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

From: Thomas Krichel <krichel_at_nyob>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:43:00 +0100
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
  Kyle Banerjee writes

> If people mount these files, I will download them and do exactly as I
> state, but I'd be surprised to get even a half dozen.

  Well you may not get a lot to start with but this is the fate of
  pioneers. Jesus did not have a lot of disciples when he started, I
  don't have a lot of registrants in AuthorClaim right now etc.  But
  as far as free library data goes, there is progress today.  Our very
  own Adrian Pohl and his gang have made their data available

http://www.hbz-nrw.de/dokumentencenter/presse/pm/datenfreigabe_engl

  So CERN, HBZ-NRW, soon there will be a third one.

  What is important is a conviction that this is the right thing
  to do and then do it. It is more productive that whining about
  how expensive OCLC is.


  Cheers,

  Thomas Krichel                    http://openlib.org/home/krichel
                                http://authorclaim.org/profile/pkr1
                                               skype: thomaskrichel
Received on Fri Mar 12 2010 - 15:43:38 EST