Eric, re: "how they get their work done" -- this is the reason I posted
the "needs" list from Prof. Burke. It's not enough to just list (because
a catalog is a list) what items the library has, nor to judge user needs
by what they do already when they are at the library catalog. That's too
narrow a view of user behavior.
I also think we need to go beyond just delivery of content. After all,
we gather this content and make it available because we think people
will USE it. So why aren't we also in the business of facilitating that
use? We should be.
kc
Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
> I believe a "next generation" library catalog is not only a inventory
> list of things a library owns or licenses, but also a tool for making
> it easier for library users to get their primary work done.
>
> Being a tool, this thing provides many services against the content
> of the "catalog". Such services might include but are not limited to:
> alert, authenticate, harvest, lend, monitor, pay, personalise,
> request, reserve, etc. The following link points to a blog posting by
> Ann Apps listing more of these services and how they might be
> implemented through existing, standardized protocols:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2dpzqu
>
> Can somebody say, "Innovation"?
>
> --
> Eric Lease Morgan
> University Libraries of Notre Dame
>
>
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