OCLC/RLG merger
It’s been big news in the library world recently that OCLC and RLG are planning to merge. Now, if you’re outside the library world, perhaps you haven’t heard of either. Maybe you do work in the library biz but don’t have anything to do with them. What’s of interest here is that they’re both doing FRBR research and experimentation: what will happen after they merge? RLG has the FRBRish RedLightGreen (search for The Three Musketeers; notice how all the manifestations are pulled together into works) and OCLC has all its FRBR research. Dorothea Salo pointed out this may mean a loss of diversity in FRBR work. We’ll wait and see and wish them the best.