WorldCat

WorldCat
WorldCat
URL	www.worldcat.org
Tipe	Katalog dan komunitas
Pendaftaran	Gratis
Bahasa	banyak bahasa
Online Computer Library Center	42004954
Pemilik	Online Computer Library Center
Berdiri sejak	26 Agustus 1971
Lokasi kantor pusat	Dublin (en)
Negara	Amerika Serikat
Peringkat Alexa	5.234 (9 September 2020); 3.756 (1r Desember 2021)

WorldCat adalah suatu kumpulan katalog yang mencatat isi koleksi 72.000 perpustakaan di 170 negara dan teritori^[1] yang termasuk ke dalam koperasi global Online Computer Library Center (OCLC). Dioperasikan oleh OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.^[2] sementara databasenya dipelihara secara kolektif oleh perpustakaan anggotanya.

Sejarah

OCLC didirikan tahun 1967,^[3] dan pada tahun yang sama Fred Kilgour mendirikan WorldCat,^[4] meskipun catatan katalog pertama ditambahkan pada tahun 1971.^[5] Memuat lebih dari 330 juta catatan, mewakili lebih dari 2 milyar aset fisik dan digital dalam 485 bahasa, hingga November 2014^[update].^[1]

Referensi

^ ^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

Grossman, Wendy M. (21 January 2009). "Why you can't find a library book in your search engine". The Guardian.

Pranala luar

Lihat pula

Copac, dilayani oleh Research Libraries UK
Library and Archives Canada
Research Libraries UK

[statistics-1] "A global library resource". Online Computer Library Center. Diakses tanggal January 24, 2014.

[2] "What is WorldCat?". worldcat.org. Diakses tanggal 13 February 2015.

[ourstory-3] "Our Story". oclc.org. 2014. Diakses tanggal November 11, 2014.

[4] 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.

[history-5] "A brief history of WorldCat". oclc.org. February 10, 2015. Diakses tanggal February 13, 2014.

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