http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas/2009/02/the-future-is-analogue/ Ideas linking Libraries, Computing, E-learning, and anything else that springs to mind. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:51:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas/2009/02/the-future-is-analogue/comment-page-1/#comment-229 UMR - Unified Metadata Resources @ CommonPlace.Net Fri, 29 May 2009 21:43:30 +0000 http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas/?p=12#comment-229 [...] “The Future is Analogue [...] [...] “The Future is Analogue [...]

]]> http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas/2009/02/the-future-is-analogue/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Lukas Koster Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:29:21 +0000 http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas/?p=12#comment-11 See my post <a href="http://commonplace.net/2009/04/umr-unified-metadata-resources" rel="nofollow">http://commonplace.net/2009/04/umr-unified-metadata-resources</a> See my post http://commonplace.net/2009/04/umr-unified-metadata-resources

]]> http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas/2009/02/the-future-is-analogue/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Owen Stephens Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:11:15 +0000 http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas/?p=12#comment-10 The OpenLibrary (<a href="http://openlibrary.org/)" rel="nofollow">http://openlibrary.org/)</a> has the aim of "One web page for every book ever published." - and is doing a pretty good job of going in this direction. This is definitely a step forward, but I don't think it is enough for libraries to think 'oh, someone is doing this' - we either need to be doing it with them or independently. My concern is that in general libraries have not shown that they understand the web, or how to 'put things on the web' - it isn't enough to just make a web interface to a catalogue (something that I saw recently described as " just a telnet search with some CSS and has no extra benefits" - see <a href="http://dev8d.jiscinvolve.org/2009/02/10/uber-users-tom-morris-and-mike-green/#more-24)" rel="nofollow">http://dev8d.jiscinvolve.org/2009/02/10/uber-users-tom-morris-and-mike-green/#more-24)</a> "Technology doesn't magically fall into everyone's lap" - you are absolutely right - of course I meant anyone who has a web page. The OpenLibrary (http://openlibrary.org/) has the aim of “One web page for every book ever published.” – and is doing a pretty good job of going in this direction.
This is definitely a step forward, but I don’t think it is enough for libraries to think ‘oh, someone is doing this’ – we either need to be doing it with them or independently. My concern is that in general libraries have not shown that they understand the web, or how to ‘put things on the web’ – it isn’t enough to just make a web interface to a catalogue (something that I saw recently described as ” just a telnet search with some CSS and has no extra benefits” – see http://dev8d.jiscinvolve.org/2009/02/10/uber-users-tom-morris-and-mike-green/#more-24)
“Technology doesn’t magically fall into everyone’s lap” – you are absolutely right – of course I meant anyone who has a web page.

]]> http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas/2009/02/the-future-is-analogue/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Michael Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:53:21 +0000 http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas/?p=12#comment-9 >>> If every book in your catalogue had it's own URL... Erm, I think this is happening. Can't remember the website, but I know someone started doing this (crazy project) a while back now! >>> you would have, in a single step, enabled anyone in the world to add metadata to the book Anyone in the world? Not by a long shot. Technology doesn't magically fall into everyone's lap just because we have more than we need here in the West ;p >>> If every book in your catalogue had it’s own URL…
Erm, I think this is happening. Can’t remember the website, but I know someone started doing this (crazy project) a while back now!
>>> you would have, in a single step, enabled anyone in the world to add metadata to the book
Anyone in the world? Not by a long shot. Technology doesn’t magically fall into everyone’s lap just because we have more than we need here in the West ;p

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