Ted P Gemberling wrote:
> Would you give a quick overview for non-software people like me of which
> ways you think it is "fundamentally broken"? I think that would help
> some of us put these debates in perspective.
>
>
For those interested, I tried to write some notes toward that argument
on my blog a few days ago, at:
http://bibwild.wordpress.com/2007/05/25/broken-huh/
> So the point is, could you be overestimating the importance of
> technology?
It's possible. I am a technologist by training and by position in my
library, if I have a prejudice about technology, it is certainly in the
direction of thinking technology is important.
But from where I sit, technology is _central_ to the mission of
libraries today, and absolutely necessary for providing the services
related to discovering, finding and obtaining textual and other
information resources that our users want and need. You are certainly
entitled to disagree; a disagreement to that thesis is an argument not
often heard in library circles, and if you can make a reasoned one it
would be illuminating.
Jonathan
Received on Wed May 30 2007 - 07:24:06 EDT