WorldCat
WorldCat adalah suatu kumpulan katalog yang mencatat isi koleksi 72.000 perpustakaan di 170 negara dan teritori[2] yang termasuk ke dalam koperasi global Online Computer Library Center (OCLC). Dioperasikan oleh OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.[3] sementara databasenya dipelihara secara kolektif oleh perpustakaan anggotanya.
| WorldCat | |
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| Berkas:WorldCat homepage.png WorldCat homepage as of June 2019 | |
| URL | search |
| Tipe | Network of library content and services |
| Bersifat komersial? | No |
| Pendaftaran | Optional, but some features require registration (such as writing reviews and making lists or bibliographies) |
| Bahasa |
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| Lisensi | Copyright policy |
| Online Computer Library Center | 756372754 |
| Pemilik | OCLC |
| Berdiri sejak | 21 Januari 1998 (date of registry of the new domain name; the database already existed since 1971)[1] |
| Lokasi kantor pusat | Dublin (en)  |
| Negara | Amerika Serikat |
| Peringkat Alexa | 5.234 (9 September 2020) 3.756 (1r Desember 2021) |
| Status | Online |
Sejarah
suntingOCLC didirikan tahun 1967,[4] dan pada tahun yang sama Fred Kilgour mendirikan WorldCat,[5] meskipun catatan katalog pertama ditambahkan pada tahun 1971.[6] Memuat lebih dari 330 juta catatan, mewakili lebih dari 2 miliar aset fisik dan digital dalam 485 bahasa, hingga November 2014[update].[2]
Referensi
sunting- ^ 1998 is the date of registry of the WorldCat.org domain; see: "WorldCat.org WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools". WHOIS. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal June 20, 2019. Diakses tanggal 2017-01-21. However, the union catalog that became WorldCat was started three decades earlier, and it was already available on the web to subscriber libraries at OCLC.org several years before WorldCat.org was a registered domain name; see: "OCLC.org WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools". WHOIS. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal June 26, 2019. Diakses tanggal 2019-06-26.
- ^ a b "A global library resource". Online Computer Library Center. Diakses tanggal January 24, 2014.
- ^ "What is WorldCat?". worldcat.org. Diakses tanggal 13 February 2015.
- ^ "Our Story". oclc.org. 2014. Diakses tanggal November 11, 2014.
- ^ Margalit Fox (August 2, 2006). "Frederick G. Kilgour, Innovative Librarian, Dies at 92". The New York Times. Diakses tanggal 2009-12-22.
Frederick G. Kilgour, a distinguished librarian who nearly 40 years ago transformed a consortium of Ohio libraries into what is now the largest library cooperative in the world, making the catalogs of thousands of libraries around the globe instantly accessible to far-flung patrons, died on Monday in Chapel Hill, N.C. He was 92.
- ^ "A brief history of WorldCat". oclc.org. February 10, 2015. Diakses tanggal February 13, 2014.
Pustaka tambahan
sunting- Grossman, Wendy M. (21 January 2009). "Why you can't find a library book in your search engine". The Guardian.
Pranala luar
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sunting- Copac, dilayani oleh Research Libraries UK
- Library and Archives Canada
- Research Libraries UK