Comments on: OCLC kerfuffle, summarized in a way I agree with

By: sylvie szafranski

sylvie szafranski — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:34:52 +0000

Thanks for pointing to Stephano’s post. it does make sense of the whole mess and I will use it when other ask…
funny though, when reading:
“OCLC has slowly morphed from a welcomed institution tasked to help libraries reduce coordination costs to an annoying institution tasked to protect its existence and its monopoly, even at the cost of alienating its own membership.”
I couldn’t help but be reminded of some libraries doing just that to their people too.

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See Also… » Clarifications and cautions — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:38:32 +0000

[...] But then Jessamyn did pretty much the same post that I was going to do. Again. [...]

By: Dan Kleinman

Dan Kleinman — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:38:08 +0000

Jay, try “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love OCLC,” by Annoyed Librarian, Library Journal, 17 November 2008:

http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/580000658/post/290036629.html

By: Worldcat vs. the World « The Geeky Librarian

Worldcat vs. the World « The Geeky Librarian — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:09:14 +0000

[...] ire online, including from me, and most recently from Stefano Mazzocchi (via Michael Stephens via Jessamyn West). Those of us who hate the idea of them locking down the rights to records created by its member [...]

By: Libology Blog » Rational and Well Thought-Out OCLC Response

Libology Blog » Rational and Well Thought-Out OCLC Response — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:37:14 +0000

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By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:40:56 +0000

So, I’m a little slow and I’m only halfway through my first cup of coffee, but I can’t find a summary of this situation that I can understand. I’ve looked through -wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/OCLC_Policy_Change- and I can’t find a summary that gets me riled up about this like it seems that I need to be … enough to get me to action. I’m probably not the only one.

Can someone point me in the right direction?