On Thu, 11 Aug 2011, Ross Singer wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Janet Hill <janet.hill_at_colorado.edu> wrote:
>
>> As I write this, I can hear the voice of Ben Tucker ... saying ... "The
>> catalog is not an encyclopedia, and it is not a dictionary. It's a
>> catalog." ... it's not there to answer those all of life's questions
>> itself.
Also, maybe that's the point at which we were led astray in thinking that
libraries ought not create dictionaries or catalogs. Seems to be that it
would enhance our value to the public to do so, as in authoritative public
"authority files."
>> that's want our users actually want or need ... a larger discovery
>> system that *can* utilize these things
>> Maybe that's a failure in our will and imagination
Indeed.
Cheers!
jgm
John G. Marr
Cataloger
CDS, UL
Univ. of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
jmarr_at_unm.edu
jmarr_at_flash.net
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