[Web4lib] The data death spiral

[Drew, Bill]

This makes no sense at all to me.  

Wilfred (Bill) Drew
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of 
> Alexander Johannesen
> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 8:29 PM
> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: [Web4lib] The data death spiral
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> On the SIGIA-L list someone pointed to
> http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/?p=147, and I got stuck on number two
> ;
> 
> "No opinions are considered without data. Opinions are good if they
> come from smart thoughtful experts. If you are in a world where you,
> as an expert, can't make obvious improvements without 10 pages of
> supporting material, guess what happens? Nothing happens. People spend
> all their time defending the obvious and the scale of work, and the
> energy to improve, drops dramatically."
> 
> Given the commitee structures of the library world, does anybody but
> me feel I'm living in this spiral?
> 
> 
> Alex
> --
> "Ultimately, all things are known because you want to believe 
> you know."
>                                                          - 
> Frank Herbert
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