I've often seen the number, a 400% increase happens when bib records for e-books are loaded in the catalog. Seems good proof that the catalog is still a used tool. Could it be better? You bet. Get involved in the standards committies, MARC, RDA, RDF, RDFa, microformats, etc. Or work on some of the open source projects, Blacklight, Scriblio, Evergreen, Koha, etc. We have plenty to bring to the table.
Sincerely,
David Bigwood
http://catalogablog.blogspot.com
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Received on Fri Feb 13 2009 - 00:46:18 EST