On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 22:26, Edward M. Corrado <ecorrado_at_ecorrado.us> wrote:
> The question I have is why do we, as a profession, accept such
> obvious limitations? I think blaming the systems such as library catalogs is
> akin to putting the cart before the horse.
I promised myself when I saw the subject header that I'd stay clear,
but I can't help myself ;
You're all to blame, all librarians, catalogers, leaders, managers,
vendors and associates! You've all put this together because you all
thought this would be the right thing to do. Maybe it even was, back
when this manifestation grew out of the 80's and early 90's. Now what?
Now that the world has changed, the business model is changing, the
user expectations are changing, the need is changing, the playing
field is changing, the competition is changing (and emerging) and the
resources are growing vastly out of manually inclined librarians'
tapping fingers and trained eyes ... what are you going to do next?
What sort of systems should you cook up?
You've all got yourselves to blame for where you are, but here's the
clincher; only you can get yourselves out of it. No one is going to
help you, because, frankly, nobody understands why you're so stuck.
Respectfully,
Alex
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