The library blogosphere's BIG question right now is: Are we going to freely open up our bibliographic data, i.e., our library metadata? And how are we going to do this?
As OCLC members/contributors: Do we want to spread the bibliographic wealth around? Or do we accept the new OCLC policy which restricts particular types of access/re-use of the bibliographic records we create and add to the WorldCat database?
http://www.catalogingfutures.com/catalogingfutures/2008/12/oclc-policy-spreading-the-bibliographic-wealth-around.html
More on this:
http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/OCLC_Policy_Change
As OCLC members/contributors: Do we want to spread the bibliographic wealth around? Or do we accept the new OCLC policy which restricts particular types of access/re-use of the bibliographic records we create and add to the WorldCat database?
http://www.catalogingfutures.com/catalogingfutures/2008/12/oclc-policy-spreading-the-bibliographic-wealth-around.html
http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/OCLC_Policy_Change
KlausGraf - am Mittwoch, 3. Dezember 2008, 19:08 - Rubrik: English Corner
