Tag Archives: Tim Spaulding

LibraryThing on the ARL Report

Posted on 23 February 2009 by Rick Mason

Research Libraries Clobber OCLC Policy is a title, and a descriptive one at that, for LibraryThing’s report of the ARL’s report on the OCLC licensing policy kerfluffle (I keep coming back to this word). It is, however, an interesting read, … Continue reading →

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LibraryThing Partners Up

Posted on 21 January 2009 by Rick Mason

LibraryThing has partnered with Cambridge Information Group (Bowker, AquaBrowser, ProQuest, Serials Solutions, and RefWorks), though Tim Spaulding still retains a majority stake. This means that we will be seeing a lot more of LibraryThing for Libraries in the future (good … Continue reading →

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Why Libraries Must Reject the OCLC Policy

Posted on 11 January 2009 by Rick Mason

We are now one month away from the implementation of OCLC’s new records policy.  Tim Spaulding at Thingology has compiled seven arguments why libraries should resist the license. Even if you don’t feel that OCLC intends to take a hard … Continue reading →

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OCLC Policy and Federal Libraries

Posted on 10 December 2008 by Rick Mason

Another installment in the exploration of the effects of OCLC’s licensing policy changes, this one an examination of various Federal Library records by Thingology’s Tim Spaulding.

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If it quacks like a librarian…

Posted on 23 March 2008 by Rick Mason

This post by The Limnal Librarian is, simply put, a must for everyone to read and understand (even if you don’t agree). I worked in a pharmacy as a technician for 8 years. There were great, and not so great, … Continue reading →

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