Open Worldcat and RedLightGreen

[Jerry Kuntz]

Like Roy I find RedLightGreen pretty damn cool. Unlike Open Worldcat--which is of limited use to the general public via Yahoo, etc. because so many public library and school library holdings are not in Worldcat--RedLightGreen allows any library with a web-based catalog (with URL-supported search syntax) to be linked.

However, it is a bit awkward to have to locate your local libraries in RedLightGreen only via searching by city. To find all nearby libraries, you'd have to type in all the local towns individually.

Open WorldCat allows you to locate libraries by zip and will include all libraries within a certain (what diameter?) proximity to the zip you typed in. If RedLightGreen had this, it'd be even neater.

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Jerry Kuntz
Electronic Resources Consultant
Ramapo Catskill Library System
jkuntz at rcls.org

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