Your response provided a wonderful morning laugh. Thanks for starting my
day with humor.
Cheers,
Bill Burkholder
Bucknell University
Manager of Library Technology
burkhldr_at_bucknell.edu
570-577-3251
-----Original Message-----
From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ross Singer
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 7:24 AM
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] OCLC Web-Scale Management Services
I think until UTC (and other libraries) are actually up, online and
there are actual librarians and users working with it, it's impossible
to say anything about it.
Does it radically change anything about the bibliographic data? This
is not to say that back-office efficiencies aren't needed (definitely
they are), but unless they can start dramatically affecting how we can
display and reuse our data, I sort of feel that this is just "the same
turd, in different clothing, in the cloud".
-Ross.
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Bill Burkholder <burkhldr_at_bucknell.edu>
wrote:
> I enjoy lurking on this listserv. As a collective there is a shared
wealth
> of knowledge. I'm curious and very interested about what your
> opinions/thoughts are about OCLC's offer of Web-Scale Management
Services.
> I realize it is currently a work in progress but the influence this may
> have in the future is intriguing. If possible put aside personal
opinions
> of OCLC and focus on the service. I'm not concerned about Sky River's
> lawsuit and the future Web-Scale Management.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Bill Burkholder
>
> Bucknell University
>
> Manager of Library Technology
>
> burkhldr_at_bucknell.edu
>
> 570-577-3251
>
>
>
Received on Thu Aug 12 2010 - 08:25:32 EDT