tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338174527262061848.post8323161998277862231..comments2023-09-29T08:51:56.163-07:00Comments on Coyle's InFormation: The Letters Keep Coming InKaren Coylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02519757456533839003noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338174527262061848.post-56170573880636568942010-03-05T11:31:01.996-08:002010-03-05T11:31:01.996-08:00Yeah, the frustrating thing here is that libraries...Yeah, the frustrating thing here is that libraries ARE willing to pay a reasonable amount to SUBMIT their holdings to an ILL service. <br /><br />Libraries get no DIRECT benefit from this -- submitting holdings just means other libraries can more easily request things from YOU, and I don't think fulfilling ILL requests is usually a profit center. Libraries are willing to do it just to serve the larger community, and out of "generalized reciprocity" where they realize that we all need to submit holdings so we call can request from each other. <br /><br />Libraries ARE still willing to pay a reasonable fee to fulfill their community responsibilities to resource sharing. They're just not willing to pay an UNREASONABLE fee, or to be 'locked in' to buying cataloging from a service that is not the best quality-to-price point for them, in order to continue resource sharing! (MSU noted they pay tens of thousands of dollars for the reosurce sharing/ILL service, and are willing to keep paying that, just not an unreasonable per-record rate for loading)<br /><br />So... you think we'll see a SkyRiver resource sharing network too?<br /><br />I don't know if OCLC's actions are an intentional attempt at forcing 'lock in', or due to unfortunate lack of technical flexibility in their back-end systems. <br /><br />But if the former, it's just as likely to backfire, and cause them to lose the Resource Sharing business that libraries were perfectly happy to keep with OCLC at a reasonable price!Jonathan Rochkindhttp://bibwild.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338174527262061848.post-73908021674686395062010-03-05T10:27:39.258-08:002010-03-05T10:27:39.258-08:00Libraries will probably tolerate the situation so ...Libraries will probably tolerate the situation so long as there is no other resource sharing system on par with what OCLC offers. When an equally robust, rival system springs up, then we may witness "days of withholding." Just imagine what will happen if a Harvard or another very large library system threatens to yank all of their holdings from OCLC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338174527262061848.post-71673960500462411782010-03-05T06:03:17.550-08:002010-03-05T06:03:17.550-08:00Makes me wonder how much longer libraries are goin...Makes me wonder how much longer libraries are going to tolerate OCLC's insistence on maintaining a monopoly in a world where that will become more and more untenable.arkhamnoreply@blogger.com