> On 9/5/07, Alexander Johannesen wrote:
> I can't speak for CS people (although I understand I'm now classified
> as such?) but this has never, ever been my goal. In fact, it's been
> stated over and over that without library specialists in library
> systems none of the proposed ventures would have any cultural nor
> growing value. In fact, I share your concern, but I can't say I've
> seen it proposed here nor elsewhere in the library world.
That is quite heartening, but I have heard it many times for quite awhile, including from some highly prominent librarians. One of the latest papers that has created a furor at least on the AUTOCAT list is Karen Calhoun's paper "The Changing Nature of the Catalog and its integration with Other Discovery Tools" written for the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0605/catalog.html.
Jim Weinheimer
Received on Wed Sep 05 2007 - 05:49:13 EDT