Comments on: It’s not that simple

By: blyberg.net » OPACs in the frying pan, Vendors in the fire

blyberg.net » OPACs in the frying pan, Vendors in the fire — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:22:24 +0000

[...] June 15 - It’s not that simple - We’re back to Nicole who also takes on Dchud’s post. [...]

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 23:00:55 +0000

I’m joining the imperfect world with all of my “perfect” ideas!

Right now my time and energey are going towards getting my degree - after that - we’ll see what changes I can instate.

By: dchud

dchud — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:27:16 +0000

Who said anything about any of this being easy? The only easy part of it is to simply decide that “we require something different to serve our community better.” Figuring out the details and making it happen might just take your whole career.

As for “not being a ‘real’ librarian” — too late, you already signed up, you’re in the club. Welcome to the imperfect world.

You have a whole career in front of you to make decisions. There are so many individuals in our profession who have singlehandedly brought massive change-for-the-better that to set your sights any lower than following their examples is to stumble out of the gate. So don’t sell yourself short — not even now, while you’re still in school — you are in complete control of where *your* time and energy will go.

By: OPAChyderm » The cost of switching

OPAChyderm » The cost of switching — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 19:18:05 +0000

[...] In a post titled It’s not that simple over at "What I learned today":http://www.web2learning.net/, Nicole Engard takes on the notion that we can "vote with out feet" (or wallets or whatever) when it comes to the OPAC. [...]

By: Free Markets, Bad Products, Slow Change Rates « MaisonBisson.com

Free Markets, Bad Products, Slow Change Rates « MaisonBisson.com — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:23:59 +0000

[...] The rub comes from the fact that many people don’t feel libraries and ILS vendors exist in a free market, and Dchud is hopping mad that those people don’t realize that vendors won’t compete like it’s a free market until their customers start exercising some free-market sensibility (as suggested in his Ã¢â‚¬Å“you can choose NOT TO BUY THE FREAKIN’ PRODUCTÃ¢â‚¬Â point). [...]