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I got the synergy demo at ALA; III is not building an index. The odd thing is their insistence that what they're doing is "much better than federated search." My experience working with lots of vendors is that "clout" is not the issue with API access; rather it's "trust". On Jun 30, 2010, at 4:22 PM, Walker, David wrote: > You might also need to factor in an extra server or three (in the cloud or otherwise) into that equation, given that we're talking 100s of millions of records that will need to be indexed. > >> companies like iii and Ex Libris are the only ones with >> enough clout to negotiate access > > I don't think III is doing any kind of aggregated indexing, hence their decision to try and leverage APIs. I could be wrong. > > --Dave > > ================== > David Walker > Library Web Services Manager > California State University > http://xerxes.calstate.edu Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, Inc. 41 Watchung Plaza, #132 Montclair, NJ 07042 USA [log in to unmask] http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ @gluejar