Terry’s Worklog

  • A look at the Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records revision

    OCLC has posted a revised version of it’s new policy for use and transfer of WorldCat Records.  This is a revision of the short-lived version of this document posted Nov. 2nd and taken down early Nov. 3rd.  Additionally, OCLC has significantly revised the FAQ’s for this document (which is important, since this is what most…

  • My next chapter at Oregon State

    Changes, changes.  One thing that is always true at an academic institution is that things just don’t stand still very long.  Jeremy Frumkin, my good friend and partner in crime here at OSU for the past 5+ years, has moved on to the University of Arizona, leaving some very big shoes for the library to…

  • What would it look like if OCLC was broken up?

    The other day, I posted what I seen as some very big concerns with OCLC’s revised policy (currently being reconsidered) on the transfer of records (two of which, I would consider deal breakers).  In this post, I made the argument that maybe it was time to consider breaking OCLC up to reflect what it has…

  • OCLC’s proposed new guidelines for the transfer of bibliographic records

    OCLC, today has made available their proposed new policy for the transfer of bibliographic records.  You can read the documents for yourself: Policy (general): http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/catalog/policy/ Policy Statement (1987): http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/ worldcat/records/guidelines/default.htm New proposed policy (2008):http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/catalog/policy/policy.htm FAQ: http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/catalog/policy/questions/default.htm   I took a sometime this morning to read through the proposed changes as well as the FAQs, and…

  • 2008 Jack-o-lanterns

    So, I got off easy this year  Unlike past years, when the boys have asked for pumpkin themes that took me hours to carve, this year, they picked fairly simple images (and patterns).  So here they are: Kenny’s Pumpkin   Nathan’s Pumpkin (a skull with spider webs — he picked it):   –TR

  • Tidbits from the NorthWest Innovative User group meeting

    I’m running a little bit behind here, but the 14th annual NWIUG came to an end on Friday and a couple of interesting tidbits came out of it.  Probably the most welcome tidbit to come out of the conference came during Betsy Graham’s Keynote early the first morning when detailing the changes that will be…

  • Halloween’s past

    A friend of mine gave this to me the other day — it’s an old picture of Kenny, probably around when he is 14 or 15 months, so we would have still been in Eugene at the time.  To see him now, you’d have to wonder where all that blonde hair has went to. 🙂…

  • Weekend in Disney

    After returning home from Vermont, I had to make good on a promise that I made back in June to my boys — so we packed up and heading down to Disneyland.  For Nathan and Kenny, this was their first time down at Disneyland.  In fact, for Nathan, it was his first time on an…

  • 6th annual ReadEx Digital Institute Summary

    As all good things must come to an end, so too has the ReadEx Digital Institute closed for another year.  Like always, this symposium offers an opportunity to connect with colleagues from various institutions and professional backgrounds to discuss some of the issues that we wrestle with as we work on developing and managing our…

  • Must the library live in perpetual beta to achieve agility

    An interesting question brought up by David Seaman here at the Readex Digital Institute.  David provided the opening keynote for the conference and in it, discussed a process that Dartmouth College went through this year to consider how the library can become more nimble within our networked world.  How the library can be given a…

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