Alexander Johannesen wrote:
> Hiya,
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 22:16, Jan Szczepanski <jan.szczepanski_at_ub.gu.se> wrote:
>
>>>> Because we are in the library business
>>>>
> ...
>
>> as I said, building collections for our users, as we always have done.
>>
>
> And your users are ... everyone, right? Even those who think they
> might like the stuff you think you shouldn't collect, right?
>
Absolutly not. We collect just for our professors, teachers and students
and that's all.
>
>> A
>> place where you just find the best journals and the best books when
>> you need it.
>>
>
> But libraries don't fall into that category either?
>
They do.
>
>> Where can I find the Google cataloguing rules so I can compare?
>>
>
> As you well know, the only rule is that there are no rules, only
> applicability and algorithms on meta data, the pole opposite of the
> library catalog.
>
I agree and that's the reason why I like order, but I'm not talking
about all these national orders
that just creates hundreds of obstacles for the flow of free information.
> As to your other comments about commercial and free resources, I'd
> just point out that commercial entities are pushing their stuff onto
> Google far more than they are pushing it onto you. :)
>
So what? As I said, as a gatekeeper and collection builder my role is to
keep about 80-90%
of the "stuff" away from the library shelves contrary to the big
algorithmic machine.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alex
>
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Received on Mon Mar 02 2009 - 07:23:23 EST