Bibliographical data should be open

The library blogosphere’s BIG question right now is: Are we going to freely open up our bibliographic data, i.e., our library metadata? And how are we going to do this?

As OCLC members/contributors: Do we want to spread the bibliographic wealth around? Or do we accept the new OCLC policy which restricts particular types of access/re-use of the bibliographic records we create and add to the WorldCat database?

http://www.catalogingfutures.com/catalogingfutures/2008/12/oclc-policy-spreading-the-bibliographic-wealth-around.html

More on this:
http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/OCLC_Policy_Change

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