From the LJ article:
" According to Kline and SkyRiver president Leslie Straus, the service will compete on quality, not on the size of its bibliographic database alone. They say the initial database has been populated with high-quality MARC records, omitting substandard, skeletal records that often confound cataloging processes. "
How will "quality" be defined? By fullness of the bibliographic record? Who will be the judge of quality? I guess I wonder if this value doesn't contradict current views about "inclusiveness" relating to contribution/editing of bibliographic records, use of metadata from a variety of sources, etc.
Any comments?
Faye Leibowitz
General Languages Catalog Librarian
University Library System
University of Pittsburgh
frleibo_at_pitt.edu
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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 23:43:03 +0300
From: Dan Matei <Dan_at_CIMEC.RO>
Subject: "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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