Comments on: OCLC and the Great Library Scandal http://booktwo.org/notebook/oclc-and-the-great-library-scandal/ The future of Literature Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:00:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Guy Bolton King http://booktwo.org/notebook/oclc-and-the-great-library-scandal/comment-page-1/#comment-65988 Guy Bolton King Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:32:31 +0000 http://booktwo.org/?p=603#comment-65988 The OCLC powergrab seems to have been delayed for the time being: http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/200939.htm. Summary and comprehensive links here: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/OCLC_Policy_Change. The OCLC powergrab seems to have been delayed for the time being: http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/200939.htm. Summary and comprehensive links here: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/OCLC_Policy_Change.

]]> By: Libraries, Cooperatives, OCLC and TTLLP | Software Cooperative News http://booktwo.org/notebook/oclc-and-the-great-library-scandal/comment-page-1/#comment-44028 Libraries, Cooperatives, OCLC and TTLLP | Software Cooperative News Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:35:22 +0000 http://booktwo.org/?p=603#comment-44028 [...] OCLC and the Great Library Scandal is a good introduction and there’s a summary of the Talis Podcast about OCLC WorldCat Record Use Policy with Karen Clahoun and Roy Tennant which reveals some of the OCLC thinking. [...] [...] OCLC and the Great Library Scandal is a good introduction and there’s a summary of the Talis Podcast about OCLC WorldCat Record Use Policy with Karen Clahoun and Roy Tennant which reveals some of the OCLC thinking. [...]

]]> By: Are free libraries locking up their data? | Tom Watson MP http://booktwo.org/notebook/oclc-and-the-great-library-scandal/comment-page-1/#comment-43609 Are free libraries locking up their data? | Tom Watson MP Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:43:55 +0000 http://booktwo.org/?p=603#comment-43609 [...] [in a weary voice] Do you know anything about an organisation called the OCLC and how they license the use of local library book information? [...] [...] [in a weary voice] Do you know anything about an organisation called the OCLC and how they license the use of local library book information? [...]

]]> By: James Bridle http://booktwo.org/notebook/oclc-and-the-great-library-scandal/comment-page-1/#comment-43600 James Bridle Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:32:55 +0000 http://booktwo.org/?p=603#comment-43600 @Adrian - Shall look into LibraryLookup, thanks for that. @Anna - Excellent. Please let me know if/when you get a response, and I'll look at OPSI too. @Adrian – Shall look into LibraryLookup, thanks for that.

@Anna – Excellent. Please let me know if/when you get a response, and I’ll look at OPSI too.

]]> By: Anna http://booktwo.org/notebook/oclc-and-the-great-library-scandal/comment-page-1/#comment-43591 Anna Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:09:08 +0000 http://booktwo.org/?p=603#comment-43591 Very interesting post. I've posted a request to my borough, Tower Hamlets: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/tower_hamlets_libraries_and_paym The public catalogues are atrocious. And in Tower Hamlets at least, the libraries no longer seem to be able to request inter-library loans (I'm sure public libraries used to do this). It might be worth asking OPSI's unlocking service to investigate: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/unlocking-service/ Very interesting post. I’ve posted a request to my borough, Tower Hamlets:

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/tower_hamlets_libraries_and_paym

The public catalogues are atrocious. And in Tower Hamlets at least, the libraries no longer seem to be able to request inter-library loans (I’m sure public libraries used to do this).

It might be worth asking OPSI’s unlocking service to investigate: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/unlocking-service/

]]> By: Adrian McEwen http://booktwo.org/notebook/oclc-and-the-great-library-scandal/comment-page-1/#comment-43362 Adrian McEwen Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:30:42 +0000 http://booktwo.org/?p=603#comment-43362 I really shouldn't be surprised these days when yet another example of ridiculous lock-in comes to light, but luckily I still am. Petition signed. I didn't know about localbookshops.co.uk, so thanks - I expect I'll use that in future. I want a service that will take my Amazon wishlist and let me know when nearby bookshops or branches of Oxfam, etc. get any of the books in stock. Finally, I don't know if you're aware of <a href="http://blog.jonudell.net/" rel="nofollow">Jon Udell</a> and <a href="http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/stories/2002/12/11/librarylookup.html" rel="nofollow">his LibraryLookup</a> service? It doesn't quite give you the one centralised library search facility, but maybe with a mashup of Google maps and a dash of crowd-sourcing it could be...? I really shouldn’t be surprised these days when yet another example of ridiculous lock-in comes to light, but luckily I still am. Petition signed.

I didn’t know about localbookshops.co.uk, so thanks – I expect I’ll use that in future. I want a service that will take my Amazon wishlist and let me know when nearby bookshops or branches of Oxfam, etc. get any of the books in stock.

Finally, I don’t know if you’re aware of Jon Udell and his LibraryLookup service? It doesn’t quite give you the one centralised library search facility, but maybe with a mashup of Google maps and a dash of crowd-sourcing it could be…?

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