On 9/1/07, Rinne, Nathan (ESC) <RinneN_at_district279.org> wrote:
> You would have to rely on proven
> authority work - the work that is now increasingly seen as less
> important by more and more people in the Googlized atmosphere we inhabit
This is where you're wrong, and this is why I've said you're not
reading what I write in the past. The idea here is to take what we've
done so far and push it further, especially now that technologies
advance beyond certain points. We need to work together to make sure
that the excellent work that the library world so far has done is not
only shared with the world, but extended and continued.
> - in order to do this very concrete experiment (where else will you get
> the more-or-less complete biographies of the various authors -
> Wikipedia?)
The paper I pointed to which did auto-classification across Project
Gutenberg chose LCSH specifically so that librarians could verify the
result. They could have chosen anything. Maybe it was a cry for us to
join them? Anyways, I think they did this especially for people like
you who *already* have faith in the LCSH. Did you read the paper in
full? The conclusion has a golden nugget for you. :)
> Maybe, "ironic" was the wrong choice of words. I just feel
> the need to point out that its not just "natural selection" that makes
> this possible, you know. :)
Natural selection happens in social and cultural contexts as well as
in nature. Just thought I'd point that out. :)
Alex
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