[Web4lib] google & library catalogs

[K.G. Schneider]

> Unfortunately this reminds me of the early, horrific days of Gopher,
> where book records from individual libraries started showing up in
> Veronica searches. The problem is the incredible noise that comes
> from locating 35,000 different records for Hamlet from 20,000
> libraries worldwide, and not a clue what to do with the information.
> I would argue strenously against doing this, and instead allow the
> very rational method of OCLC's Open WorldCat project to guide users
> to your library.
> Roy

I'm with Roy on the problem, but what I'd like to know regarding the
solution is whether people are finding libraries through Open WorldCat. Is
it happening? It may be rational, but are people guided to libraries through
it? 

Karen G. Schneider
kgs at bluehighways.com