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Efficiency at the expense of control: open source vs. vendor-maintained knowledgebases

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Date created
2019-03-04
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Author: Wong, Sandra
Abstract
In May 2017, our library decommissioned our locally developed, open source knowledgebase and link resolver and adopted a vendor-provided one. This session will cover the pros and cons of being a service provider for other libraries.
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Presented at the Electronic Resources & Libraries 2019 Annual Conference in Austin, Texas on March 4, 2019.
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English
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