Comments on: Other trends: Maricopa, Phoenix, and RDA/DC http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/06/16/other-trends-maricopa-phoenix-and-rdadc/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:59:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: kgs http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/06/16/other-trends-maricopa-phoenix-and-rdadc/comment-page-1/#comment-10927 kgs Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:59:19 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/06/16/other-trends-maricopa-phoenix-and-rdadc/#comment-10927 I did, although I thought it was not compelling, for a number of reasons, including the author's digressions about San Francisco Public Library. Having lived in the Bay Area, I know San Franciscans like nothing better than to eat their young. I did, although I thought it was not compelling, for a number of reasons, including the author’s digressions about San Francisco Public Library. Having lived in the Bay Area, I know San Franciscans like nothing better than to eat their young.

]]> By: Mita Williams http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/06/16/other-trends-maricopa-phoenix-and-rdadc/comment-page-1/#comment-10923 Mita Williams Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:13:35 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/06/16/other-trends-maricopa-phoenix-and-rdadc/#comment-10923 Did you read <a href="http://www.harpers.org/archive/2007/05/0081511" rel="nofollow">A World in Three Aisles</a> in the May issue of Harper's? It's a profile of <a href="http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alysons/library.html" rel="nofollow">The Prelinger Library</a> - "An appropriation-friendly, image-rich, experimental research library." The <a href="http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alysons/LibraryOrg.html" rel="nofollow">organization of this library</a> is largely personal although it said to be inspired by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warburg_Institute" rel="nofollow">Warburg Institute Library</a>. If the use of RFID tags takes off in libraryland then it may be possible to create and re-create different collections within library collections without any loss in the ability to search and find known items. Did you read A World in Three Aisles in the May issue of Harper’s? It’s a profile of The Prelinger Library – “An appropriation-friendly, image-rich, experimental research library.” The organization of this library is largely personal although it said to be inspired by the Warburg Institute Library.

If the use of RFID tags takes off in libraryland then it may be possible to create and re-create different collections within library collections without any loss in the ability to search and find known items.

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