Alex asked:
"What exactly is it that *we* want that's detached from what our users
want?"
Users, generally, want:
"ease of use" and "good enough"
Librarians, generally, want:
"control and precision" and "comprehensive and authoritative"
-Aaron
:-)'
Aaron Dobbs
-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Johannesen
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 8:30 PM
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] user-centered design
On 5/4/07, MULLEN Allen <Allen.MULLEN_at_ci.eugene.or.us> wrote:
> And along the same lines, its up to catalogers to determine the
subject
> needs of the users. ;-) If we based our cataloging on what the users
> want, we'd never get to do what we want because we'd be too busy
> reacting to them.
I found this one interesting. What exactly is it that *we* want that's
detached from what our users want?
Alex
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