Big news today in the announcement that Google has acquired OCLC. What will this mean for libraries? The merging of the Google Books Project and Worldcat, for starters. The library blogs are all over this story, so I will simply link to a few of them:
Although I am really excited by this development, I understand why it isn’t getting much more mainstream press. It is a weekend, for one. Then there is the Final Four, and the ongoing political troubles for the Bush administration. Plus it is the beginning of the month, as well. Wow… is it April 1st already? Time’s fun when you are having flies.
See also: Gmail Paper
