Re: [CODE4LIB] next generation opac mailing list

2006-06-07 Thread Conal Tuohy
Eric Hellman wrote: We need good global metadata catalog/registries. Which of today's catalog functions will require a local institutional catalog tomorrow? I think this is an interesting question. My opinion is that the libraries of tomorrow will have a distributed catalogue: some of it

Re: [CODE4LIB] next generation opac mailing list

2006-06-07 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
On Jun 7, 2006, at 9:35 AM, Conal Tuohy wrote: As well as their MARC records, each library of the future will collect a growing variety of metadata about their holdings, lending histories, reviews contributed by users, clusters harvested from usage patterns, or from full-text transcriptions,

Re: [CODE4LIB] next generation opac mailing list

2006-06-07 Thread LaJeunesse, Brad
Eric Hellman wrote: Let's consider another function of a library catalog- resource discovery for users. Does anyone here really believe that in TEN years Google and/or competitors (maybe even mine) won't be able to hook into an inventory control system and deliver full-text, faceted,

Re: [CODE4LIB] next generation opac mailing list

2006-06-06 Thread Dinberg Donna
On the other hand we are a bunch o' hackers, and there is more to this thing (whatever it is called) than code. We need the perspective of catalogers, reference types, administrators, vendors, etc. Thus, the idea for creating a new list. Eric, some of these folks are already here and

Re: [CODE4LIB] next generation opac mailing list

2006-06-06 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
On Jun 6, 2006, at 10:54 AM, Dinberg Donna wrote: Eric, some of these folks are already here and listening. I'm not a hacker (maybe in the next life ...), but am a former cataloguer and reference techie with current responsibility for monitoring a broad range of innovative discussions,

Re: [CODE4LIB] next generation opac mailing list

2006-06-06 Thread Andrew Darby
nucat4lib ? hepcat4lib ? nopac4lib ? andrew p.s. happy national day of slayer, http://www.nationaldayofslayer.org/

Re: [CODE4LIB] next generation opac mailing list

2006-06-06 Thread Teresa Victoriana Sierra
I generally don't get into the discussion threads, but merely enjoy what is being said. However, Eric...you have touched a nerve. I agree that we need to be thinking about the way libraries will look in the future. But to say that the library catalog is serving only the purposes of the people

Re: [CODE4LIB] next generation opac mailing list

2006-06-06 Thread Young,Jeff (OR)
innovation. Systems deter it. Jeff -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Teresa Victoriana Sierra Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 2:25 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] next generation opac mailing list I generally don't get

Re: [CODE4LIB] next generation opac mailing list

2006-06-06 Thread Alexander Johannesen
Hi, On 6/7/06, Jonathan Rochkind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My impression is that there are LOTS of catalogers interested in discussing this topic---the future of The Catalog. As much as I would love to disagree with you, I don't. :) My stance on this is not to let hackers create applications

Re: [CODE4LIB] next generation opac mailing list

2006-06-06 Thread Ross Singer
On 6/6/06, Alexander Johannesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, You can thank NCSU for bringing the catalogers, reference types, administrators, vendors, etc. to the table. Hmm, how so? I've been at the table with many of them for many years already and know them quite well. :) Are you

Re: [CODE4LIB] next generation opac mailing list

2006-06-06 Thread Alexander Johannesen
Hiya, On 6/7/06, Ross Singer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That by trotting out their Endeca powered catalog, they've finally gotten the tangible that we nerds have been unable to get institutional support for. Now every librarian in the country wants clustering and faceted search. Sorry, I'm in

Re: [CODE4LIB] next generation opac mailing list

2006-06-05 Thread Peter Schlumpf
: [CODE4LIB] next generation opac mailing list I have been reading the comments here and I am in favor of creating a list for discussing the next generation catalog/information system/whatever. I have been to 2 workshops in the last month where I have heard 2 people from different universities talk

Re: [CODE4LIB] next generation opac mailing list

2006-06-05 Thread Alexander Johannesen
On 6/6/06, Michael Bowden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We need something. My ILS has decided that their next generation catalog will be a portal with its own database, etc. I already have one database with MARC data why do I need another to hold the non-MARC data. Why isn't my ILS working to