Comments on: Final ‘Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records’ Posted by OCLC

By: Richard Wallis

Richard Wallis — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:50:04 +0000

I have published a Talking with Talis podcast conversation with Karen Calhoun and Roy Tennant over on the Panlibus Blog, in which they explore in depth the intention, details and ramifications of this new policy.

By: Furthering the information ownership debate: ALA and the World Intellectual Property Organization « Serially Yours

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:10:12 +0000

[...] Furthering the information ownership debate: ALA and the World Intellectual Property Organization In ALA, professional organizations on November 14, 2008 at 9:10 am I found this post about the invitational Traditional Cultural Expression Conference to be a provocative twist in the information ownership debate that has arisen around OCLC’s new Policy (see “Final ‘Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records’ Posted by OCLC”). [...]

By: anon

anon — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:00:45 +0000

OCLC had to get a special law passed by the Ohio Legislature to be a member cooperative.

I say their books need to be opened.

They’re non-profit like Google is a caring, non-privacy invading organization.

By: thirty2flavors

thirty2flavors — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:37:57 +0000

Touche, Jrochkind.

I’ll edit my last statement as:

“Is the mission of ‘furthering access to the world’s information and reducing the rate of rise of library costs’ (quoted from OCLC’s ‘About OCLC’ page) in line with the new Policy on Use and Transfer of WorldCat records?”

By: jrochkind

jrochkind — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:27:33 +0000

Ah, but OCLC theoretically is a non-profit institution.