Re: OCLC's Policy for WorldCat Records

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 16:25, Mike Tribby
<mike.tribby@...> wrote:
> If Tim is correct, this may also have ramifications for cataloging vendors and for-profit publishers
participating in a post-RDA cataloging world since much more linking of rescords would seem to be
required in that rareified environment.

Ouch. The library world is in *dire* need of more openness, so if this
is truly what they're planning it can be completely devastating to us
all, member or not. I can only hope they do something smart rather
that something this stupid. Hmm.

Alex
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