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There is a growing trend toward a consolidation of services for electronic resources management, A–Z journal listings, full text link resolving, and discovery services under a single service provider. In many cases, the adoption of a discovery service from a provider that is not the same as the libraries’ existing link resolver service means managing multiple knowledgebases. In this session, three librarians gave an overview of their experiences and strategies for maintaining separate link resolving and discovery services in lieu of adopting a full suite of services from a single service provider. Each speaker presented a case study on the advantages and challenges of managing their chosen discovery service: EBSCO Discovery Service, Ex Libris’ Primo and ProQuest’s Summon, in conjunction with the CUFTS/GODOT open source knowledgebase and link resolver service. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that the annual meeting of the American Documentation Institute will take place in the Library of Congress, Washington D.C., on February 15, 1951. All sessions will be held in the Coolidge Auditorium. Dr. Raymund L. Zwemer, as chairman of the Program Committee, has planned an extraordinarily well integrated and stimulating series of papers. A special feature of the meeting will be an exhibit of documentation equipment in which will be displayed latest models of a wide range of devices useful in various aspects of documentation.