As an aside thought, it occurred to me during this discussion that an open-sourced IBDB (International Book Database) - a la IMDB, would be grand Web 2.0 and 21st Century project. Has Amazon and Open WorldCat and other similar services made an "open" IBDB an impossible dream? What if you could add your records to [insert catalog system or service here] *and* at the same time, populate an open-source book database with the records? Contribute to a "home" system, and a "global" one at the same time? I see that there's already a IDBD (Internet Broadway Database), but that issue aside.. Without building a "new" core data collection - beyond MARC, meets or exceeds FRBR needs and goals - how else can we envision "getting there" (next generation OPAC heaven)? Best, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] (speaking only for himself)
Michael McCulley, Collection Analysis & Online Services (CAOS) San Diego Public Library, 820 E Street, San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: 619-702-8731 / FAX: 619-233-1892 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
