Talk of the demise of the local catalog occurred in the 1980's when I
worked there. Ergo, I have some skepticism. I think it is feasible to
provide more ways to access different cuts of information. Giving up a
local catalog for one based on Worldcat strikes me as unnecessary. I do
have folks who want and need to restrict what they are doing to our
catalog with all our environmental peculiarities.
Frances McNamara
University of Chicago Library
Bryan Campbell wrote:
>>OCLC must have done some market research indicating somebody was interested
>>in a Local OpenWorldCat product - and you can bet that somebody in Dublin,
>>OH had given more than a little thought to a full range of add-on products
>>and services to offer once a library starts using "Local."
>>
>>
>
>You can get some sense of the directions OCLC is going in if you just read
>the agendas and minutes from the Members Council meetings, which are posted
>at the OCLC web site: http://www.oclc.org/memberscouncil/meetings/
>default.htm
>
>Talk of the demise of the local opac appeared as far back as February 2006.
>(see www.oclc.org/memberscouncil/meetings/2006/february/gregg_silvis.ppt)
>
>More explicit mention of "Worldcat as local opac" appeared in the Agenda
>from the May 2006 meeting: http://www.oclc.org/memberscouncil/meetings/2006/
>may/200605agenda.pdf. I seem to recall listening to some of the posted
>discussions about "WorldCat as OPAC."
>
>It seems to have been the agenda for a while.
>
>Bryan Campbell
>Library Assistant
>Vanderbilt University
>Peabody Library
>bryan.campbell_at_Vanderbilt.Edu
>
>
>
Received on Thu Apr 26 2007 - 07:19:59 EDT