I think it would behove OCLC, now that it has won its cherished
permanent monopoly, to continue to acknowledge that it "creates"
little. If grabbing someone else's digital file, made with
considerable skill and work, and automatically addling a line or two
is creation, well, I just created your email.
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Goldner,Matt <goldnerm_at_oclc.org> wrote:
> Tim,
>
> This is done by software created by OCLC staff. Using the OCLC# sent to us for the physical record we locate that record and create a record for the digitized version. As of late last week over 4.8 million records had been created for Google and Hathi trust records. Since we are syncing daily with these repositories it is a process that needs to be done by machine to be scalable and sustainable.
>
> Matt
Received on Mon Jul 12 2010 - 10:41:52 EDT