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Re: Copyright in Bibliographic records?
OCLC exists in a for-profit competitive environment inwhich the Online Union Catalog (OLUC) has significant value (multi-millions). Where the database not copyrighted, other competitors could copy and use OCLC's most valuable asset. The OCLC database is much more than just LC and member contributed cataloging copy, (which by the way OCLC pays millions per year for member contributed copy in terms of credits), but the holdings information, the effort that goes into maintaining standards and consistancy, and the significant infrasturcture which delivers all sorts of services derived from the OLUC. I should share that I am a former member of the Board of Trustees of OCLC who spent the last six years concerned OCLC's well being. I think we sometimes lose sight of the fact that OCLC is a not-for-profit cooperative organization owned by the 20,000 member libraries around the world. When we copyright the OCLC database, we protect the assets of the member libraries. Paul M. Gherman University Librarian Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 37240 Office: (615) 322-7120 Fax: (615) 343-8679 gherman@library.vanderbilt.edu
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