I wonder that at some point library web site(s) would disappear and
libraries become solely a data provider (from library catalog, digital
collections, research guides, course guides, etc.) and those data are
then delivered to users' natural habitat.
ranti.
On Jan 23, 2008 3:43 PM, Eric Lease Morgan <emorgan_at_nd.edu> wrote:
> The recent British Library/JISC sponsored report entitled
> "Information behavior of the researcher of the future" is an
> interesting read. [1] In the end some of the challenges/
> recommendations it makes include:
>
> * be less complacent regarding awareness of collections
> and services
>
> * better integrate content and services with the
> wider Internet
>
> * design systems around user-behavior by supporting
> "power browsing", getting away from hit counting, and
> investing in data collection/analysis
>
> * design systems that are simpler to use
>
> * emulate personal/social searching guidance
>
> * get information [literacy] skills on the agenda
>
> * move away from the one-size-fits all policy for
> library systems design
>
> * shift from a content-orientation to a user-facing
> perspective and then to a outcome focus
>
> I have written a longer review [2], but you are encouraged to read it
> on your own. Food for thought/discussion for every aspect of
> librarianship and library-based information system.
>
> [1] report - http://tinyurl.com/3b7ffg
> [2] review/summary - http://tinyurl.com/3a2tgn
>
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> Eric "Likes Using '/' Today" Morgan
> University Libraries of Notre Dame
>
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