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On 4/29/14 10:06 PM, Dan Scott wrote: > So as soon as you start mixing records that you've purchased > (presumably under a license that restricts redistribution) into an > otherwise open set of metadata, you're in a world of pain... because > typically systems are binary (either they make all of the > bibliographic metadata openly available, or none of it). Of course > this means that many sites are probably serving up these sorts of > records via SRU or Z39.50 when they really should not be. But it > certainly gives pause to sites that might otherwise package up > one-time or monthly dumps of all of their data. To get around the licensing restrictions, an institution can create a dump of just locally created records and give them away. Here's an example from the University of Michigan: http://www.lib.umich.edu/library-information-technology/open-access-bibliographic-records-available-download-and-use The trick, though, is remembering to update it periodically! Kevin