Issue 91: Bibliographic Records and Mastodon Migration
Well, this newsletter was off the air longer than I anticipated. A lot has happened since issue 90 in late March: cryptocurrency value falling, Twitter spir...
MARC record reuse
OCLC v. Clarivate: What was MetaDoor? What is an OCLC Record?
On November 7, 2022, OCLC and Clarivate announced a settlement in their lawsuit about using WorldCat records in the embryonic MetaDoor service. This ended th...
SkyRiver - a(nother) Bibliographic Utility
North America is gaining its third ((or fourth? Does Open Library count as a bibliographic utility?)) major bibliographic record utility server this month wi...
Correction Added to Guardian Story on OCLC Record Use Policy
Last week, The Guardian newspaper in the U.K. published a story on the proposed OCLC record use policy and the controversy surrounding the proposal. As the f...