Bibliographic records are a key part of our shared cultural heritage. They too should therefore be made available to the public for access and re-use without restriction. Not only will this allow libraries to share records more efficiently and improve quality more rapidly through better, easier feedback, but will also make possible more advanced online sites for book-lovers, easier analysis by social scientists, interesting visualizations and summary statistics by journalists and others, as well as many other possibilities we cannot predict in advance.
Please sign the petition at
http://www.okfn.org/wiki/FutureOfBibliographicControl?action=show&redirect=OpenBibliographicData
Please sign the petition at
http://www.okfn.org/wiki/FutureOfBibliographicControl?action=show&redirect=OpenBibliographicData
KlausGraf - am Freitag, 14. Dezember 2007, 01:22 - Rubrik: English Corner
