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

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Newnham Library, B2049

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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