The current issue of The Charleston Advisor 12(1), July 2010 includes a 6-page comparative review of three of the big names in Web-scale discovery; Summon, EBSCO Discovery Service and WorldCat Local. It provides a nice overview of each service, and compares them on similar points. Check out the full article for all the details, but the final composite score for each gives Summon 3 5/8 stars, EDS 3 1/2 stars, and WorldCat Local 3 1/8 stars.
Also in the current issue is a letter to the editor from Tim Collins, President of EBSCO Publishing in which he responds to the Interview About Summon with Jane Burke, Vice President of Serials Solutions in the previous issue. Sadly, that interview is not freely available.
