Comments on: We Are Broken, Not “Them” http://wanderingeyre.com/2006/06/05/we-are-broken-not-them/ traversing life with words Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:17:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Laura http://wanderingeyre.com/2006/06/05/we-are-broken-not-them/comment-page-1/#comment-2231 Laura Tue, 06 Jun 2006 04:23:12 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2006/06/05/we-are-broken-not-them/#comment-2231 <em>The library does not belong to librarians, it belongs to users. It. Is. Not. Ours. Period.</em> What do you mean? Those are my books! Mine! Mine! And that is why we make the OPAC so difficult--it's because we don't want anyone finding our resources and taking them away! Sheesh. . . I'll lift a glass or two to the changing nature of the catalog, the library, and the librarian. Here's to the future! The library does not belong to librarians, it belongs to users. It. Is. Not. Ours. Period.

What do you mean? Those are my books! Mine! Mine! And that is why we make the OPAC so difficult–it’s because we don’t want anyone finding our resources and taking them away!

Sheesh. . . I’ll lift a glass or two to the changing nature of the catalog, the library, and the librarian. Here’s to the future!

]]> By: Life as I Know It » Blog Archive » The User Certainly Isn’t Broken - But Neither is the Library http://wanderingeyre.com/2006/06/05/we-are-broken-not-them/comment-page-1/#comment-2229 Life as I Know It » Blog Archive » The User Certainly Isn’t Broken - But Neither is the Library Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:08:22 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2006/06/05/we-are-broken-not-them/#comment-2229 [...] Last week, K.G. Schneider wrote a very thought provoking post entitled THE USER IS NOT BROKEN: A MEME MASQUERADING AS A MANIFESTO on her blog, Free Range Librarian. I have to say that I spent all weekend pondering this article, thinking about it, and regurgitating it. She has some awesome points: “The user is not broken, ” “The user is the sun,” and my personal favorite, “The most significant help you can provide your users is to add value and meaning to the information experience, wherever it happens; defend their right to read; and then get out of the way.” All of her points are worth a read - and worth further discussion. (Jane, over at A Wandering Eyre, added some of her own suggestions in a post entitled “We Are Broken, Not “Them.”) [...] [...] Last week, K.G. Schneider wrote a very thought provoking post entitled THE USER IS NOT BROKEN: A MEME MASQUERADING AS A MANIFESTO on her blog, Free Range Librarian. I have to say that I spent all weekend pondering this article, thinking about it, and regurgitating it. She has some awesome points: “The user is not broken, ” “The user is the sun,” and my personal favorite, “The most significant help you can provide your users is to add value and meaning to the information experience, wherever it happens; defend their right to read; and then get out of the way.” All of her points are worth a read – and worth further discussion. (Jane, over at A Wandering Eyre, added some of her own suggestions in a post entitled “We Are Broken, Not “Them.”) [...]

]]> By: joshua m. neff http://wanderingeyre.com/2006/06/05/we-are-broken-not-them/comment-page-1/#comment-2227 joshua m. neff Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:28:49 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2006/06/05/we-are-broken-not-them/#comment-2227 <i>The library does not belong to librarians, it belongs to users. It. Is. Not. Ours. Period.</i> Testify! The library does not belong to librarians, it belongs to users. It. Is. Not. Ours. Period.

Testify!

]]> By: K.G. Schneider http://wanderingeyre.com/2006/06/05/we-are-broken-not-them/comment-page-1/#comment-2226 K.G. Schneider Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:58:33 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2006/06/05/we-are-broken-not-them/#comment-2226 Ah... yes... the dumbing-down issue... we must have drinks at ALA... Ah… yes… the dumbing-down issue… we must have drinks at ALA…

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