Dr. Jane Greenberg’s metadata class received a virtual visit on March 23 from special guest Ericka McDonald, manager for Open Access Services at Online Computer Library Center, Inc.

McDonald discussed the Open WorldCat pilot project, an OCLC initiative that is making library resources available via Google and other nonlibrary Web sites. The pilot aims to test the effectiveness of Web search engines in guiding users to library-owned materials, making libraries more visible to Web users and more accessible from the Web sites many people turn to first.