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Folks: aren't we forgetting the first step?  Do we even have OCLC's
permission?! 

Sorry :)
Dan

On 6/5/12 9:52 AM, "Truitt, Marc" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>On 06/04/2012 02:44 PM, Paul Orkiszewski wrote:
>> the outcomes would be anonymous and there would be no e-mail harvest of
>> any kind, especially and specifically any commercial harvesting. [...]
>>
>> Eric Lease Morgan, the list admin, can provide an archive of the list,
>> but I wanted to check with all of you before I asked for it.
>
>Funny... and here I thought that Paul was simply being considerate of
>the possible sensitivities of list members by asking first!
>
>I appreciated the question and the explanation of his intended use.  I
>guess I'm just too olde-school...
>
>[sigh],
>
>- mt
>
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