They're doing some really interesting things. But as NGC4Lib, we
should all wonder at what they haven't changed—they're catalog is the
same mess as almost everyone else's! Can a library shoot a silver
bullet if the catalog is a flintlock?
Tim
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 1:35 PM, B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
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> One public library's attempt to find "a silver bullet to ensure their future"...
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> "If any session yesterday illustrated the palpable hunger public librarians have for change—and, perhaps, a silver bullet to ensure their future—it was the packed session featuring a crew from the Rangeview Library District, Adams County, CO, propagators of the brand they call Anythink."
> http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6724258.html
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> And here's the "Anythink" web site:
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> http://www.anythinklibraries.org/
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> Not sure it's the kind of change that will preserve the future of libraries (some of it seems sorta like wrapping old library functions in shiny new wrapping paper), but at least it's change.
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> Bernie Sloan
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Received on Sat Mar 27 2010 - 01:34:16 EDT