As many of you already know, the Library of Congress has decided to continue
its investigation into the creation and distribution of bibliographic data
in US and Canadian libraries --- with the primary focus on the economics of
current practices. LC has retained R2 Consulting, LLC to research and
describe the current "marketplace" for MARC cataloging records, with a
report and "map" due at the end of June 2009. The LC press release is
available via our website: www.r2consulting.org
<http://www.r2consulting.org/> (and elsewhere.)
To keep people informed about the progress of our work, and to get input
from time to time, we have constructed a social networking site at:
http://bibrecords.ning.com/ At this point, we are ready to promote the
site and encourage membership from all segments of the cataloging community.
As well, we encourage bibliographic service providers and materials vendors
who supply MARC records to join. The scope of the project is broad,
including Public, Academic, School, and Special Libraries, cataloging
cooperatives, bibliographic service providers, and materials vendors who
supply MARC records.
So you are hereby invited to join your colleagues at:
http://bibrecords.ning.com/. It's free and easy!
And please forward this invitation to others you think may be interested.
If you have questions or ideas to share, please contact:
Ruth Fischer
Partner, R2 Consulting, LLC
63 Woodwell's Garrison
Contoocook, NH 03229
e: <mailto:ruth_at_r2consulting.org> ruth_at_r2consulting.org
v: 603-746-5991
f: 603-746-6052
w: <http://www.ebookmap.net/> www.r2consulting.org
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