Casey Bisson is using his Mellon award money to buy and disseminate Library of Congress data, amplifying current debate around the extent to which libraries could - or should - share their catalogue records more freely. The topic's been a hot one on #code4lib, although it hasn't really surfaced here on the email list. Earlier this week, Ross Singer, Tim Spalding, Rob Styles, Richard Wallis and myself sat down to record a podcast in which we probe the issue a little. http://blogs.talis.com/panlibus/archives/2006/12/data_are_the_ch.php Have a listen, and let us know what you think! Paul -- Dr Paul Miller Senior Manager & Technology Evangelist, Talis w: www.talis.com/ m: +44 (7769) 740083 im: [log in to unmask] [AIM, MSN and iChat] skype: napm1971 -- The very latest from Talis read the latest news at www.talis.com/news listen to our podcasts www.talis.com/podcasts see us at these events www.talis.com/events join the discussion here www.talis.com/forums join our developer community www.talis.com/tdn and read our blogs www.talis.com/blogs Any views or personal opinions expressed within this email may not be those of Talis Information Ltd. The content of this email message and any files that may be attached are confidential, and for the usage of the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, then please return this message to the sender and delete it. Any use of this e-mail by an unauthorised recipient is prohibited.