Dear Sir or Madam,

Please could you inform me how much Tower Hamlets Libraries have
paid over the last ten years to subscribe to Online Computer
Library Center (OCLC) data, and, if possible, what proportion of
this money is for membership of the OCLC, and what proportion for
retrieving data.

Please could you also inform me what steps have been taken to
investigate alternative partners for library data supply.

Yours faithfully,

Anna Smith

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Dear Ms Smith

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - IGT_FOI_11_1414 me how much Tower
Hamlets Libraries have paid to subscribe to OCLC

Your request for information has been considered under the requirements
of the Freedom of Information Act and the information is attached/below.

London Borough of Tower Hamlets does not subscribe to OCLC.

If you have any queries please get in touch with me to discuss them.
You might like to know that the Council's website
www.towerhamlets.gov.uk <http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/> contains a
section on the Freedom of Information Act that lists other publications
readily available from the Council under its Publication Scheme.

Yours sincerely,

Jane Jones

Information Governance Administrative Officer

Legal Services

6th Floor

Mulberry Place

London E14 2BG

0207 364 4736

[email address]

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Dear Ms. Jones,

Thank you very much for your reply.

Please could you let me know how Tower Hamlets obtains its library
data - does it subscribe to any other external service, or is it
maintained internally?

Yours sincerely,

Anna Smith