[Web4lib] RE: library automation vendors

[Jim Campbell]

But why would pulling that information from a big database in Ohio instead
of from a small database in Anaheim keep them from finding that out?  Or
alternatively pulling the author and title information from OCLC and the on
shelf information from a local system and combining them for the user? Your
existing library system probably works that way now, pulling the
bibliographic information from one (or several) dataset(s) and the
circulation information from another and combining them on the fly.

And of course as we eventually move more into e-books the definition of "in
my library" is going to change for books just as it already has for
journals.

- Jim Campbell
Campbell at Virginia.edu
 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute
> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 6:09 PM
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> 
> No.  My population wants to know that the book they are 
> looking for is in my library right now.
> 
> 
> Thomas Edelblute
> Anaheim Public Library
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Jim Campbell
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> Subject: RE: [Web4lib] RE: library automation vendors <snip>
> 
> 3. Just how much localization do you need in your OPAC 
> anyway?  I don't entirely understand why we all still have 
> these local databases. Sure, metasearch engines can bridge 
> gaps and give our customers easy access to local, consortial, 
> national and international holdings, but aren't we 
> approaching a point where it would be simpler to use WorldCat 
> or the RLIN Bib File as the opac and get rid of a lot of the 
> local overhead?
> It's not just user interfaces that cost big bucks, so do 
> hardware, systems staff, software purchase and maintenance.
>  
> - Jim Campbell
>  
> Digital Access Coordinator and Librarian for German
> E-Mail: Campbell at Virginia.Edu | Voice: 434-924-4985
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