Comments on: Editorial Introduction – A Cataloger’s Perspective on the Code4Lib Journal

By: Musa

Musa — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:08:44 +0000

Traditonal cataloguing has persisted and refuse to die and be buried once and forever. However it is delighting to know cataloguer ve come to time with old and new system and in addition appreciate the need to merge and move on

By: Cataloging Futures

Cataloging Futures — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:02:56 +0000

Catalogers and coders, perfect together…

If you have time to read only one thing this week, make it Kelley McGrath’s thoughtful introduction to the new issue of the Code4Lib Journal: A Cataloger’s Perspective on the Code4Lib Journal. Kelley succinctly lays out the important issues the……

By: Jeffrey Beall

Jeffrey Beall — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:55:24 +0000

Hi, Kelley:

That’s a very well written introduction, and I look forward to reading the articles.

In the piece, you say, “Many other entities, such as Google Books and the Open Library project, would like to utilize this data resource.”

Actually, OCLC is sharing metadata from WorldCat with Google, for the Google Books database. Here’s a link to an announcement that describes the arrangement”

http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/200811.htm