Plataformas de descubrimiento en bibliotecas universitarias: Evaluación de worldcat local en el contexto de una biblioteca caribeña

Abstract

A thorough assessment of WorldCat Local (WCL) is presented, in light of its implementation at the Library System of the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras (LS). First, a description of its structure, content coverage, configuration process and search interface is provided, in order to explore their impact on the discovery experience. Second, the results of a survey conducted among the academic community to find out its views about the discovery tool are offered. It is concluded that, although WCL has not fulfilled the expectations of the LS from an administrative perspective, users value the availability of a tool that allows them to speed up information search.