[WEB4LIB] Re: Invitation: "Cataloging Internet Resources" Live Demo

[HTheyer]

Ummm.  Hasn't the Librarian's Index to the Internet (www.lii.org) been doing
this for some time?  They do cobranding and are moving into MARC records.
Why would OCLC duplicate?  Unless they mean to get big and powerful and
shove the LII out of business (God forbid!)

Why does OCLC need to reinvent what is already being done so well?

Hillary Theyer

----- Original Message -----
From: "J.M. Latham" <latham1 at students.uiuc.edu>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 12:26 PM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Invitation: "Cataloging Internet Resources" Live Demo


> I have been thinking about the OCLC effort to catalog the web using
> librarians to do the work.
>
> Does anyone else besides me feel a bit uneasy about this?  In effect, OCLC
> will have the one and only "vetted" collection of links anywhere and would
> then have a marketable product .. should one ever be needed ...
>
> I just wonder if they are working on filtering technology as well ...
>
> Joyce
>
>