On 5/2/07, Simon Spero <ses_at_unc.edu> wrote:
> we can build new bibliographic rules that
> recognize that card catalogs exist only as bookmarks; and we can build
> bibliographic tools that recognize that cataloging is social.
IMHO, a bibliographic record is a type of bookmark, yes that's true.
I also think it's value in the 2.0 world will be in the realm of
way-finding. Essentially, a bib record can be considered a summary of
the content it represents. When you're swamped with results, these
"summaries" can help you make sense of what you've got. As storage
grows ever cheaper and it's more costly to weed than store,
visualizing the field of information you retreive on any given topic
will be more crucial. I think the bib-records will end up being the
hooks upon which we hang those visualizations.
> If we've learned anything from Graphic Novels it is that with great power
> comes great responsibility, and that every issue brings new challenges. In
> a few years we will be reaching an inflection point in storage costs, when
> it will cost more to delete things that it does to conserve them. If we
> don't have the tools in place to bring a semblance of order to the flood, to
> destroy what needs to be destroyed, and to at least give those who will need
> it a chance at preserving the needful, we are going to swallowed up by the
> digital midden pile.
>
> OK, clock's ticking - let's move it people.
>
> Simon
>
Received on Wed May 02 2007 - 12:37:47 EDT