I think this is exactly what we should be investigating.
kc
Ranti Junus wrote:
> 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.
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> ranti.
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> 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
>>
>> --
>> Eric "Likes Using '/' Today" Morgan
>> University Libraries of Notre Dame
>>
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