Comments on: OCLC Quick Start. Is it game over? http://blog.ecorrado.us/2009/04/28/oclc-quick-start-is-it-game-over/ Ramblings about library technology, open source software, and other adventures! Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:59:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: OCLC: Expert Community Experiment and Data « Celeripedean http://blog.ecorrado.us/2009/04/28/oclc-quick-start-is-it-game-over/comment-page-1/#comment-36707 OCLC: Expert Community Experiment and Data « Celeripedean Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:46:32 +0000 http://blog.ecorrado.us/?p=672#comment-36707 [...] point was just recently raised again over at “blog.ecorrado.us” in terms of the expansion of WorldCat local towards an ILS type system. The problem justly [...] [...] point was just recently raised again over at “blog.ecorrado.us” in terms of the expansion of WorldCat local towards an ILS type system. The problem justly [...]

]]> By: Ideas…. » OCLC Moves to the Cloud-So What? http://blog.ecorrado.us/2009/04/28/oclc-quick-start-is-it-game-over/comment-page-1/#comment-21831 Ideas…. » OCLC Moves to the Cloud-So What? Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:33:34 +0000 http://blog.ecorrado.us/?p=672#comment-21831 [...] record sharing with other consortia they might be members of.  The second was by, Ed Corrado.  In his blog post Ed argues that Ex Libris announced they wanted to do something similar to what OCLC is doing now [...] [...] record sharing with other consortia they might be members of.  The second was by, Ed Corrado.  In his blog post Ed argues that Ex Libris announced they wanted to do something similar to what OCLC is doing now [...]

]]> By: ranti http://blog.ecorrado.us/2009/04/28/oclc-quick-start-is-it-game-over/comment-page-1/#comment-21766 ranti Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:18:33 +0000 http://blog.ecorrado.us/?p=672#comment-21766 My uneasiness about this whole thing is if, for whatever reason in the next 10-20 years, OCLC can no longer afford to maintain its nonprofit status. Or, worse, if a for-profit corporation ends up acquiring them. My uneasiness about this whole thing is if, for whatever reason in the next 10-20 years, OCLC can no longer afford to maintain its nonprofit status. Or, worse, if a for-profit corporation ends up acquiring them.

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