Re: Did you ask? Are you asking? Are we asking? (was "People v. Collections")

From: Alexander Johannesen <alexander.johannesen_at_nyob> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:37:33 +1000 To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu

Hi,

On 6/29/06, Dan Lester <dan_at_riverofdata.com> wrote:
> And the
> argument of give them quality vs. give them what they want is older
> than any library school in the world.

This one struck a chord in me; isn't this question relevant to the
discussions of the OPAC itself or anything else that librarians do? In
fact, the very reason we *can* give quality as opposed to Google who
only *can* give them what they want, this raises some interesting
persepectives on how we perhaps should design our systems? Thoughts?

Alex
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