OK...now I see what I was missing when I initially read the article. Thanks!!
I wish the author of the article had explained it a little better.
Bernie Sloan
--- On Tue, 8/11/09, Leslie Johnston <lesliej_at_LOC.GOV> wrote:
From: Leslie Johnston <lesliej_at_LOC.GOV>
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Odd article about library technology
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 10:59 AM
This isn't a skewed faculty perspective, it's the reality for users of
rare materials and archives. Patrons do not have access to the closed
storage where these collections are kept, and must request that items be
pulled by staff members. Also, a number of institutions may have EAD
finding aids and no catalog, so therefore no request module. And even
in an ILS, there are collection-level records but very rarely
container-level or item-level records, so what can a patron request —
everything and nothing more granular? A very large percentage of these
libraries still use paper systems or unconnected email requests, so this
IS an improvement.
Leslie
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Library of Congress
202-707-2801
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>>> Alejandro Garza Gonzalez <alejandro.garza_at_ITESM.MX> 8/11/2009 10:33
AM >>>
Hey, it's on the Internet, it *must* be true =)
I'm guessing this was something that is "new"-- from that one library's
perspective.
*Sighs* This mirrors what some faculty think of some libraries
(emphasis on _some_).
_alejandro
B.G. Sloan said the following on 11/08/2009 09:01 a.m.:
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> Sort of an odd article in the Chronicle of Higher Education's "Wired
Campus" blog...sounds like it could have been written 30 years ago.
Maybe I'm missing something?
>
> The article discusses a "new system" which librarians are supposedly
calling "the first of its kind". With this "new" system patrons can
"request items directly from online catalogs". Librarians "can also
better monitor statistics thanks to histories that track patrons and
items and generate analyses."
>
> Here's a sample paragraph:
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> "Before, Mr. Miller said, users who wanted to request an item from
any of the university’s collections had to first register with a paper
form and then request each item -- even those in the same collection --
with additional paper forms. For his library, the system has saved time
by streamlining that process in a database, which allows librarians to
process requests faster and eliminates the need for paper records, which
take up 'enormous time and space.'"
>
> Full text of article at:
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> http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Online-Request-Software/7635/
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> Bernie Sloan
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