Look for Emerson in Internet Archive and you will have over 700 hits.
Look at list. Is the next
generation of catalogs? Just try to find the first editions. It will
take time.
Some of the best libraries in the US have accepted this kind of blur.
Jan
Alexander Johannesen wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 06:48, McHale, Nina <Nina.McHale_at_ucdenver.edu> wrote:
>
>> Are we trying to make catalogs into something that they don't really need to be?
>>
>
> To know the answer to that question you need to know what it needs to
> be. So, what does it *need* to be?
>
>
>> Are we, professionally, really so jealous of what we perceive as the competition?
>>
>
> Well, if you aren't, then perhaps this is a good time to start? Maybe
> that will kickstart a discussion of what the library needs to be (as
> well as their OPACs) ...
>
>
>> I'm really excited about our own impending implementation of a NextGen catalog.
>>
>
> Hmm. Well. Ummm. What you guys often refer to as "NextGen" has a
> strong foundation in the last century, so I wouldn't call it "next
> gen", or like someone told me the other day, "OPAC 2.0" I'd rather
> call it "expected gen" or, perhaps, "OPAC 1.5."
>
>
>> I just question what we're so jealous/afraid of, and also who and what we
>> consider competition, and why we spend thousands of dollars and lots of
>> time hand-wringing to try to be something that we don't need to be?
>>
>
> Again, tell us what we need to be, then. As to what we consider
> competition, I think the problem is that the library doesn't have
> *one* competitor but thousands, including lazy hackers and academics
> in search of a problem to solve. Why not work with them instead of
> ignoring them?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Alex
>
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