Hi all,
In the interest of sharing information, the Five Colleges (MA) Consortium,
with support from the Simmons College Graduate School of Library and
Information Studies, is hosting a free program on Next Generation Catalogs
tomorrow afternoon at UMass Amherst. David Lindahl (eXtensible Catalog),
Anne Prestamo (OK State Aquabrowser), and Jennifer Ward (U WA's
WorldCatLocal) are the guest speakers.
For more information, see
http://www.smith.edu/libraries/staff/fivecoll/nextgen.htm
All the best,
Marilyn
Marilyn S. Billings
Scholarly Communication and Special Initiatives Librarian
W.E.B. Du Bois Library
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
Phone: (413) 545-6891
Fax: (413) 545-6873
Email: mbillings_at_library.umass.edu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
> [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Lease Morgan
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 2:57 PM
> To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
> Subject: [NGC4LIB] building communities
>
> At the risk of looking like I'm just trying to fill a void, I
> have been thinking about building communities and "next generation"
> library catalogs.
>
> More specifically, I'm wondering how groups of people
> interested in this issue can *physically* get together to
> discuss the issues. There have been a number of symposiums
> across the United States relating to this topic. A number of
> virtual interest groups have formed, this mailing list being
> one of them. There are a number of large-scale investigations
> taking place as well as a number of smaller ones.
> Technical solutions both open source and proprietary have
> presented themselves.
>
> While I do not advocate a centralized effort, I do advocate
> additional communication methods. Email can only go so far.
> Conference reports can only go so far. Once people get
> together in the same room they can more easily share ideas,
> identify similarities, make priorities, and create plans. I
> sincerely believe most of the constituents outlined above
> have more things in common than differences. Yes, let a
> thousand flowers bloom. By coupling our networked environment
> with face-to-face communication we can build more bridges and
> have a stronger vision of where we want to go.
>
> Put another way, if you are working on some sort of "next generation"
> library catalog thingee, then please consider reaching out to
> your fellow problem solvers to garner their input. You do not
> have to do this work alone.
>
> --
> Eric Lease Morgan
> University Libraries of Notre Dame
>
Received on Tue Nov 06 2007 - 18:41:06 EST