Michelle, you may want to join the [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> list to discuss and (maybe?) have a saying regarding these changes. Or maybe a RAS group wants to have an unofficial member on the list.
I believe that my library’s Bibliographic and Metadata Services department in on the list. So far, we decided to link the WorldCat ERM to the old interface, the one without the extra databases. Rachel Rachel Leket-Mor Associate Librarian Religious Studies, Philosophy, Jewish Studies, Medieval and Renaissance Studies Arizona State University Libraries PO Box 871006 |Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 Phone: 480 965 2618 | Fax: 480 965 9127 Editor-in-Chief, Judaica Librarianship Association of Jewish Libraries http://ajlpublishing.org<http://ajlpublishing.org/> From: Hasafran [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michelle Chesner Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 9:53 AM To: [email protected] 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> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/jewishstudiesatcul/
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