Yes, you can post a link there. - kc
Tim Spalding wrote:
> What if we suggest on the LC site that they look outside the LC site? :)
>
> Just posted on open data and the report, here:
> http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2007/12/open-data-and-future-of-bibliographic.php
>
> T
>
> On 12/11/07, Karen Coyle <kcoyle_at_kcoyle.net> wrote:
>> Just a reminder -- for comments to reach the Working Group they must be
>> submitted at the LoC web site:
>>
>> http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/contact/
>>
>> Comments made elsewhere (lists, blogs) will not be used as input to the
>> working group's deliberations on the final report.
>>
>> You can paste e-mails like these directly into the form there.
>>
>> kc
>>
>> Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
>>> On page 7 (page 11 of the PDF document) the draft Report on the
>>> Future of Bibliographic Control [1] discusses the definition of
>>> bibliographic control and mentions relationships:
>>>
>>> ...Bibliographic control is increasingly a matter of
>>> managing relationships—among works, names, concepts,
>>> and object descriptions—across communities. Consistency
>>> of description within any single environment, such as
>>> the library catalog, is becoming less significant than
>>> the ability to make connections between environments:
>>> Amazon to WorldCat to Google to PubMed to Wikipedia,
>>> with library holdings serving as but one node in this
>>> web of connectivity. In today's environment,
>>> bibliographic control cannot continue to be seen as
>>> limited to library catalogs.
>>>
>>> I think this is a step in the right direction, but not quite far enough.
>>>
>>> More specifically, I endorse the idea of relationship-creation, but I
>>> think it ought to go beyond information resources and include users/
>>> people. Using authorities and subject analysis is great for creating
>>> relationships between works. "These works are like those works." At
>>> the same time, if similar processes where implemented to create
>>> relationships between works and people, then those people's jobs
>>> (whether they be patrons or librarians) would be easier. "People like
>>> me used those resources." "This is my collection." Moreover, if
>>> relationships were created between people and resources through
>>> "bibliographic control", then questions like the following could be
>>> addressed as well: "Who are my patrons", "Who are my librarians", or
>>> "Who else is interested in this topic".
>>>
>>> [1] http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/news/lcwg-report-
>>> draft-11-30-07-final.pdf
>>>
>>> --
>>> Eric Lease Morgan
>>> University Libraries of Notre Dame
>>>
>>>
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