tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31023029.post1072170631639459713..comments2023-11-05T06:12:31.252-05:00Comments on The Director's Blog: Response to "OCLC's Uncommon Dilemma."Jonathan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12959487328509948818noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31023029.post-5688157956758836892010-04-11T14:27:25.408-04:002010-04-11T14:27:25.408-04:00Thanks for the thoughtful and full reply. I still ...Thanks for the thoughtful and full reply. I still am not sure why letting records be shared and letting cheaper alternatives compete threatens comprehensiveness. Admittedly I may be a Pollyanna, but I think most libraries would be happy and very willing to upload records to a union catalog without the incentive of a credit toward a large bill. I would also need to do more research to have an informed position on whether enclosing the commons was a business model that was needed because peasants were acting selfishly; a very superficial search (hurrah for old-fashioned reference books!) suggests the motives of those "preserving" the resource were 't entirely pure. Perhaps I am over-identiying with the peasantry.<br /><br />At the very least, I do find the classic "tragedy of the commons" article to be overly reliant on capitlist assumptions that deserve skepticism.<br /><br />Hope my typing isn't hopeless - I'm typing on my phone and all thumbs.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689314012050314027noreply@blogger.com