Re: Death by enhancement: was WorldCat Local

From: Stephens Owen <owen.stephens_at_nyob>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:12:32 +0100
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
I didnšt mean to limit my remarks to end user enhancements ­ I was talking
about enhancements across the system.

Owen


On 26/4/07 20:31, "Drew, Bill" <drewwe_at_MORRISVILLE.EDU> wrote:

> So we are talking on this list of things that improve the end-users
> experience?  If so, I am glad to see that.
>  
> Bill Drew
> 
> 
> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu]
> On Behalf Of Laura Smart
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:21 PM
> To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
> Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Death by enhancement: was WorldCat Local
> 
> In my experience, a great many of the the incremental enhancements requested
> of the ILS vendors are for the benefit of the librarians/library staff using
> the back-end, improving their work-flow etc.   I think we should be careful
> not to conflate the features/fixes that are necessary for end-users with those
> for library insiders.
> 
> Laura


Owen Stephens
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Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham
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Received on Thu Apr 26 2007 - 14:09:54 EDT