I am sooo glad you are going and are committed to blogging. I just heard
that the meeting was taking place and there is no way I can figure out how
to get there. I heard Deana Marcum speak at the De Lange Conference at
Rice. She said she had gotten some flack from the location of this meeting.
I think it is interesting and a great opportunity.
Looking forward to your insights.
Suzanne
On 3/6/07, Karen Coyle <kcoyle_at_kcoyle.net> wrote:
>
> That's a great quote -- where is it from? And the minutes of the
> inaugural meeting are much more informative than the discussion paper
> that is supposed to go along with it.
>
> As for that quote, at the recent ALA I was at a discussion of RDA, and I
> passed along a question that had been asked of me: Is RDA being based on
> user studies? And Barbara Tillett responded (sounding a bit annoyed):
> "You don't base standards on user studies!"
>
> kc
>
> Simon Spero wrote:
> > The full name of the working group is "Library of Congress Working
> > Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control", which gives a bit more
> > context. The best overview available at the moment are the minutes of
> > the inaugural meeting
> > <
> http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/meetings/docs/LCWGMinutes110306final.pdf
> >.
> >
> > From all I've heard this WG could actually get a lot done. It's a
> > good sign that the meetings are open, and that the first meeting to
> > be held is focused on user needs.
> >
> > To quote a Line:
> > "[XXXXX] is one of the most remarkable examples of trying to solve a
> > problem by committee, with predictable results … No data on users'
> > needs were collected: instead cataloguers discussed how to change the
> > rules, rather as if hens were to gather together to discuss the design
> > of eggs."
> >
> > Simon
> >
> > On 3/5/07, *Simon Spero* <sesuncedu_at_gmail.com
> > <mailto:sesuncedu_at_gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > There's a bit more information available in the minutes of the
> > inaugural meeting
> > <
> http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/meetings/docs/LCWGMinutes110306final.pdf
> >,
> > which are available online.
> >
> > The full name of the working group is "Library of Congress
> > Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control", which puts
> > things a little bit more context.
> >
> > It's a good sign that the meetings are open, and that the first
> > meeting to be held is focused on user needs. To borrow a Line,
> > "AACR2 is one of the most remarkable examples of trying to solve a
> > problem by committee, with predictable results … No data on users'
> > needs were collected: instead cataloguers discussed how to change
> > the rules, rather as if hens were to gather together to discuss
> > the design of eggs."
> >
> > Simon
> >
> >
> > On 3/5/07, *Karen Coyle* < kcoyle_at_kcoyle.net
> > <mailto:kcoyle_at_kcoyle.net>> wrote:
> >
> > I'm going to attend the first public meeting of Library of
> > Congress'
> > task force on the "bibliographic future" -- it's being held on
> > Thursday
> > at Google. I have no idea what the task force is aiming at,
> > and the
> > background paper for this meeting strikes me as being rather
> > weak. This
> > particular meeting is on "Users and Uses of Bibliographic Data"
> > ( http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/meetings/
> > <http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/meetings/>). I will
> > attempt to
> > blog the meeting in some detail, if it has substantial content.
> >
>
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