From: "Hamaker, Charles" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 12:31:27 +0000 Ann: This is a response from Andrew Pace to the posting by Daniel Michniewicz of the 8th of April. I have requested and received permission to forward it to Liblicense-l. Chuck *********** Dan, et al, As product portfolio owner for WorldCat Discovery Services at OCLC, I hope you don't mind me jumping in to clarify some of the points in your post. All current FirstSearch subscribers receive access to WorldCat Discovery as part of their FirstSearch subscriptions at no additional charge. If your library subscribes to WorldCat Local, FirstSearch access is included in this subscription. The release of WorldCat Discovery means that many libraries with existing unlimited FirstSearch subscriptions may now benefit from a discovery service without incurring costs beyond their current subscriptions. There is a small number of libraries with port-limited subscriptions to WorldCat on FirstSearch. For these libraries, the transition to unlimited access to WorldCat Discovery, with access to more content in the central index, holdings syndication and many other features, will result in a subscription increase. Libraries that do not yet have a discovery service may choose to adopt the full feature set of WorldCat Discovery as their new discovery service on their own timeline. Alternatively, some libraries may use WorldCat Discovery along with an existing discovery service to provide ongoing access to WorldCat for their users in a new, redesigned user experience. The release of WorldCat Discovery does not change the requirements for a library's holdings to be visible in WorldCat.org and other OCLC partner websites. Since WorldCat.org was released in 2006, a FirstSearch subscription has been required to support this Web visibility for OCLC cataloging members. This requirement continues with WorldCat Discovery Services. A cataloging subscription supports the cost of maintaining the software and infrastructure for the WorldCat database. A FirstSearch subscription (which will become a WorldCat Discovery subscription in the future) covers the cost of making thaw data accessible to information seekers and machines that integrate information resources through interfaces and APIs. This subscription gives the public access to a library's collections maintained in WorldCat through WorldCat Discovery, WorldCat.org and websites of partners such as Google Books, Goodreads, EasyBib, etc. You will find more information about WorldCat Discovery at: http://www.oclc.org/worldcat-discovery.en.html. I hope this information helps clarify the improvement we are making to our new interface to access WorldCat and so much more. Thanks, Andrew ************ Original message From: Daniel Michniewicz <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 18:42:26 +0000 Hello all. (Apologies for cross-posting) Wondering if anyone who uses Summon (ProQuest/SerialsSolutions), EDS (EBSCO), Primo (ExLibris), or another non-OCLC vendor for their web-scale discovery layer/service, but who also contributes to OCLC WorldCat, has taken any position on OCLC bundling FirstSearch with WorldCat Local into their new WorldCat Discovery Services offering (http://oclc.org/en-CA/news/announcements/2014/worldcat-discovery-services-available.html) -- in effect, making all OCLC library contributors take on a WSD service they never asked for and likely not ever use? We’ve been told that if we don’t sign up for the new larger service, our college’s records will not be visible in OCLC products. Is this a no-brainer for your library (not signing up) or are you struggling with wanting to remain good OCLC contributors? Cue the Alice Cooper: “No more … Mr. Nice Guyyyy!!” Any thoughts, on- or off-list, would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Dan Dan Michniewicz Digital Resources Librarian Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology [log in to unmask] Newnham Library, B2049 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2J 2X5