Comments on: NCSU Libraries new “pig butchering” OPAC http://www.librarian.net/stax/1610/ncsu-libraries-new-pig-butchering-opac/ putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:08:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jonathan Nil http://www.librarian.net/stax/1610/ncsu-libraries-new-pig-butchering-opac/comment-page-1/#comment-1020 Jonathan Nil Thu, 19 Jan 2006 19:27:43 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/?p=1610#comment-1020 Wow, this is a lot closer to the catalog of my dream, including several features that I've been thinking since I entered library school a year ago (with a bachelor's in CS)---why the heck don't catalogs do THIS, or THAT. The ncsu one, they're trying. Excellent, I find this very exciting. This is where catalogs have to go for libraries to remain relevant. So, graduating from library school in six months--how the heck do I get a job doing stuff like that? Note that they didn't go with an ILS/OPAC vendor to make that catalog do that, the vendor appears to be non-library related. Which is a commentary on something. Wow, this is a lot closer to the catalog of my dream, including several features that I’ve been thinking since I entered library school a year ago (with a bachelor’s in CS)—why the heck don’t catalogs do THIS, or THAT. The ncsu one, they’re trying. Excellent, I find this very exciting. This is where catalogs have to go for libraries to remain relevant.

So, graduating from library school in six months–how the heck do I get a job doing stuff like that?

Note that they didn’t go with an ILS/OPAC vendor to make that catalog do that, the vendor appears to be non-library related. Which is a commentary on something.

]]> By: Dr. Mohamed Taher http://www.librarian.net/stax/1610/ncsu-libraries-new-pig-butchering-opac/comment-page-1/#comment-1012 Dr. Mohamed Taher Mon, 16 Jan 2006 03:02:08 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/?p=1610#comment-1012 Thanks for this info. Quite interesting, and innovative work, as it looks at the outset. But, I think there are a few other efforts to push, pull, and outreach - all in-order-to make the library catalog user-friendly. See my research on Information Visualization, and Mining the library catalogs. A link to this is at my blog. This item is also at my Website http://taher.cjb.net [look for 'Alternative Cataloging / Information Visualization']. I am also with dmoz.org, building the information visualization category. I Will appreciate your feedback. Best. Thanks for this info. Quite interesting, and innovative work, as it looks at the outset.
But, I think there are a few other efforts to push, pull, and outreach – all in-order-to make the library catalog user-friendly.
See my research on Information Visualization, and Mining the library catalogs. A link to this is at my blog.
This item is also at my Website http://taher.cjb.net [look for 'Alternative Cataloging / Information Visualization'].
I am also with dmoz.org, building the information visualization category.
I Will appreciate your feedback. Best.

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