We would certainly like to get out of the business or adding, deleting and often resurrecting MARC records for OverDrive titles as they come and go.
It looks like the PINES development was to display the records in a separate tab in search results, which means handling them differently from all the other ebook (and other e-resource) products they subscribe to individually — Hoopla, Kanopy, Films on Demand, EBSCO eBooks, etc. (OverDrive is the only thing we license for all NOBLE.) They like having patrons discover the ebooks when they are looking at the various editions — the book is out, the audiobook on CD is out but they see the ebook and decide to try it. I feel like keeping all those other e-resources in the main search results stream but moving OverDrive to a separate tab will make them less visible.
On the other hand, if the intent were to use the API to fetch the OverDrive records and interfile them into the regular search results, I’d be concerned about having this slow the catalog display down (we have speed issues already) or that it would result in “jumpiness” if the search results start loading and then the OverDrive titles come in late, so to speak.
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