For many, materials that are not in Google are 'off
web' are not discovered. In the course of his discussion he makes some points about
repositories and discovery that intersect with recent discussion in these pages. We
have been using the phrase 'collective collection' to evoke the more focused
attention to coordinated development, management and disclosure of collections this
suggests.
Of particular interest is the volume of information
on the Web that documents more and more aspects of human activity and knowledge. We
need to get used to thinking about disclosure.
How do you optimize local resources? Maybe I will
get around to it, or maybe by the time I do that somebody else will have begun the
work . uk and see if I got the same results for my search for eFoundations, a
UK-based blog. But there is agreement on one point: Libraries must stay flexible.
Flow works both ways - it helps the library, but it also helps Amazon because
someone might want to buy a used book that is out of print from Amazon. I remember
that I could not check what was being said, because from my US location I could not
replicate her Danish experience. How do you optimize local resources?
The different view of the world was interesting,
although I did not systematically try to work out what was happening with the
defaults for choice of service, search, presentation and so on.
Generally, you would use this format only if you
already have a site that uses this protocol.
I am working on finding a way to include library
hotspots from JiWire and other sources.
Social networking fills the gap. Some of these
covers are masterpieces of picture research.
How people move around the web is becoming more
interesting.
"Using Circulation, ILL and Collection
Characteristics for the Development of Policies for Collections and ILL
Services.
Things that are not intended to be consumed on the
web but work on your mobile devices, on your PDAs, transportable with you
everywhere.