Re: Library Technologies and Library School (was Commercial Vendors and Open Source Software)

From: Jesse Ephraim <JEphraim_at_nyob>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:27:01 -0500
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>I personally believe that opening up our data 
>would be the beginning of a solution to multitudes 
>of problems. 

I agree.  That is one of the major things that holds libraries back.

>This is the key point: if librarians don't try to solve these issues,
somebody else will.

Exactly.  LibraryThing has achieved more in the past two years than the
majority of libraries out there.

Jesse Ephraim

Youth Services Librarian
Southlake Public Library
1400 Main St., Ste. 130
Southlake, TX  76092

Email:   jephraim_at_ci.southlake.tx.us
Phone: (817) 748-8248
FAX:    (817) 748-8250
www.southlakelibrary.org
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Received on Tue Sep 23 2008 - 11:49:55 EDT