tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081576141653618753.post4182628353878799376..comments2024-03-12T14:14:59.653-07:00Comments on Two Piece Set: InfoCamp 2007 Live: Gateways to Information and Information Technologies in Public LibrariesSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10553935900881505139noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081576141653618753.post-74437258066373441372007-10-16T22:28:00.000-07:002007-10-16T22:28:00.000-07:00oh great Nickster:1. why didn't i know about this...oh great Nickster:<BR/><BR/>1. why didn't i know about this event? Why wasn't I there with you?<BR/><BR/>2. yes, libraries need to provide unified access to their data stores. Absolutely. One of the biggest problems is the !#$#!$ proprietary scholarly publishing (e.g. journal articles) and the @!#$#!@$ proprietary databases. My best solutions so far:<BR/><BR/>1. Stop the world. Have the tenure process insist on open access journals, so libraries could get full text access to any material of interest.<BR/><BR/>2. Negotiate with providers of said databases and journals. If they won't share full text info (or even metadata) at reasonable prices, then ...<BR/><BR/>3. Provide software so journals and databases can easily provide a read-only lucene index to libraries (or access to it) so libraries can include the information in the single search, even without direct access to the full text.<BR/><BR/>4. Libraries need to stop discarding all their usage data that would tell them about usage patterns of individuals. It's a gold mine of info that libraries throw away. Look what amazon does with it!!!! Yes, there are privacy issues. But I predict many many library users would be willing to have their usage data collected to improve library services. How many people are reading about how to make nuclear bombs or otherwise do evil deeds?<BR/><BR/>Not that this stuff is my job, or anything ...Naomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110399946779003895noreply@blogger.com