Weighing In on the Catalog Co-op Databases '06

By Matt Griffin

Now an eight-player field, consumer co-ops widen their offerings. What works best foryour catalog?

With five established cooperative databases in the market, and three others trying to make headway in the past year, you might wonder what exactly separates each of these from one another. Whatever sets each co-op apart, the important thing to consider is that constant testing will prove whether the models offered by each company actually work.