This is the presentation I made at the Orbis Cascade WorldCat Discovery Days on 7/20/10 highlighting the social tools available in WorldCat Local library catalogs. There is a complementary Resource Guide (with how-tos) at http://libguides.wsulibs.wsu.edu/WorldCatSocial

1. From WorldCat Local to WorldCat Social* WorldCat Discovery Days (Orbis Cascade Alliance) Lorena O’English 7/30/2010 Washington State University Libraries [email_address] ; wsulorena on Twitter *Take 2… http:// libguides.wsulibs.wsu.edu/WorldCatSocial

4. The WorldCat User Account Login

5. WorldCat Lists: A Powerful Tool for Social Connection Lists can include any type of resource in WorldCat, including articles. Items can be added to a list from the Results list or the Item page

6. You can use the RSS Feed and Bookmark tools to share a book or list on sites all over the web (or in your own RSS feedreader) Lists can be set to be public or private, and can have a short description Tags are not linked to the original tagger, and can be used to locate similar materials.

7. Using Lists Notes only show up attached to an item in a list.

9. Finding Lists or Users

11. www.worldcat.org You must click on the Affiliate Tools link to find widget code. At least for now… (Later note – this is no longer the case: tools are prominently displayed on the WorldCat.org homepage)

12. Where Can I Create a widget? Go to http://www.worldcat.org (choose the actual worldcat.org and not your library version). Look for the Affiliate Tools link at the bottom of the page…

13. Widget code Code must be personalized for correct WorldCat Local catalog; it cannot be completely customized.

15. WorldCat on Facebook

16. Using a Widget on a Blog

17. Using a List Widget on a LibGuide (Note – I should have put the widget in the central column!)

18. Using a RSS feed on a LibGuide

20. Oh Yeah…Twitter! Follow WorldCatOrg Do a WorldCat.org search on Twitter and retweet it

21. Surrounded… Help info and more links to connecting with WorldCat