Re: [ACAT] new OCLC Policy for the Use of WorldCat Records

OCLC has posted a response to OCLC-CAT with the facts of the matter so
far (the NYLINK info was premature and currently inaccurate), and that
message is being forwarded to AUTOCAT.  So be aware that there's more to
the story.  One of the key sentences is probably that the new policy
"opens WorldCat records to new, noncommercial uses by members and
non-member libraries alike."  Look at OCLC-CAT or AUTOCAT (and possibly
other library lists) for the full text of OCLC's response to this
premature announcement.

Harvey
 

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|From: Next generation catalogs for libraries 
|[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding
|Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 9:59 PM
|To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
|Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] [ACAT] new OCLC Policy for the Use of 
|WorldCat Records
|
|OCLC record-use policies have been discussed here a number of times.
|
|Patrick Cates said that I could forward his message from AUTOCAT to
|NGC4LIB. Apparently OCLC record use policy has changed, is not yet
|public (or at least known to NYLINK), and if you use OCLC after Nov.
|2, you've agreed to it. Is there anything going on here?
|
|Tim
|
|On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 5:08 PM,  <Cates_at_gts.edu> wrote:
|> We received the following message from NYLINK:
|>
|> "At the OCLC Members Council Meeting last week a revised 
|Policy for the Use of WorldCat Records was briefly described.
|>
|> The new policy was previously approved by the OCLC Board of 
|Trustees and will be issued on November 2, 2008 at which time 
|it will become effective.
|>
|> It is my understanding from the presentations at Members 
|Council that access and use of OCLC online systems by any 
|institution after November 2nd will be taken as acceptance of 
|the new policy.
|>
|> We will be carefully reviewing this policy along with legal 
|counsel once it is released and I urge you to do the same 
|prior to using the OCLC online system on or after November 2, 2008."
|>
|> Does anyone know what this is about?  I'd like to know what 
|I'm agreeing to before I agree to it.  The fact is that most 
|of us aren't going to stop using OCLC next Monday morning to 
|rush to a lawyer, so I guess we're all agreeing to it.  Let's 
|hope the change is a good one because there doesn't appear to 
|be a damn thing we can do about it either way.  Way to treat 
|your members OCLC!
|>
|> Patrick
|>
|> Patrick Cates
|> Technical Services Librarian
|> St. Mark's Library
|> General Theological Seminary
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|> New York, NY 10011
|> 212-243-5150 x354
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