UT Libraries will probably be moving to Discovery, but I don’t know when. Our bibliographic database management team is dealing with it and it’s on their radar. I had a conversation with OCLC a couple of weeks ago regarding the ‘limiting’ functionality on FirstSearch that sometimes works and sometimes it doesn’t. They said it’s a ‘glitch’ in FirstSearch and since Discovery is coming up soon, they are not going to fix it… great customer service ;-)
From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+kolodney=austin.utexas....@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Michelle Chesner Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 10:53 AM To: hasafran@lists.osu.edu Subject: [ha-Safran] Worldcat Discovery Services replacing Firstsearch - experience? reactions? (RAS) Hi All, It seems that OCLC will be discontinuing Firstsearch at the end of 2015, and in its place, has created Worldcat Discovery Services (https://oclc.org/worldcat-discovery.en.html) - which is basically a souped up version of worldcat.org<http://worldcat.org>. It loses much of the functionality of Firstsearch, and any return to functionality (at least those that they are willing to make), are considered "enhancements" and will add to cost. Has this come up at any other institutions? How are people dealing with it? Perhaps this is something that should be discussed at AJL? Michelle Michelle Chesner Norman E. Alexander Librarian for Jewish Studies Columbia University 309 International Affairs (420 W. 118th St.) New York, NY 10027 212-854-8046<tel:212-854-8046> mc3...@columbia.edu<mailto:mc3...@columbia.edu> https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/jewishstudiesatcul/
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