David Hull 胡大衛

I'm hearing rumblings that WorldCat is falling apart, too. I tried to do a little searching and it does seem a bit of a mess. Anyone know what's going on over there?

#WorldCat #AcademicResources #Librarians

Nov 18, 2022 at 3:07pmWeb
Show threadStephanie J Lahey, PhDNov 18, 2022
@HuShuo OCLC redesigned it this summer; the new version was launched in Aug. Among other changes, they removed links to most library listings in their results or hide them in a 2nd tab (& no longer link to those catalogues), in favour of foregrounding “featured libraries”, i.e., libraries that pay to subscribe to WorldCat.
Show threadMeNov 18, 2022
@SJLahey @HuShuo Not very encouraging
Show threadStephanie J Lahey, PhDNov 19, 2022
@HuShuo @dambaras Agreed.
Show threadLeah PriceNov 19, 2022
@SJLahey @HuShuo Less egregiously but also annoyingly, no way to export RIS to citation managers.
Show threadStephanie J Lahey, PhDNov 19, 2022
@HuShuo @Bookish Yes! That too. 😒
Show threadKarolynNov 19, 2022
@SJLahey @HuShuo That explains why it’s such a pain in the ass. I thought it was just me because I hadn’t used it in over 10 years.
Show threadStephanie J Lahey, PhDNov 19, 2022
@MMGirlfriend @HuShuo Not just you. They chucked a wrench into the mechanism, the jerks. 😑
Show threadKarolynNov 19, 2022
@SJLahey @HuShuo They can go suck an egg.
Show threadEl LoboNov 19, 2022
@HuShuo Skynet
Show threadLudi Price 柏詠璇Nov 24, 2022
@HuShuo the redesign is awful. It makes it so much harder to figure out which editions of a book are where, amongst other things.