[WEB4LIB] Re: In defense of stupid users

[Hester, Mary]

Thanks for giving me words to live by. :-)


-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Roy Tennant
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 12:29 PM
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Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: In defense of stupid users

This sounds suspiciously like a quote of mine, dating back at least to 
October 2001, in the Library Journal "Digital Libraries" column of that 
month: <http://libraryjournal.com/article/CA170458>. "Only librarians 
like to search, everyone else likes to find." I've also used this in 
too many presentations to count, and it never fails to get a knowing 
laugh.
Roy

On May 5, 2005, at 10:15 AM, Hester, Mary wrote:

> Somewhere I read/heard a comment that I have tried to keep in mind.
>
> Only librarians enjoy looking for information.  Everyone else just 
> wants
> to be able to use the information and would really prefer that it was
> just handed to them.
>
> I can't tell you the source or even the exact quote but it is
something
> we need to remember.
>
> Mary
> hesterm at bartonccc.edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Drew, Bill
> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 11:52 AM
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> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: In defense of stupid users
>
> Frankly, its not "stupid users" that are the problem.  Its librarians
> that just don't get it about users wanting to find information not
> wanting to search.  My first search tool of choice is usually Google.
>
> Bill Drew
> drewwe at morrisville.edu
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