I agree with Karen. It MUST all start with the user. All else is
simply maintaining the status quo. That is the major reason I am such a
strong advocate for the ideas and motivations behind Library 2.0.
Bill Drew
Morrisville State College Libraries
drewwe_at_morrisville.edu
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> 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 - 08:37:12 EDT