Hello,
I have just recently joined this list, and missed
the original reference the [Mann article] can someone
point me in the direction of where to find it - I would
like to read it.
p.s. loved the email reference bits on another string about 'Precious
Moments' tees.
Ida Z. daRoza
SMCO Collections & Cataloging
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[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Nicholas Bennyhoff
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Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Hot (MARC) metadata!
Alex Johannesen wrote:
>Yes, I've read it [the Mann article], and I think he's dead >wrong ;
he's a librarian
>fighting for the librarian way...
Thank you for saying this. I read Mann as well, and was not happy. I
think he comes off as pretty techno-phobic, and as you say, seems more
interested in job preservation than in actually changing to meet the
needs of users in an era where library catalogs aren't doing the job.
I'm not saying we should just jettison the catalog, or jump right into
full-scale "Googlization". However, the reluctance of many in the
library profession to seriously consider the results of current and
coming technology on the role of librarianship in the future is
short-sighted.
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Lewis and Clark Library System
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