Hi Denise, We are using WorldCat local with Evergreen. You can check out the functionality by using the search box on our homepage: www.haineslibrary.org
If you search for an item, and our library has it, Worldcat local will place our results at the top, and give the user a link that says "Check catalog at Haines Cooperative Libraries<http://haines.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/3885910?page=frame&url=https%3A%2F%2Fhaines.evergreencatalog.com%2Feg%2Fopac%2Fresults%3Fcontains%3Dcontains%26_special%3D1%26qtype%3Didentifier%257Cisbn%26query%3D0517278014%26checksum%3Dd7e589414e98b1597c1b2c9f7de1b941&title=Haines+Cooperative+Libraries&linktype=opac&detail=Q2R%3AHaines+Cooperative+Libraries%3APublic+Library> " That link brings the item up in our Evergreen OPAC. We like this feature because it encourages patrons to order an item through ILL if we do not have it locally, and shows them many more titles than our library can offer. Setting this up was relatively simple, and there wasn't any custom programming required. They seem to have the SIP connection to Evergreen figured out already. The only hard part was getting the correct hyperlink format for ISBN number searches in our OPAC. I would be happy to provide more details. Cheers, -- Erik Stevens Library Systems Engineer Haines Borough Public Library Original Message below: ------------------------------------ >We had WorldCat Local, but discontinued it when we migrated to Evergreen because OCLC has not developed interoperability with Evergreen. But OCLC claims we could develop the programing to display >the item location and availability within WCL for our holdings. We loved this feature when we had our old system and would like it back. Has any Evergreen library done this already? If so, I'd like to ask >you some questions about what it took to accomplish. Thanks. >-Denise Cross >Coordinator for Library Technical Services and Systems >Alden Library >Quinsigamond Community College
