Stephen Francoeur

Yeah, exclusive agreements are gonna make these new discovery tools of limited potential. No ProQuest metadata harvesting for EBSCOhost Discovery; likewise, no harvesting of EBSCOhost metadata for Summon. Haven't researched to see who's signed up to do exclusives yet. Would be interesting to have a chart listing each of the discovery tools and major publishers and who's lined up for exclusives so far. - Stephen Francoeur

I'm sure some bright soul will think of that. I hear there's more of this type of product coming, so honestly, it'd be STUPID to sign on the dotted line for one at this juncture. - D0r0th34

In addition to EBSCOhost Discovery and Serials Solutions Summon, there's also WorldCat (which has long had a handful of databases bundled in but will soon have Wilson content and others...not sure of the costs). Don't know enough about Encore or Primo to know if they're also set up to harvest other vendors' metadata and locally index it. - Stephen Francoeur

Nope. Not here. - Catherine OlderThanSteve

NO - JSNFLMNG

Not even close here. - Jàson Puçkett

About half full even late afternoon on a Friday at a commuter campus. If anything, we're trying to find ways to expand hours. - John Dupuis

I'ma say no. - Steve is older than ever

Beyonce had the best library evar. - Joe.... from iPod

Yes and no. Large libraries with a variety of spaces and plenty of tech about, no. Small departmental libraries -- dying fast. Even when the spaces are actually more visually attractive. - D0r0th34

What surprised me most is that the Dean of Syracuse U. Libraries said that. Anyone know what kind of reputation Suzanne E. Thorin has? - Joe....

if anything i'd say libraries are becoming more about the place, seats, computers, a gathering space. looking further into the link i would say she does have a good question as to what is a library, but it certainly isn't dead by anymeans...whatever it is - Sir Shuping

Not here. We have loads of folks here, even on a Friday at 5:30 pm. - marthalib

Also, the student senate recently demanded longer hours on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. - marthalib