Details from Information Today and discussions elsewhere. Buried amid the usual discussion of copyright is the following:
Robert J. Murphy, senior public relations specialist at OCLC, explains how OCLC plans to assist librarians in increasing the access to the digital library copy beyond their local community. “We’re planning a pilot program beginning in June to link to digitized book titles from WorldCat,” said Murphy. “We are working with libraries contributing content to these mass digitization efforts to enable links from WorldCat. We will focus on books to start, adding other formats, such as serials, in later phases.” As this pilot project by OCLC demonstrates, librarians and library stakeholders have a deep-rooted tradition of collaboration and information-sharing. As these and other unanswered questions arise, all parties will no doubt work to answer them together, drawing on a wealth of common experience from the participating libraries.
