New open source cataloging tool: biblios.net

Nicole Engard, Open Source Evangelist at LibLime, just wrote an interesting post: Calling all Catalogers.

Fellow catalogers,

I have been spending a lot of time these last few months working on getting a new web-based cataloging tool ready for you all. It’s finally time! I’d like to invite you to sign up for free and try out ‡biblios.net a community cataloging tool from LibLime.

So, what the heck is it? ‡biblios.net is a web-based original and copy cataloging tool with built in federated search of any Z39.50 target (via an integrated search registry with over 2000 targets - or by adding your own) and a large (30 million strong) shared database of catalog records. This means that you can visit ‡biblios.net and benefit from the work of other catalogers who have gone before you. You can also edit and contribute to the database without any restrictions.

Comments

[arkham]

Interesting project - I haven't yet tried it out, but will shortly. How long will it take for OCLC to try to shut it down - or punish member libraries for contributing records to a competing product? (oh, right, that policy doesn't go into effect yet...)