Thursday, February 21, 2008

An Upstart Web Catalog Challenges an Academic-Library Giant

An Upstart Web Catalog Challenges an Academic-Library Giant
By ANDREA L. FOSTER

http://chronicle.com
Section: Information Technology
Volume 54, Issue 24, Page A11
From the issue dated February 22, 2008

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At only 21, Aaron Swartz is attempting to turn the library world upside down. He is taking on the subscription-based WorldCat, the largest bibliographic database on the planet, by building a free online book catalog that anyone can update.

Many academic librarians are wary of Mr. Swartz's project because it will allow nonlibrarians, who may be prone to errors, to catalog books"

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