[Web4lib] Harvesting U. Michigan OAI records for digitized books

[Suzanne Chapman]

Hi Elizabeth,

Would you be willing to share GA Tech's opinions? We'd be very interested to
know.

Best,
Suzanne


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Suzanne Chapman
Interface & User Testing Specialist
Digital Library Production Service
University of Michigan
300G Hatcher North
734.615.7617 | suzchap at umich.edu



On 7/10/08 12:51 PM, "Elizabeth Winter"
<elizabeth.winter at library.gatech.edu> wrote:

> Georgia Tech is currently debating whether to harvest records from U. Michigan
> for the digitized books that they're making available (see Roy Tennant's blog
> post for more info.:
> http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1330028733.html?nid=3565&no
> _cj_c=0).  
> 
> The idea would be to include the records in our upcoming VuFind implementation
> so that users could access thousands of additional OA books.
> 
> We have opinions on both sides here....  Have others considered doing this?
> What was the rationale for your decision either way?
> 
> Many thanks,
> Elizabeth
>