[Web4lib] The Ultimate Debate: Do Libraries Innovate?

[Jim Campbell]

This is an interesting question, but even more interesting (and
symptomatic?) is that it has turned into a discussion of the MARC record. If
changing how we handle our metadata is our idea of major innovation, then it
really makes no difference whether the answer to the debate question is Yes
or No.  You have to innovate in a relevant way, and other agencies in our
society have moved on to be concerned with providing direct access to
information and breaking down the barriers our systems have imposed between
types of information.
 
- Jim Campbell
 
Digital Access Librarian | Librarian for German
E-Mail: Campbell at Virginia.Edu | Voice: 434-924-4985
 
Digital Access Services, University of Virginia Library
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/digital/das/