The Homebrew Option Issues With Locally Developed Resolvers October 29, 2003 Thomas Dowling ohiolink.edu
Two OhioLINK Services You Should Know Locally loaded databases Locally loaded electronic journals Citation linking,
Why We Did It Concern Over Consortial Features Budget Preference for toolkits over off-the-shelf products
The Upside Total customizability Ability to work with/around pre-existing tool Ability to use open-source tools, go open- source with result
The Non-Upside No pre-packaged holdings database Limited testing opportunities (e.g. for OpenURL 1.0 support) Red Queen Effect
Maintaining the Knowledgebase Central consortium titles Local library titles Intra-consortium cooperation
What It Takes To Go Homebrew Software is not hard Administrative control over holdings is critical