Ownership of Bibliographic Data and Its Importance to Consortia.

Lowry, Charles B.

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ERIC Number: EJ369253

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1987

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Ownership of Bibliographic Data and Its Importance to Consortia.

Lowry, Charles B.

Journal of Library Administration, v8 n3-4 p69-84 Fall-Win 1987

Reviews the development of bibliographic utilities and the approaches used by the major utilities to deal with issues of record ownership and use. The possible effects of a copyright claim registered by OCLC in 1984 on local library consortia and member libraries of OCLC affiliated networks are discussed. (35 notes/references) (CLB)

Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Contracts, Copyrights, Databases, Federal Legislation, Library Automation, Machine Readable Cataloging, Online Catalogs, Online Vendors, Ownership, Shared Library Resources

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative

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Audience: Policymakers; Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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