ALCTS Continuing Resources Section Holdings Information Forum 

Date and Time:  June 26 (Saturday) 4-5:30 p.m.

Location:     JW Marriott Hotel – Grand BR IV

Title:    "Next Generation OPACs: Making the Most of Local Holdings Data"

The forum presents new programs and discovery tools designed to make local holdings easily accessible and understandable on the next generation OPAC platform. Learn about OCLC’s new WorldCat Local with choices of content solutions within local library, shared catalog, consortia, and more.  Discover next generation OPAC such as Primo and Primo-Central and their mechanisms that guide users to items of interest and bring "discovery" closer to "delivery".  Come explore Google’s OPAC's efforts making local holdings visible on Google Scholar’s platform. All global content is local for someone

Speakers:

Matt Goldner (OCLC): Holdings in WorldCat Local

Jorgen Madsen (ExLibris): Make the most of your holdings with Primo 

Abhishek Jain (Google Inc.): Google Scholars and Libraries--working together  to