[Web4lib] a mailing list called ngc4lib has been created

Eric Lease Morgan emorgan at nd.edu
Tue Jun 6 16:24:59 EDT 2006


A mailing list has been created called NGC4Lib -- Next Generation  
Catalogs for Libraries. See:

   http://dewey.library.nd.edu/mailing-lists/ngc4lib/


NGC4Lib is open to anybody in the world, and its purpose is to  
discuss things including but not limited to:

   * Who are the primary intended audiences for a library's
     "card catalog"?

   * Considering the changing nature of information access in an
     Internet environment, how is an electronic "card catalog" of
     today different from the one designed ten or fifteen years ago?

   * What kind of content should these "card catalogs" contain?

   * To what degree are these things "catalogs" (as in inventory
     lists), and to what degree are they finding aids?

   * To what degree should traditional cataloging practices be
     used in such a thing, or to what degree should new and upcoming
     practices such as FRBR be exploited?

   * How would such a thing get created and by whom?

   * What are some of the functionalities of "next generation"
     catalog?


Mailing list functions

To subscribe send an email message to listserv at listserv.nd.edu, and  
in the body of your message enter "subscribe ngc4lib Your Name" where  
"Your Name" is... your name.

To send a message to the list, send it to ngc4lib at listserv.nd.edu.

To unsubscribe send a message to listserv at listserv.nd.edu, and send  
"unsubscribe ngc4lib".

You can also use this link to manage your subscription:

   http://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?LMGT1=ngc4lib

An archive of the mailing list's postings are available from these  
two URL's:

   1. http://dewey.library.nd.edu/mailing-lists/ngc4lib/archive/
   2. http://listserv.nd.edu/archives/ngc4lib.html


-- 
Eric "I Hope Something Doesn't Go Wrong" Morgan
Head, Digital Access and Information Architecture Department
University Libraries of Notre Dame

(574) 631-8604

I'm hiring a Senior Programmer Analyst.
See http://dewey.library.nd.edu/morgan/programmer/.





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