Re: hybrid library: from the users' perspective

From: Dan Lester <dan_at_nyob>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:58:16 -0600
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 2:29:43 PM, you wrote:

JR> But I don't agree with the words being used.  Is this 'the catalog'
JR> dying, or is it just the catalog changing drastically?

Does it really matter?

JR> It matters
JR> because I feel like talking about the catalog dying discounts the work
JR> of current catalogers (and is perceived as threatening to them when we
JR> all need to be working together more).

I see your point, but is the work of the caterpillar discounted even
though it is invisible, and perhaps unknown, to the resulting
butterfly?

dan

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Received on Mon Oct 02 2006 - 23:44:49 EDT