Podcasts

Longshots #201: Bringing the WorldCat to Your Door
This week, Sarah talks with Laurie Bartolini and Pat Boze about OCLC's WorldCat Local pilot project. The two explain how the project got started, and describe the improvements it offers over traditional library catalogs, such as search results at the library, regional, and national levels, sorted by relevance; complementary interactivity with a library's local catalog; and social networking content. They also explain what's next for WorldCat Local as the three-year LSTA grant that funded it comes to an end, and how libraries can get involved.

Longshots #162 - Roy Tennant
Sarah talks with Roy Tennant, Senior Program Officer at RLG Programs at the Programs and Research Division of OCLC, about digitizing library materials and how to get the community involved in the process. They also discuss the role that academic libraries and Google are playing in digitization trends.

Longshots #128 - Cathy DeRosa and Jenny Johnson
Sarah talks with Cathy DeRosa, vice president for the Americas and global vice president of marketing for OCLC, and Jenny Johnson, executive director of Branding and Marketing Services for OCLC.