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> From:
> Eric Lease Morgan <emorgan_at_nd.edu>
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> Steven R. Harris wrote:
>
>> ...I created Collections 2.0. The main concerns will be
>> showing that library collections and collection
>> development are still important in the networked
>> environment, and developing collections that mesh with
>> Library 2.0 and Web 2.0 concepts to create the
>> interactive and customizable library!...
>>
>> http://collections2point0.wordpress.com/
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> (Response #1):
Cool blog. Thank you for sharing, and I suggest a larger number of
collection managers participate in a mailing list called NGC4Lib in
order to discuss these sorts of issues.
> While NGC4Lib includes the word "catalog" in its title, the word is
> really a misnomer. A "next generation" library catalog is not really
> a catalog at all but a Web 2.0 tool making it easier for students,
> instructors, and scholars to use libraries to do learning, teaching,
> and research.
>
> Often times I have asked the question, "What type of content should
> be included in a 'next generation' library catalog?" The question
> either falls on deaf ears, is answered by definitions regarding the
> use of MARC, or is confused with problems surrounding indexing. Crazy.
>
> People from this forum -- COLLDV-L -- have significant things to
> offer to the definition of "next generation" library catalogs. In a
> networked environment where it is not as important to own a something
> in order to provide services against it, what are the characteristics
> of this content? When do we collect it, and when do we merely point
> to it? If we don't collect it, then we are relegating the
> preservation process to someone else. If we don't collect it, then we
> can not provide as many services against it. On the Web the amount of
> relevant content to our collection polices is only increasing. What
> can we do to selectively incorporate this content into our collections?
>
> So, what is in a "next generation" library catalog and how can our
> collections be exploited in a Web 2.0 environment? Share your ideas.
> Subscribe to NGC4Lib:
>
> http://dewey.library.nd.edu/mailing-lists/ngc4lib/
>
Received on Tue Jan 08 2008 - 02:57:15 EST