[11829] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Re: traditional catalog vs. GUI
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (STRAUSS@WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU)
Tue Nov 18 20:34:52 1997
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 13:45:30 -0600
From: STRAUSS@WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU
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I think you did right. New technologies require new ways of
looking at old objects. Catalog cards are still familiar to
older people, but they may soon NOT be.
We, the librarians, and not the computer people, need to design new
'objects.'
Bob Strauss
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Bob Strauss "Duke of URL" Cataloger
Hunter Library Western Carolina U.
strauss@wcu.edu
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The difference between "Middle Ages" and "Middle Age" is not an 's'
but a 'u'.
