http://www.web2learning.net/archives/1067 Web 2.0 and programming tips from a library technology enthusiast, What I Learned Today... covers blogs, rss, wikis and more as they relate to libraries. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:01:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.web2learning.net/archives/1067#comment-45549 Nicole Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:35:27 +0000 http://www.web2learning.net/archives/1067#comment-45549 I also think that the lines are blurring all over the place. One area that interests me particularly, libraries are publishing their own digital collections - does that make the publishers are our peers? I don't know the answer to that - but I do agree that whether you think of them as peers or not - we do need to adopt some of their methods and technologies - why re-invent the wheel? I also think that the lines are blurring all over the place. One area that interests me particularly, libraries are publishing their own digital collections - does that make the publishers are our peers? I don’t know the answer to that - but I do agree that whether you think of them as peers or not - we do need to adopt some of their methods and technologies - why re-invent the wheel?

]]> http://www.web2learning.net/archives/1067#comment-45495 Peter Murray Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:57:08 +0000 http://www.web2learning.net/archives/1067#comment-45495 I think you are on to something, Nicole. Whether it is NCSU enhancing their catalog with Endeca or materials processing vendors making a showing in the ALA vendor exhibition, libraries -- in the whole scheme of things -- are a small but meaningful segment for non-traditionally-library vendors. The corollary is something like "what can we learn from and/or adopt from other industries." I'm not sure we're quite so good at that... I think you are on to something, Nicole. Whether it is NCSU enhancing their catalog with Endeca or materials processing vendors making a showing in the ALA vendor exhibition, libraries — in the whole scheme of things — are a small but meaningful segment for non-traditionally-library vendors. The corollary is something like “what can we learn from and/or adopt from other industries.” I’m not sure we’re quite so good at that…

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