Re: Elitism - and Aristotle again! - in libraries (was "Elitism in libraries")

From: DeGeorge, Deborah <dsd_at_nyob>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 15:25:45 -0400
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
>> and the one started by Adam, where losers follow arbitrary rules of
loud
>> voices from the sky.

Is the implication that these "arbitrary rules of loud voices from the
sky" refer to cataloging as it is currently known, and catalogers as
they currently work?

Forgive me if I misinterpreted. I certainly hope that I did.



Deborah DeGeorge
Head, Original Cataloging Unit, Print Cataloging Section
University of Michigan Libraries
320 Hatcher Library North
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1205
734-936-7983
dsd_at_umich.edu

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From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 3:18 PM
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Elitism - and Aristotle again! - in libraries
(was "Elitism in libraries")

Yes, forgive me, for I have committed the sin of librarianship. But it
felt so good at the time.

;-)
kc

Tim Spalding wrote:
> What was Eve's sin? Knowledge, Karen, Knowledge. Let that be a lesson
to you!
>
>>> If heaven is a library, God is the OPAC.
>> Yet another reason to be an atheist.
>>
>> No, if heaven is a library, God is the librarian. Only there are two
>> heavens: the one started by Eve, where knowledge is desired, and the
one
>> started by Adam, where losers follow arbitrary rules of loud voices
from
>> the sky. I've always wanted to make Eve the patron saint of
librarians
>> -- you go girl!
>>
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>> Karen Coyle / Digital Library Consultant
>> kcoyle@kcoyle.net http://www.kcoyle.net
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