[CivicAccess-discuss] Open Access Libraries

[Heather Morrison]

Most librarians are appalled at this, and want records to be freely  
available to all.  There will be much discussion on this topic in  
library circles in the coming months.

Any opinion expressed in this e-mail is that of the author alone, and  
does not represent the opinion or policy of BC Electronic Network or  
Simon Fraser University Library.

Heather Morrison
heatherm at eln.bc.ca
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On 24-Jan-09, at 10:27 AM, "Tracey P. Lauriault" <tlauriau at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> 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, Thursday 22 January 2009
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/22/library-search-engines-books
>
> -- 
> Tracey P. Lauriault
> 613-234-2805
> https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault
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