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----- "Jonathan Rochkind" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I appreciate your attention to this stuff Roy, but I'm afraid that > doesn't really work either. > > I think MOST libraries that use OCLC Worldcat for the bulk of their > cataloging do NOT in fact contribute "all" cataloging or holdings > back > to worldcat. Many libraries have particular items that for reasons > of > institutional policy (which I admit I find byzantine) keep some > holdings > out of Worldcat. For example, in our case, we exclude batches of records accompanying certain ebook collections, as per the vendors' license terms. A misguided practice, but one that exists nonetheless. Mark Mark Jordan Head of Library Systems W.A.C. Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada Voice: 778.782.5753 / Fax: 778.782.3023 [log in to unmask]