http://dltj.org/article/marc-oil/ We're Disrupted, We're Librarians, and We're Not Going to Take It Anymore Wed, 23 May 2012 16:01:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://dltj.org/article/marc-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-12666 Disruptive Library Technology Jester :: Do I Want to be a Warrior in ALA’s Battle? Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:17:41 +0000 http://dltj.org/?p=17#comment-12666 [...] Admittedly, I was not in Seattle last month so I may be a little out of tune with the workings of my association, but has there been a declaration of war that I missed? Is there really a battle underway for the hearts and minds of our patrons? Is this the only reason ALA exists? Perhaps this is a personal bias, but this message conjures up mental images of feuding over MARC tags and mind-numbing debate of resolutions during ALA membership sessions that would seem to have very little to do with the real world. [...] [...] Admittedly, I was not in Seattle last month so I may be a little out of tune with the workings of my association, but has there been a declaration of war that I missed? Is there really a battle underway for the hearts and minds of our patrons? Is this the only reason ALA exists? Perhaps this is a personal bias, but this message conjures up mental images of feuding over MARC tags and mind-numbing debate of resolutions during ALA membership sessions that would seem to have very little to do with the real world. [...]

]]> http://dltj.org/article/marc-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-6 12 frogs » Blog Archive » Some geek with my whine Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:03:01 +0000 http://dltj.org/?p=17#comment-6 [...] New-to-me blog Disruptive Library Technology Jester asks The MARC format: the Library Equivalent to Reliance on Oil? [...] [...] New-to-me blog Disruptive Library Technology Jester asks The MARC format: the Library Equivalent to Reliance on Oil? [...]

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