linking from the pilot interface
to libraries' catalogs and other online resources grew steadily
to rival similar linking from WorldCat within FirstSearch. And
strongly positive feedback from member libraries, non-members
and individual end users reinforced OCLC's decision to make Open
WorldCat a permanent program.
Current status
* Open WorldCat has become a permanent program, allowing
libraries with holdings in WorldCat to have their holdings
discoverable through Internet Search and other sites.
Through June 30, 2005, all libraries with WorldCat holdings
will be included, unless they decline participation via the
feedback form.
Libraries with WorldCat holdings but no subscription to the
WorldCat database on FirstSearch must purchase a subscription to
keep their holdings visible in the Open WorldCat interface on
and after July 1, 2005.
Google, Yahoo! Search, and the Yahoo! Toolbar with WorldCat
searching all access WorldCat records and return results to Web
users with the prefix "Find in a library" and links to resource
data at www.worldcatlibraries.org.
* OCLC is actively pursuing partnerships with additional Web
partners to increase inbound linking to the Open WorldCat
interface and to drive greater visibility of its member
libraries.
Number of records
Open WorldCat, using limited MARC fields, will make most of the
57 million records in WorldCat available to Google and Yahoo!
Search for harvesting by the end of November 2004.
Number of participating libraries
* At present, more than 43,000 OCLC member libraries are
participating in the Open WorldCat program. This includes
all libraries with holdings in WorldCat, except those that
have declined.
Additional statistics
* Approximate number of clicks to WorldCat records from
search engine partners in October 2004: 4 million
* Approximate number of clicks from Open WorldCat to
library resources in September 2004: 222,000
* Average number of clicks to WorldCat records per month on the
non-search engine sites (Abebooks, Alibris, Antiquarian Booksellers
of America, BookPage, HCI Bibliography): 50,000
Requirements for participation
* For its records to be available via Open WorldCat, a library
must have contributed holdings to WorldCat.
Next steps
* Release most of the existing WorldCat records in abridged
form to Google and Yahoo! Search for harvesting.
Release a reporting site where libraries can track statistics on
the amount of online traffic driven to their resources from the
Open WorldCat interface.
Ongoing enhancement to program functionality and establishment
of additional partnerships.
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