[Web4lib] Dewey or Don't we or Books and Oranges

[Robert L. Balliot]

Comparing a library scheme with a grocery store is comparing books with
oranges. Books are not the product, they are the product containers. Do you
know what is inside a book in a pile of books twenty yards away without a
catalog? Do you know what is inside an orange in a pile of oranges twenty
yards away?  What we need are better OPACs.  
 
Can we rethink the OPAC?  What about having a voice activated or even a
breath activated interface?
 
Here is a great site to help you start imagining the possibilities - I got a
huge kick out of it:
 
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/#research


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Robert L. Balliot
1-401-396-2655
Skype: RBalliot
Bristol, Rhode Island
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm
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