Just this morning I read about OCLC's new Web Harvester, which allows libraries to capture and add Web content to their digital collections managed by OCLC’s CONTENTdm Digital Collection Management Software. To get an idea of how it works, I took a quick look at the Chesapeake Project, a pilot project of Georgetown Law Library and the State Law Libraries of Maryland and Virginia using OCLC's Web Harvester.
Technology innovations allow us to do amazing things and Web Harvester is one of them. When I read about things like this, the questions also begin. Would this be valuable to our library's users? What are the potential benefits? The costs? Who would do the work? Is it worth it?
I welcome your comments!
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