On Tue, 16 Aug 2011, Lenora Oftedahl wrote:
> How is a general discussion of reference philosophy helping move forward
> to the catalog we all dream of?
To answer your question with an IMHO, the general discussion seems to
have been on librarianship and patron philosophies, which are integral to
discussion of catalog philosophy. The catalog is only an expression of the
priorities of the librarians and the patrons, so naturally we have to
figure out what those are going to be in the future. RDA could have
benefitted from such a discussion... IMHO.
> I think the day they can put a plug behind my ear and read my brainwaves
> to search through the many and varied computer resources to find that
> one special, perfect item that will satisfy my curiosity on a topic will
> be nirvana.
If that is a possible future world, then we have to consider how catalogs
will relate to it.
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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Received on Tue Aug 16 2011 - 13:59:16 EDT