Bib records study and ecommunity
January 29, 2009The Library of Congress … [has] announced the next phase of its investigation into the creation and distribution of bibliographic data in U.S. and Canadian libraries. The Library has commissioned a study to research and describe the current marketplace for cataloging records in the MARC format, with primary focus on the economics of current practices, including existing incentives and barriers to both contribution and availability. (Press Release, dated 21 January)
R2 Consulting, who are conducting the study, have set up a Ning community to keep interested parties up-to-date and, presumably, solicit opinion. Sign-up is free. There’s not much on there yet, but it’s early days …
