Gareth Osler wrote:
> I listened to an audio mp3 download of the following:
>
> "A Library WOT and SWOT" University of Washington Information School, Dean
> Emeritus and Professor: Mike Eisenberg
> http://www.ifla.org/VII/s46/conf/SeattleProgram.htm (scroll down page to
> final day's 'Keynote address')
>
> Eisenberg talked about software that enabled someone to find a book using
> the Amazon catalogue and then see if their local library had a copy.
> Eisenberg suggested that we drop the traditional online library catalogue
> and let people use Amazon instead.
>
>
> Gareth Osler
> Livepool
>
>
But what about when people are looking for older books that aren't on
something like Amazon (which is also the main complaint against Tim
Coates and his 'library? That's a funny way to spell 'bookshop''
attitude)? I'd rather encourage something like 'Whats in London's
Libraries' as people's first port of call for searching for a title and
then seeing which libraries have it.
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