>> Isn't sharing such records a no-no? No, OCLC's guidelines for transfer (http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/worldcat/records/guidelines/default.htm) specifically give unrestricted transfer rights to libraries and non-commercial entities. The Open Library is both. It's a registered library in California and a non-profit. So in either situtation, it's not a problem. --TR ******************************************* Terry Reese Cataloger for Networked Resources Digital Production Unit Head Oregon State University Libraries Corvallis, OR 97331 tel: 541-737-6384 email: [log in to unmask] http: http://oregonstate.edu/~reeset ******************************************* ________________________________ From: Code for Libraries on behalf of Peter Murray Sent: Wed 2/6/2008 2:50 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Records for Open Library -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 5, 2008, at 12:11 PM, K.G. Schneider wrote: > Has your library considered contributing records to Open Library ( > http://www.openlibrary.org/ )? If so I'd like to hear from you on or > off > list. How would that work? Most of the records in OhioLINK are probably derived from OCLC Worldcat. Isn't sharing such records a no-no? Peter - -- Peter Murray http://www.pandc.org/peter/work/ Assistant Director, New Service Development tel:+1-614-728-3600;ext=338 OhioLINK: the Ohio Library and Information Network Columbus, Ohio The Disruptive Library Technology Jester http://dltj.org/ Attrib-Noncomm-Share http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iD8DBQFHqjmq4+t4qSfPIHIRAqggAKDGoUmRO/7tcmdTn7f8YEnaBTbhQQCfYSBy yJU+FrMcWRUGURJk29iDx5w= =CEg4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----