On October 15th LTLS and OCLC launched the 1st of the pilot WorldCat Local sites in Illinois. The sites launched were 3 libraries in LTLS using Horizon as the local ILS. In the future pilot sites will be launched testing Unicorn, Voyager and III. WorldCat Local is a new interface to the local ILS with more functionality then currently exists with the OPACS for those ILS systems.
This partnership will more than 30 libraries and OCLC is every excitiing and I can't wait to hear the results from the users of the library. I can attest that thus far I am enjoying and excited about using the WorldCat local interface. It is much more user friendly the current catalog. One simple search box and the results are easy to understand and I quickly know where the item is that I am looking for and if it is available for check out. If you haven't tried the pilot -- check it out at the following url's:
Lincoln Trail Libraries System - http://lincolntrail.worldcat.org
Mattoon Public Library - http://mattoonlibrary.worldcat.org
Champaign Central High School - http://centralmc.worldcat.org
Hoopeston Public Library District - http://hoopestonpubliclibrary.worldcat.org
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