[CivicAccess-discuss] Open Access Libraries

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

I am sure that the librarians on the list know this issue inside and out,
but it is new to me.  I know that data portal catalogue entries do not make
it to the web, which means you have to know which portal/library to look for
specific stuff, and of course i know that when you look for a book on the
web you have to scroll down quite a bit to find a non amazon etc. link, but
i had not realized that there was resistance to integrating library
catalogue systems so that we may search the worlds collections.  I know this
ain't data but it sure is a lot of information!

 Why you can't find a library book in your search engine Finding a book at
your local library should just involve a simple web search. But thanks to a
US cataloguing site, that is far from the case
Wendy M Grossman
The Guardian, <http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian> Thursday 22 January
2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/22/library-search-engines-books

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Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault
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