Ted P Gemberling writes:
>But what worries me about that is that "letting go" is, at
>bottom, mainly about money, not about serving people.
An assertion that the sum of the visions, prototypes, full
implementations, and discussions about next generation library
information systems that comprise what we are discussing on this forum
are about money deserves to be substantiated, Ted. Could you please
help me understand by citing anywhere in this forum, or in the writings,
addresses, or conversations of advocates for the development of next
generation library systems that substantiate this statement, especially
that this is "mainly about money, not about serving people?"
What I find exciting about this forum is that it is made up of people
who do care about serving people well through bibliographic information
systems.
Allen Mullen
Eugene Public Library
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
>[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Ted P Gemberling
>Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 3:36 PM
>To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
>Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] "Third Order"--was Libraries & the Web
>
>Karen wrote:
>
>"The hard part is letting go... which is also about turf,
>egos, and force of habit."
>
>
>
>But what worries me about that is that "letting go" is, at
>bottom, mainly about money, not about serving people. I
>realize money is a legitimate concern, but I think we should
>at least face the fact that this is what we're talking about
>when we speak of "letting go." I realize you may already have
>done that at some point, Karen, but I just felt I needed to
>emphasize it.
Received on Thu May 17 2007 - 16:58:30 EDT