Comments on: Is OCLC’s Change of WorldCat Record Use/Transfer Policy Related to the Google Book Search Agreement? http://dltj.org/article/oclc-gbs-speculation/ We're Disrupted, We're Librarians, and We're Not Going to Take It Anymore Wed, 23 May 2012 16:01:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: The Google Books Settlement « A Librarian with (a) View(s)http://dltj.org/article/oclc-gbs-speculation/comment-page-1/#comment-34337 The Google Books Settlement « A Librarian with (a) View(s) Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:39:45 +0000 http://dltj.org/?p=570#comment-34337 [...] Public Announcements 2. Google Book Search Settlement: Reviewing the Notice of Settlement 3. Is OCLC’s Change of WorldCat Record Use/Transfer Policy Related to the Google Book Search Agreemen... 4. Google Book Search Settlement: Public Access Service 5. Preliminary Court Approval of Google [...] [...] Public Announcements 2. Google Book Search Settlement: Reviewing the Notice of Settlement 3. Is OCLC’s Change of WorldCat Record Use/Transfer Policy Related to the Google Book Search Agreemen… 4. Google Book Search Settlement: Public Access Service 5. Preliminary Court Approval of Google [...]

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]]> By: the Jesterhttp://dltj.org/article/oclc-gbs-speculation/comment-page-1/#comment-34287 the Jester Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:07:49 +0000 http://dltj.org/?p=570#comment-34287 @Devanshu -- perhaps, but the question that was answered by that response was: <blockquote>My library has been contacted by a commercial search engine company about contributing our catalog for use in the search engine’s system. Does the Policy permit the transfer of WorldCat-derived records from our catalog to the search engine company?</blockquote> That seems more along the lines of including the records in the general search index. This posting was speculating about the change in OCLC's Policy as it might have related to the "Metadata provider" mentioned in the Google Book Search settlement. @Devanshu — perhaps, but the question that was answered by that response was:
My library has been contacted by a commercial search engine company about contributing our catalog for use in the search engine’s system. Does the Policy permit the transfer of WorldCat-derived records from our catalog to the search engine company?

That seems more along the lines of including the records in the general search index. This posting was speculating about the change in OCLC’s Policy as it might have related to the “Metadata provider” mentioned in the Google Book Search settlement.

]]> By: Devanshuhttp://dltj.org/article/oclc-gbs-speculation/comment-page-1/#comment-34286 Devanshu Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:50:59 +0000 http://dltj.org/?p=570#comment-34286 It would seem, from OCLC FAQ, that Google Books was precisely one of the targets of the new policy: "Since the search engine company is a commercial organization, there must be an agreement in place between OCLC and the search engine company prior to the transfer of WorldCat-derived records. OCLC can let you know if it has an agreement with the search engine company in question. Here's the FAQ: http://www.oclc.org/us/en/worldcat/catalog/policy/questions/default.htm It would seem, from OCLC FAQ, that Google Books was precisely one of the targets of the new policy:
“Since the search engine company is a commercial organization, there must be an agreement in place between OCLC and the search engine company prior to the transfer of WorldCat-derived records. OCLC can let you know if it has an agreement with the search engine company in question.
Here’s the FAQ: http://www.oclc.org/us/en/worldcat/catalog/policy/questions/default.htm

]]> By: Open Content Alliance (OCA) » Blog Archive » New OCLC Records Policy Generates Debatehttp://dltj.org/article/oclc-gbs-speculation/comment-page-1/#comment-34220 Open Content Alliance (OCA) » Blog Archive » New OCLC Records Policy Generates Debate Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:30:49 +0000 http://dltj.org/?p=570#comment-34220 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] policy, from catalog ownership issues to whether it will encourage open source-like behavior to its possible relationship to the Google Books announcement.  A host of excellent commentary and analysis has begun to [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] policy, from catalog ownership issues to whether it will encourage open source-like behavior to its possible relationship to the Google Books announcement.  A host of excellent commentary and analysis has begun to [...]

]]> By: Jim Chttp://dltj.org/article/oclc-gbs-speculation/comment-page-1/#comment-34141 Jim C Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:46:02 +0000 http://dltj.org/?p=570#comment-34141 Could be. The Google settlement has them setting up a big registry, with all sorts of metadata required for each book, along with copyright status, and the first thing I thought was, how and with what were they going to accomplish this? Could be. The Google settlement has them setting up a big registry, with all sorts of metadata required for each book, along with copyright status, and the first thing I thought was, how and with what were they going to accomplish this?

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