> 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
I keep going back to this statement as well. Concepts that caught my eye:
* Work effort focused on "what we want"
* Predictive, predetermined activity central to work effort (our job is not
to be responsive to our users, our job is to generate X)
* User input distracts from (/is not relevant to) central work effort
K.G. Schneider
kgs_at_bluehighways.com
Received on Fri May 04 2007 - 07:16:31 EDT