The work that has been done for the Swedish Union Catalog is absolutely fantastic. Unfortunately since the demise of lcsh.info I guess this is more a 'linkable' catalogue than a linked catalogue - but if we all join in, it could move from the former to the latter :)
Owen
Owen Stephens
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
> [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Keays
> Sent: 18 February 2009 14:18
> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Does cataloging have value? [the word "catalog"]
> - Linked Catalog?
>
> Martin Malmsten posted a thread last autumn about exposing records in
> the Swedish Union Catalog as linked data. Is this what you were
> thinking of?
>
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/4617
>
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 6:25 AM, Thomas Baker <tbaker_at_tbaker.de> wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 07:09:09AM -0500, James Weinheimer wrote:
> >> On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:46:48 +0100, Bernhard Eversberg
> <ev_at_BIBLIO.TU-BS.DE> wrote:
> >> >"A new name for the catalog" has been clamored for not just in this
> >> >forum for years. When this happens, there is invariably some
> skirmishing
> >> >and dispute, but up until now no result and no semblance of
> consensus.
> >> >But then, what exactly would a new name actually change?
> >>
> >> It may focus some people's attention. Unfortunately, these things
> really do
> >> seem to make a difference in how people relate to you. Also, as Owen
> points
> >> out, it also can make us feel differently about ourselves. The
> "catalog" has
> >> always been insular and separated from many other related tools.
> >
> > Has anyone suggested "linked catalog"? That clearly ties
> > into the Linked Data paradigm (or so I hope) and corrects the
> > "insular" image while rooting it in a noble tradition.
> >
> >> This "insularity" has already changed in reality because of the
> world wide
> >> web, but the attitudes of many catalogers/metadata creators has yet
> to
> >> change. The idea that we must fit ourselves into the work of others
> is quite
> >> different from the old idea of being in 100% control of our local
> catalogs.
> >> Perhaps giving it a new name would help in this regard.
> >
> > "Linked" nicely implies "fitting in".
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > --
> > Tom Baker <tbaker_at_tbaker.de>
> >
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