librarian.net » johotheblog http://www.librarian.net putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:37:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Open Library, really open. Aaron Swartz discusses. http://www.librarian.net/stax/2176/open-library-really-open-aaron-swartz-discusses/ http://www.librarian.net/stax/2176/open-library-really-open-aaron-swartz-discusses/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:30:35 +0000 jessamyn http://www.librarian.net/stax/2176/open-library-really-open-aaron-swartz-discusses/ David Weinberger blogs about Aaron Swartz talking at the Berkman Center about the Open Library project. Pay close attention to the Q and A and think about this in terms of the Google Books post/article from yesterday. Who is really in faveor of openness? Who talks the most about openness? Want to help? They still need programmers. And book lovers.
Q: Why won’t OCLC give you the data?
A: We’d take it in any form. We’d be willing to pay. Getting through the library bureaucracy is difficult…
A: (terry) You need to find the right person at OCLC
A: We’ve talked with them at a high level and they won’t give us any information. Too bad since they’re a non-profit. Library records are not copyrightable. OCLC contractually binds libraries.

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