Comments on: Is your OPAC doing what you want it to? http://librariesinteract.info/2007/03/31/is-your-opac-doing-what-you-want-it-to/ Blog central for Australian Libraries Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:14:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dave Pattern http://librariesinteract.info/2007/03/31/is-your-opac-doing-what-you-want-it-to/comment-page-1/#comment-16049 Dave Pattern Sun, 01 Apr 2007 09:50:48 +0000 http://librariesinteract.info/2007/03/31/is-your-opac-doing-what-you-want-it-to/#comment-16049 Hi Andrew Sadly, I think it's a common story in UK public libraries. The irony is that the survey is showing that public libraries are much more interested in adding user centric features (user tagging, comments, etc) than academic libraries are, but it's generally the academic libraries that are in a better position to actually develop these features. Hi Andrew

Sadly, I think it’s a common story in UK public libraries.

The irony is that the survey is showing that public libraries are much more interested in adding user centric features (user tagging, comments, etc) than academic libraries are, but it’s generally the academic libraries that are in a better position to actually develop these features.

]]> By: Andrew F http://librariesinteract.info/2007/03/31/is-your-opac-doing-what-you-want-it-to/comment-page-1/#comment-16044 Andrew F Sun, 01 Apr 2007 07:11:24 +0000 http://librariesinteract.info/2007/03/31/is-your-opac-doing-what-you-want-it-to/#comment-16044 I'm just about to move to a public library, and the OPAC there is quite unusable. Frankly, you need a qualification in Library Science to be able to operate it properly. Interestingly enough, when I spoke to one of the staff about making changes to it, I was told that I would have to try to negotiate with the IT department to get anything changed, and they think that librarians are stupid and know nothing about technology, so good luck. Does anybody else have these kind of problems, where they're keen to be innovative, but other departments that they rely on drag them back down? I’m just about to move to a public library, and the OPAC there is quite unusable. Frankly, you need a qualification in Library Science to be able to operate it properly.

Interestingly enough, when I spoke to one of the staff about making changes to it, I was told that I would have to try to negotiate with the IT department to get anything changed, and they think that librarians are stupid and know nothing about technology, so good luck.

Does anybody else have these kind of problems, where they’re keen to be innovative, but other departments that they rely on drag them back down?

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