Some lists are much more active, such as Autocat, but I think this list serves an important function since it is dealing with some important issues and it does not confine itself only to one part of a library: the traditional technical services, public services, IT, administration, which can all be rather hostile toward the other. It seems as if all of the areas are represented here, and can be a "meeting place" or a "boxing ring" depending on what happens, but both are good and necessary.
On Autocat, there is a hot discussion (with my participation and--I confess--instigation) concerning the recommendations of the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control. There is a webcast available as well. http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/meetings/webcast-nov13.html
That discussion has a decidedly "cataloger" tone about it. Have people on this list seen the webcast, or at least seen their recommendations? If so, I would be interested in what people on this list think about the recommendations. Are the Working Group's recommendations positive or negative; are they important, or are these simply the last gasps of a soon-to-be extinct animal?
Jim Weinheimer
> On Nov 27, 2007, at 3:44 PM, B.G. Sloan wrote:
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> > Since we're getting close to Christmas 2007, I was wondering how
> > the list will be evaluated?
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> I never really figured out "how" the list will get evaluated, and I
> am inclined to keep it running unless I hear from bunches o' people
> to the contrary. (That is sort of dumb though. The people who don't
> think it is worth it will have unsubscribed or never signed up in the
> first place.)
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> Eric Lease Morgan
> University Libraries of Notre Dame
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> (574) 631-8604
Received on Wed Nov 28 2007 - 10:02:13 EST