WorldCat success story
I just read Paul's story about the great experience he had with WorldCat and more importantly, the wonderful service he received from the librarians at a WorldCat library, the University of Canterbury (NZ).
I love to hear stories of how WorldCat helped connect a Web searcher with an item s/he is looking for, in a library. If anyone else has great stories like this, do share!
On June 23, 2008 at 6:16 PM Christie said:
I think this is a great story!!! But how wonderful would it be if Paul could have found the link to the thesis (and other theses) right from where he is searching in WorldCat? WorldCat is providing access to digital content when known, such as this record that was loaded by the University of California. When known is the key term though.
On June 27, 2008 at 8:29 AM Zhen Hue Jung said:
Library of University of Canterbury, World Cat connects me with this wonderful lib, and I found it a good place to ease. at the same time, I can search for many more things that I cannot do in the Mainland of China.
Thanx...
On June 30, 2008 at 1:44 PM Amanda said:
great post!
Paul is certainly a lucky guy!
(I also enjoy the reading this sort of work!)
On July 2, 2008 at 3:39 PM Alice Sneary
said:
Christie points out something else that the WorldCat development team is working on: linking to digital content when available. It starts with Google Book Search, but goes much broader and further afield, too.
On July 2, 2008 at 3:41 PM Alice Sneary
said:
You're welcome! I know OCLC is working on understanding what materials are available to mainland China through WorldCat, too.
On July 2, 2008 at 3:45 PM Alice Sneary
said:
Thanks Amanda. Note there is plenty of guitar music available in WorldCat, too...
On July 3, 2008 at 5:55 AM ravimhee said:
that's great story.
this is what people expect from library service
On July 13, 2008 at 8:00 AM Brin said:
Hello, nice site :)