Tag Archives: Worldcat

One Possible OCLC Solution


I am going to be very presumptuous and put forth a possible solution to the OCLC situation. Ready? Divide OCLC in two. One entity, which we will call OCLC.org (just to keep from having to make up some name for … Continue reading

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BookChaser


I wrote a post about the BookChaser Editions service last year, but encountered a reference to another service they offer, and this led me to others: BookChaser Covers : compares cover images available from Amazon, Google Books, LibraryThing, and Open … Continue reading

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A Useful Amplification


A Useful Amplification of Records That Are Unavoidably Needed Anyway is an essay by Brett Bonfield which, dare I phrase it this way, usefully amplifies several of the major web-based entities which are intertwined with libraries.  These include (but aren’t … Continue reading

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More OCLC Comments


The debate about OCLC’s revision of their Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records is heating up.  The core issue appears to be the licensing of WorldCat records and the limitations imposed, namely that “data extracted from a WorldCat … Continue reading

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OCLC WorldCat is the Tiger, not the Lady?


OCLC released their updated Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records yesterday, with implementation scheduled for mid-February.  If you see the phrase We are reconsidering some aspects of the policy. More information will be available in the near future. … Continue reading

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Google/OCLC news


Big news today in the announcement that Google has acquired OCLC. What will this mean for libraries? The merging of the Google Books Project and Worldcat, for starters. The library blogs are all over this story, so I will simply … Continue reading

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