> Do we know what the line between WorldCat and
> metadata services is?
So, libraries pay OCLC to use their cataloging service. The money from that would be the 'Metadata Services' line.
Some libraries also pay a yearly subscription to use Worldcat on OCLC's FirstSearch platform (it has more data and features than the free version on worldcat.org). That would then represent the 'End User Services'.
--Dave
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David Walker
Library Web Services Manager
California State University
http://xerxes.calstate.edu
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From: Next generation catalogs for libraries [NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding [tim_at_LIBRARYTHING.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 11:30 AM
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] OCLC and Michigan State at Impasse Over SkyRiver Cataloging, Resource Sharing Costs
> Metadata Services (largely cataloging) - $86.6 million
> End User Services (largely WorldCat) - $25.6 million
Do we know what the line between WorldCat and metadata services is?
They surely mean WorldCat the database not the website, but that's
absolutely core to their batch processing and so forth work. So what's
the line?
Tim
Received on Tue Mar 09 2010 - 14:45:39 EST