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7 February 2007

The Online Library Catalog: Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained?

Category: Clippings

From Current Cites (January 2007):

Markey, Karen. “The Online Library Catalog: Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained?” D-Lib Magazine (January/February 2007). - Markey throws down the gauntlet and challenges libraries to remake library catalogs partly in the model of Google (embrace “post-Boolean” probabilistic searching), partly in the model of classic library strategies (embrace subject cataloging), and partly something entirely new (expand with qualification metadata). She precedes her proposed solution to library catalog woes with a brief litany of failure and an examination of why people use Google. Even if you don’t agree with all of her points, there is plenty to ponder and discuss and (hopefully) lead to experimentation and implementation. My only criticism is that our gaze needs to encompass more than library catalogs at this point or else we’re toast before we begin. - RT

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