Chapter 2: OCLC WorldCat Local

Abstract

Debuting at the end of 2007, WorldCat Local represents the first to market web scale discovery service as defined in this report, and presently enjoys the largest install base of any web scale discovery service profiled in this report. This chapter provides a brief history, overview, and a few insights into the future development path of WorldCat Local, describes the local and remote content associated with the WorldCat Local index, and highlights some of the features, functionality, and flexibility associated with the WorldCat Local interface.