[DCRM-L] Discontinuation of OCLC's institutional records program

[Linde B.]

On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Ted P Gemberling <tgemberl at uab.edu> wrote:

> I would think the ILL system can't be expected to find all the detail
> scholars want.


Actually, OCLC is one of the most exasperating impediments to research in
book history, because of this particularly lazy attitude.  You can scarcely
figure out which library has what, because the libraries don't know, with
of course the exception of rare book cataloging.

Well, that and the simply error-laden cataloging.

A person whose statements never quite match reality is either a liar or
psychotic.
So what do we call a database in which the records never match reality?

Best,
Linde



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