[Web4lib] next generation opac mailing list

[Thomas Bennett]

I think I may be quoting you from a previous email to this list, but I 
remember seeing this before:

NouveauPac

Thomas


On Monday 05 June 2006 16:11, 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?

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