Karen Coyle wrote:
> Citations aren't
> about an individual copy in a single library, they are about the
> published material which may exist in many different locations. So I
> need to be able to make a link to ... a canonical bibliographic
> record.
> Which has to have an identifier. Or some identifiers. And needs to
> know
> its relationship to other bibliographic records (editions,
> reprintings).
Agreed.
Whether we all have our own OPACs or share a giant OPAC or some mix
of the two, we need to deliver that kind of functionality.
One of the things I look forward to is greater experimentation (by
individuals in and out-side the library world) that will lead to more
thinking about how we can best leverage our data. Opening our systems
to linking/indexing/remixing now will lead to better solutions in the
long run.
(recent blog post: http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11614/ )
--Casey
Received on Tue Apr 24 2007 - 11:29:14 EDT