From what point of view is a library chaotic?

Nick Arnett listbot at mccmedia.com
Wed Sep 2 20:32:15 EDT 1998


I hope this question isn't too off-the-wall for Web4Lib, but I'm hoping I
can ask it in a way that is at least interesting.  I'm working with the
notion that "organization" is a relative term. That is, one person's order
is another's chaos. The question that emerges is the one in the subject of
this message: From what point of view is a library chaotic?  A similar,
perhaps easier, question would be, "For which potential clientele is the
library least well organized?"

I hope I'm not assuming too much when I suggest that libraries *are*
chaotic to some people.  

This is for the book I'm working on.  I'm not sure if I mentioned in my
last question, but the latest working title for it is, "Metanoia: The
Co-evolution of Technology and Thought."

Nick


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