I loaded Project Gutenberg MARC records in our catalog. The biggest
problem is the quality of many of the records but that can be dealt
with. Go to this permalink:
http://tinyurl.com/rytfm or the full permalink:
http://niagara.sunyconnect.suny.edu:4600/F/?func=find-b&local_base=mor01
pub&request=Project+Gutenberg&x=34&y=9&find_code=WRD&adjacent=Y
Wilfred (Bill) Drew
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
> [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Ross Singer
> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 11:56 PM
> To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
> Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Define catalog!
>
> Well, the problem here is that I don't generally see titles that are
> available via Project Gutenberg or other freely available items
> (within reason). Why are these not considered 'part of the
> collection'? If a user is searching for a title, and the library
> doesn't have it in print, but it's available in Google Book Search
> (and out of copyright), why wouldn't the 'catalog' show that?
>
> -Ross.
Received on Thu Jun 08 2006 - 09:24:52 EDT