Re: What library patrons really want. Was: RE: Death by enhancement: was WorldCat Local

From: K.G. Schneider <kgs_at_nyob>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:28:21 -0400
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
> Hear, hear! I agree. Everybody has something to contribute. It is not
> all about cataloging. It is not all about programming. It is not all
> about information literacy. It is not all about services. It is not
> all about collections. It is not an either/or. Instead it is a both/
> and. We all have more in common than differences. Build on
> everybody's strengths.
>
> --
> Eric Lease Morgan
> University Libraries of Notre Dame

My one caution with the arguments I've seen so far is that they work forward
from ILS/catalog/MARC, rather than backward from the user. We seem to be
trying to justify our tools and legacy data rather than asking what people
need.

Karen G. Schneider
kgs_at_bluehighways.com
Received on Fri Apr 27 2007 - 08:24:59 EDT