This is I think the most important point, that Casey makes here.
Our systems need to be as open to the internet, and to unexpected re-use
and mixing and "mashing up", as possible. The mechanisms we're talking
about are part of the way to do this.
From this environment, if we can create it, will come the
experimentation and innovation that will lead to the useful tools and
environments we all dream of. With this, I agree absolutely, even if I
disagree greatly with some of the voiced particular visions of what
these solutions might likely look like. The proof is in the pudding,
but the first step is a kitchen that we can cook in, and we aren't
disagreeing on what makes a good kitchen.
Jonathan
Casey Bisson wrote:
>
>
>
> Karen Coyle wrote:
>
>> Citations aren't
>> about an individual copy in a single library, they are about the
>> published material which may exist in many different locations. So I
>> need to be able to make a link to ... a canonical bibliographic
>> record.
>> Which has to have an identifier. Or some identifiers. And needs to
>> know
>> its relationship to other bibliographic records (editions,
>> reprintings).
>
>
> Agreed.
>
> Whether we all have our own OPACs or share a giant OPAC or some mix
> of the two, we need to deliver that kind of functionality.
>
> One of the things I look forward to is greater experimentation (by
> individuals in and out-side the library world) that will lead to more
> thinking about how we can best leverage our data. Opening our systems
> to linking/indexing/remixing now will lead to better solutions in the
> long run.
>
> (recent blog post: http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11614/ )
>
> --Casey
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The Sheridan Libraries
Johns Hopkins University
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Received on Tue Apr 24 2007 - 11:50:51 EDT