After Chris Barr forwarded my message from NGC4LIB, I signed onto this
list so I could see any replies. A bit of response latency, then, but I
do want to react to what Carl Grant wrote. He made some very pertinent
points and I think he's right on many points. To some degree, we are coming
at
For some more background/ideas that might be useful in this
conversation, just in case you haven't seen it, I highly recommend
reading:
www.ithaka.org/strategic-services/oss/oss-organization-for-open-
source-software-study
I found this a fascinating paper and while it's over a year old now
and
I agree with Jonathan's points below, and would suggest that a robust enough
WorldCat API should be sufficient to allow any library that has the desire
and the capacity to integrate everything available there with whatever else
they wish.
Roy
On 11/9/07 9:42 AM, Jonathan Rochkind [EMAIL
On 11/9/07 11:24 AM, Joseph Lucia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At the recent OCLC Members Council meeting there was some strong support
voiced from the floor during OCLC management's general presentation for such
an API, but it is not clear where OCLC stands on the matter. The answers
from
Alexander:
I don't think you're dreaming at all. Sounds like the same vision I
know several OSS service firms are trying to pursue. Not to be self
serving here (really, anyone who knows me will tell you that's not my
style!), but in the spirit of making sure you are aware, I'll note
the
Hiya,
On Nov 9, 2007 7:42 AM, Carl Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm seeking some help understanding here. From my perspective
(again, that of a long time vendor of commercial software having
recently moved to commercial service for OSS software) this is
exactly what a number of us
