Re: Hot (MARC) metadata!

From: Alexander Johannesen <alexander.johannesen_at_nyob>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 11:32:50 +1000
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Hiya,

On 8/8/07, B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Our superior data doesn't do the
> non-book searching world any good if no one (or next to no one) uses it
> but us.

One can only ponder to why they wouldn't. maybe because you need a
library degree to figure it out properly?

> If the people in the non-book world won't add our data to the stuff they
> produce, it doesn't make any difference how much better our data is.

*gasp* You mean, no man is an island, but the library is? :)


Alex
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