[Web4lib] next generation opac mailing list

[Eric Lease Morgan]

What do you think about the idea of the creation of mailing list such  
as "next generation" OPAC -- ngo4lib?
The list's purpose would be 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 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"
     OPAC?

-- 
Eric Lease 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/.