I think it's naive to think that another vendor can "compete" with OCLC...even a vendor with pockets as deep as Jerry Kline's.
I think the real "competition" needs to come from within...librarians involved with OCLC on various levels need to lobby for change at the corporate level.
Bernie Sloan
--- On Tue, 10/6/09, Lussky, Joan P <LUSSKY_at_CUA.EDU> wrote:
From: Lussky, Joan P <LUSSKY_at_CUA.EDU>
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] "SkyRiver Sparks Cataloging Competition with OCLC" ?
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 9:56 PM
Competition is good. I welcome the venture and look forward to hearing more as they officially launch this Friday.
Dare to try!
Joan P. Lussky, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science
243 Marist Hall
Catholic University of America
Washington, DC 20064
lussky_at_cua.edu
"True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are
balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to
be disrupted, waits to be transformed." -- Tom Robbins
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From: Next generation catalogs for libraries on behalf of Dan Matei
Sent: Tue 10/6/2009 4:43 PM
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [NGC4LIB] "SkyRiver Sparks Cataloging Competition with OCLC" ?
What do you think ?
www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6700415.html?nid=2671&rid=#reg_visitor_id&source=link
It will have a significant impact ?
Dan
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