Re: Does cataloging have value?

From: Till Kinstler <kinstler_at_nyob>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:51:31 +0100
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Michael Fitzgerald schrieb:

> But in your bookstore example, the fact that (say) the travel books are 
> all together can only occur as a result of one kind of work that 
> catalogers do. It's not really a "knack" of the users. 

Maybe an interesting experiment (that may even prove the value of 
professional classification work): Let users arrange books the way it's 
useful to them (according to their personal (information) needs) in a 
library.
Make the books (re-)findable by RFID.

Just an idea,
Till

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Received on Fri Feb 13 2009 - 02:54:09 EST