Re: OCLC annoucement

From: Ross Singer <rossfsinger_at_nyob>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:09:13 -0400
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Jonathan Rochkind <rochkind_at_jhu.edu> wrote:
> Deborah Fritz suggests that OCLC has a service where they will match your
> vendor records to OCLC records representing the same manifestation/edition,
> and then simply return them to you. The records will not be entered into
> WorldCat. The records will (presumably) not be retained by OCLC. There would
> be no "making available to others" going on.

Sure there would, in the case of WCL, at least.  It's a centralized
database that it works upon, right?  What good is this discovery
interface if parts of your collection are undiscoverable because they
cannot be legally indexed by it?

-Ross.
Received on Fri Apr 24 2009 - 14:10:48 EDT