Sunday, January 11, 2009

An important conversation for libraries is happening out there...

Every librarian, especially those who are OCLC members should be paying close attention to the conversation that is happening out there about the new OCLC record use policy.  There are a lot of dimensions and sides to this issue.   Tim Spalding has done an excellent post on the subject, which raises real issues that OCLC needs to address substantively and openly.   I know there are those who will say Tim has a biased point of view, but in reality, I find that hard to buy.  He is asking very important questions that all librarians should be asking.  Read it.  Get engaged.   If you agree, sign the petition.  It's a very important conversation.