My guess is that the individual libraries are NOT contacting OCLC
directly. I think what is operating here is a combination of "strength
in numbers" and "safety in numbers." I've seen a remarkable tendency of
libraries to not want to confront OCLC. Remember that the proposed
policy had penalties for mis-use of records, and severe ones at that
(loss of rights to use OCLC records altogether). There is an
intimidation factor involved. Agreed, as a member organization the
members should not be afraid, but I think they are.
kc
p.s. Anyone who can stand up and say: My institution isn't afraid of
OCLC -- please send a dump of your records to the Open Library! We're
still trying to gather up as wide a representation of book data as we
can. Contact me, if you'd like, for technical details.
Edward M. Corrado wrote:
> It is my hope that individual libraries who disagree with the policy
> are letting OCLC know as well and they are not just relying on
> consortia statements. I don't know which OCLC is more or less likely
> to listen to, so I think having statements such as the one ICOLC put
> out endorsed by individual libraries as well as independent
> organizations such as ELUNA, ICODI and UUGI representing libraries is
> extremely desirable.
>
> Edward
>
> B.G. Sloan wrote:
>>
>> It's been my experience working in consortia that vendors pay more
>> attention to what groups of libraries say, rather than what
>> individual libraries say.
>>
>> Bernie Sloan
>>
>> --- On Fri, 5/15/09, Jonathan Rochkind <rochkind_at_JHU.EDU> wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Jonathan Rochkind <rochkind_at_JHU.EDU>
>> Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Ex Libris and SirsiDynix user groups endorse
>> ICOLC statement on Proposed OCLC Policy for Use and Transfer of
>> WorldCat Records
>> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>> Date: Friday, May 15, 2009, 3:33 PM
>>
>>
>> So, is it just me, or does it seem like various organizations OF
>> libraries are more willing to sign on to an agreement like than any
>> individual libraries would be?
>>
>> I mean, I know that this particular agreement is probably only
>> "signable" by a consortial-type organization.
>>
>> But in general now, we have organizations representing thousands of
>> libraries, with ARL and ICOLC, sending messages strongly supporting
>> more open-ness in OCLC records. How many of these thousands of
>> libraries represented have sent such messages to OCLC? Why or why not?
>>
>> I think actually messages from individual libraries will probably
>> have MORE net impact on OCLC's internal decision making than
>> consortial statements. I don't think ARL, or ICOLC, or ELUNA etc, pay
>> OCLC anything. It's the individual libraries who do.
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>> Pascal Calarco wrote:
>>
>>> The leadership of three library vendor user communities in North
>>> America have agreed to co-endorse the the International Coalition of
>>> Library Consortia (ICOLC) Statement on the Proposed OCLC Policy for
>>> Use and
>>> Transfer of WorldCat Records, dated May 11, 2009
>>> (http://www.library.yale.edu/consortia/statement-oclcrecorduse.htm).
>>>
>>> The Ex Libris Users of North America has 313 institutional members,
>>> including consortia, in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the
>>> Carribean and represents approximately 1950 libraries in these
>>> countries
>>> that license Ex Libris' library applications and systems.
>>>
>>> The Unicorn Users Group International (UUGI) represents 250
>>> institutional members, including consortia, in the United States and
>>> Canada representing libraries that use the SIRSI Unicorn ILS.
>>>
>>> The Customers of Dynix, Inc. (CODI) represents 532 institutional member
>>> libraries, including consortia, in the United States, Canada, Australia
>>> and the United Kingdom representing libraries that use the Dynix ILS.
>>>
>>> Pascal V. Calarco
>>> ELUNA Steering Committee Chair, 2009-2010
>>> University of Notre Dame/Michiana Academic Library Consortium
>>> Notre Dame, IN
>>>
>>> Carla Clark,
>>> Chair, UUGI
>>> Noel Memorial Library
>>> Louisiana State University in Shreveport
>>> Shreveport, LA
>>>
>>> Colleen Medling
>>> CODI President
>>> Salt Lake County Library Services
>>> Salt Lake City, UT
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------
>>> Pascal Calarco
>>> Head, Library Information Systems
>>> Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame
>>> University of Notre Dame /
>>> Michiana Academic Library Consortium
>>> Notre Dame, IN USA
>>> http://www.library.nd.edu/
>>> -------------------------------------
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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