Sandy Berman Database Update

Steve Fesenmaier writes “Today I received the first public access copy of the Berman/Freedman Bibliographic Database and Authority File. I was able to open them using a –free down from Bookwhere What this access means is that every library in the world FOR ABSOLUTELY FREE can use the HCL bibliographic records FOR ABSOLUTELY FREE! I think that everyone in the world who pays for OCLC knows how much money this can save you. The records go up to 2001 I believe. I think that these databases can do for cataloging what LINUX has done for operating systems. “