Re: OCLC and Michigan State at Impasse Over SkyRiver Cataloging, Resource Sharing Costs (UNCLASSIFIED)

From: Hill, Holly K Ms CIV USA IMCOM <holly.k.hill_at_nyob> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 15:03:26 -0500 To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU

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Where's a good place to start learning about how to do this?

Holly Hill
Barr Library
Ft Knox, KY
502-624-1232

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Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] OCLC and Michigan State at Impasse Over SkyRiver
Cataloging, Resource Sharing Costs

On Mar 4, 2010, at 7:13 PM, Thomas Krichel wrote:

>> OCLC and Michigan State at Impasse Over SkyRiver Cataloging, Resource 
>> Sharing Costs.
>> http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6720609.html
> 
>  I understand this probably incredibly naive, but why don't libraries  
> just dump their records on MARCXML on OAI-PMH servers? Surely, this  
> is a once and for all cost to develop the gateway and a small price  
> to pay for the server? It could by paid for by dropping a single  
> journal subscription...

Frankly, I don't understand why us librarians don't do this either. I think
there is some sort of fear of retaliation from OCLC.

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Eric Lease Morgan
University of Notre Dame
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