[PADG:1307] ILL Stickers

["Fox, Lisa" <Foxl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There's been some discussion about "what to do."  Dialogue with the ILL
community is certainly a good idea, since there are some ways to use the
OCLC stickers without damage to bindings (as Lorraine and others have
noted).  As a former network employee, here's my suggestion for another
track to pursue.  

It's my perception that OCLC "listens" (if such can be said) more
attentively to large, well-organized and revenue-generating organizations
than to individual complainants.  The two largest OCLC-affiliated networks,
AMIGOS and SOLINET, both have preservation service programs.  I would expect
staff in those networks, and their elected members to the OCLC Users
Council, to take some leadership in this area -- by approaching OCLC as well
as educating their members.  Likewise ARL, whose members constitute a huge
percentage of OCLC's profits.  

Of course, it's entirely possible that this is all a vast CIA-inspired
conspiracy to ensure full, lifetime job security for preservation
administrators and conservators.


Lisa L. Fox, Senior Conservator 
Local Records Preservation Program 
Missouri State Archives 
Office of the Secretary of State 
P. O. Box 1747 
Jefferson City, MO  65102 
   FOXL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
   (573) 526-3866 
   Fax:  573-526-3867