{"id":37,"date":"2006-08-07T10:09:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-07T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/public-version-of-worldcat-is-live\/"},"modified":"2006-08-07T10:09:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-07T16:09:00","slug":"public-version-of-worldcat-is-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/07\/public-version-of-worldcat-is-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Public version of WorldCat is live"},"content":{"rendered":"

OCLC<\/a>‘s public version of WorldCat <\/a> went live yesterday, 6 August 2006.<\/span><\/span> It is the world’s largest computerised library catalogue with more than 70 million records and one billion location listings.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s s<\/span>omething that founder, Frederick G Kilgour, just missed seeing. He died on 1 August aged 92. See OCLC’s blog, It’s All Good<\/a>, for a tribute to this inspiring man<\/a>.
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\nGive it a burl. There has been debate about whether public users will understand what it all means and will now expect to be able <\/span>to trot into any library with holdings on WorldCat and borrow.<\/span><\/p>\n

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WorldCat home page<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\nI don’t think this has been an issue with the public interface of Libraries Australia<\/a>, launched on 30 November last year.<\/span> <\/p>\n

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Libraries Australia home page<\/span><\/p>\n

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