I see it more as a realistic assessment of where the world of information is right now:
"Not every cataloger can catalog everything."
Or, in other words:
"There aren't enough catalogers available to be able to catalog everything."
Or maybe:
"There aren't enough catalogers available with specific domain knowledge to be able to adequately catalog everything."
That's the problem with soundbytes: reductio ad absurdum.
-Aaron
:-)'
-----Original Message-----
From: Next generation catalogs for libraries [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of James Weinheimer
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 4:24 PM
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Authority in an Age of Open Access (an analysis)
On 07/11/2012 16:58, Karen Coyle wrote:
<snip>
> Just tweeted:
>
> "Shirky: The only group that can catalog everything is everybody. #edu12"
>
> That's Educause 2012. Being webcast but unfortunately, it's behind a
> paywall.
</snip>
An ominous tweet! The direction of this kind of attitude must be changed.
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Received on Wed Nov 07 2012 - 16:34:45 EST