Comments on: OCLC’s proposed new guidelines for the transfer of bibliographic records

By: Copyright Advisory Network » Blog Archive » OCLC licensing saga

[...] that has librarians all over the web questioning its motives and its non-profit status? Terry Reese frames it in terms of power hungry monopolies, but I think it comes down to fear. The same fear that has publishers begging for interoperable DRM [...]

By: Molly Kleinman » Blog Archive » The OCLC data licensing saga: Adapt or die

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:14:56 +0000

By: New OCLC Records Policy Generates Debate at varactor

New OCLC Records Policy Generates Debate at varactor — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:44:06 +0000

[...] blogosphere is abuzz with discussion about the potential effects of the proposed policy, from catalog ownership issues to whether it will encourage open source-like behavior to its possible relationship to the Google [...]

By: Library Juice » OCLC Powergrab?

Library Juice » OCLC Powergrab? — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:07:06 +0000

[...] have not been following this, but apparently OCLC has issued proposed new policy guidelines that would allow it to claim ownership of its catalog records, with serious consequences for [...]

By: Stealing Your Library: The OCLC Powergrab | Strategist.org.uk

Stealing Your Library: The OCLC Powergrab | Strategist.org.uk — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:49:56 +0000

[...] that every library that uses WorldCat give the copyright to all its catalog records to OCLC. It literally is asking libraries to put an OCLC copyright notice on every book record in their catalog. It wants to own every [...]

By: Uncontrolled Vocabulary #62 - A Reliable Guide to Unicorns | Uncontrolled Vocabulary

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:13:56 +0000

[...] Summary of the Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat® Records (OCLC) OCLC’s proposed new guidelines for the transfer of bibliographic records (Terry’s Worklog) OCLC Policy Re-released; Wiki shows changes. (Thing-ology Blog) Notes on [...]

By: OCLC, Record Usage, Copyright, Contracts and the Law | I Really Don’t Know

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:25:39 +0000

[...] a long time. Their fight has taken the form of asking member libraries and software authors like Terry Reese not to upset the status quo by facilitating easy access to the Z39.50 network and now this change [...]

By: Gone but not forgotten: the new OCLC “Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records” « Serially Yours

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:37:47 +0000

[...] reactions and analysis can be found here. ▶▼ Comment /* 0) { jQuery(’#comments’).show(”, change_location()); [...]

By: Panlibus » Blog Archive » What are OCLC playing at?

Panlibus » Blog Archive » What are OCLC playing at? — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:26:35 +0000

[...] noncommercial uses by members and non-member libraries alike” Whereas there are many who are questioning their motives and the negative viral effects of the policy as it is proposed to be [...]

By: What would it look like if OCLC was broken up? | Terry’s Worklog

What would it look like if OCLC was broken up? | Terry’s Worklog — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:49:07 +0000

[...] other day, I posted what I seen as some very big concerns with OCLC’s revised policy (currently being [...]