[Web4lib] Interesting Web/Library 2.0data(wasparticpationSkillsfor Library 2.0 Leaders)

[Robert L. Balliot]

I think that one other thing that should be considered is the
function of time.  If you look at the news today, Yahoo has
announced closure of two of its services.  The internet marketplace
changes very quickly.  Services come and go.

Yahoo! has ruled as a directory search, that is their
real strength.  In the general marketplace the numbers
dictate the content. The pressure to generate click through
revenue and sell to the mass audience to please stockholders
is going to apply constant pressure on all of the free services.

Whenever I have purchased for libraries, the focus has been
on permanence. You expect libraries to continue to exist over
time as repositories of information.  Although the free search
engines and their apis may be great, there is no guarantee of
permanence.

Was the information correct?  Maybe not.  Was it scholarly? 
Maybe not. Were they satisfied with what they received? 
Maybe so, because like high fructose corn syrup and 
hydrogenated fat it was sweet, cheap and filling.  


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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Bennett
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 11:28 AM
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Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Interesting Web/Library
2.0data(wasparticpationSkillsfor Library 2.0 Leaders)


On Wednesday 09 May 2007 10:34, Lars Aronsson wrote:
> Walker, David wrote:
> > A system like that would not only be as easy to use as Google,
> > it would be in many ways better, since it would be tailored to
> > our community,
>
> So cut down on the words and show me a URL where this has been
> proven.

This is not proof but given time...

Shouldn't be to difficult to make an easy and intuitive solution for a great

number of users, granted not all users,  with Zotero 
( http;//www.zotero.org/ ) and Libx ( http://www.libx.org/ ).  Although this

restritcts itself to one browser, Firefox.  Zotero is beta and several 
libraries are only testing Libz but as I said 'given time...'.