Re: Copernicus, Cataloging, and the Chairs on the Titanic, Part 2

From: Mike Kmiec <Mike.Kmiec_at_nyob> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:34:02 +1200 To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU

>>> john g marr <jmarr_at_UNM.EDU> 29/06/2010 10:04 a.m. >>>
>> On Mon, 28 Jun 2010, Stephen Paling wrote:
>> Conduct Basic Research.

> See above.

If you're talking about the cost of user research, it doesn't need to
be Neilsen doing it. There are low- or no-cost tools to gather this
information. Put a survey on SurveyMonkey asking about library usage
habits. Ask people to participate. Analyse the data. Change direction
accordingly. 

> God forbid that [e.g.] legal case data (transcripts and decisions in

> particular) should ever be digitized and made publicly available for
data 
> mining in the instant-- why, that might eliminate the core principles
of 
> litigation (manipulation, profit and self-interest) altogether!

Or you get something like this:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/google-twitter-go-to-bat-for-website/article1612909/

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/globe-on-technology/were-suing-everybody-on-twitter/article1613285/

Mike

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