>
> Ted wrote: And that's where "protecting our boundaries" comes in. If
> we buy too quickly into the idea that computers and full texts will
> solve all the problems, some of our jobs really might be lost. And that
> will probably be a loss for the world as whole. Money may be saved, but
> our culture will be the poorer for it.
But I would make the argument that if we do not engage with the idea of
³computers and full text² , then we will find the rug pulled from under us.
I¹m in the process of writing a blog entry about Google Books from some
recent experience which really exemplified for me the brilliance of
full-text searching, as well as the weakness of bad or lacking metadata we
need to make sure that as a profession we are involved here and that the
discussion is happening in the wide world not just in Œlibrary friendly¹
venues.
Owen
Owen Stephens
E-Strategy Co-ordinator
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham
Surrey
TW20 0EX
Tel: 01784 443331
Email: owen.stephens_at_rhul.ac.uk
Received on Thu May 24 2007 - 15:17:58 EDT