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From: "Ron Peterson" <ronpeterson39401_at_YAHOO.COM>
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Received: 5/4/2007 8:26:14 AM
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] User-centered design
>Alex:
>Or, it *could* mean that we add it [tags] because they ask for it.
>Information knowledge and management is part of our culture _as_well_
>as being a property of the systems we design. Some times the users do
>indeed know best.
>So do we add it because they are asking for it, or do we add it because information
>knowledge and management is part of our culture, part of our job? But do tags
>really fit into that culture/job? I'm not sure I understand your point. Are you saying
>that we should store and preserve tags as we would any other information? I think
>that is open to debate and would depend on the library and its mission.
And a great deal of this discussion takes me back to LibSci311/411, Library Book Selection, 1964, at the late Northern Illinois University Department of Library Science. Why? The same basic question that I'm quite sure is covered in "Collection Access and Development in the 21st Century" or whatever that course or segment is called.
Do we buy (or, these days, license) what the patrons want, or what is good for them.
Do we buy Harlequins in order to get them to come in, do we only buy Shakespeare and Milton, or do we get some of each, and if so, in what proportion?
Apologies to those who adore Harlequins or hate Milton.
dan
Show Up, Suit Up, Shut Up, and Follow Directions
dan_at_riverofdata.com
Dan Lester, Boise, Idaho, USA
Received on Fri May 04 2007 - 13:58:56 EDT