Re: OCLC and Michigan State at Impasse Over SkyRiver Cataloging, Resource Sharing Costs

From: Edward M. Corrado <ecorrado_at_nyob>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:44:15 -0500
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Tim Spalding wrote:
>> One of the reasons for this yearly subscription to Worldcat is that is the
>> only way to have your holdings visible on worldcat.org.
>>     
>
> With due respect, and with fanatical love for Athenaea like yours—I've
> belonged to two(1)—why on earth would you care?
>
>   

I am not sure why an Athenaea might want to have there holdings in 
worldcat.org, but I do know why an Academic Library would. Many 
professors and students use that to find books instead of the Library's 
catalog. At two different institutions that I have worked for this has 
come up during usability testing.

Edward
Received on Tue Mar 09 2010 - 16:41:33 EST