[Web4lib] next generation opac mailing list

[Robin Shapiro]

Sounds like a great idea, with the caveats both Davids expressed on the 
listname -- how about nextgencat or nextcat4lib?  Or nextopac?

Robin Shapiro
Reference Librarian
PCC Rock Creek
robin.shapiro at pcc.edu



Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
>
> 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/.
>
>
>
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