Comments on: Are libraries that far behind? http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2007/10/18/are-libraries-that-far-behind/ A blog about family, technology, and libraries Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: <![CDATA[Steve]]> http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2007/10/18/are-libraries-that-far-behind/comment-page-1/#comment-2181 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:41:09 +0000 http://familymanlibrarian.com/?p=700#comment-2181 Thanks for the comment, Emily. One specific technology area I can point to where companies are very much behind most libraries is the so-called social web. For instance I can tell others about how a wiki works 'til I am blue in the face, and many of my colleagues still don't "get it." Thanks for the comment, Emily. One specific technology area I can point to where companies are very much behind most libraries is the so-called social web. For instance I can tell others about how a wiki works ’til I am blue in the face, and many of my colleagues still don’t “get it.”

]]> By: <![CDATA[Emily]]> http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2007/10/18/are-libraries-that-far-behind/comment-page-1/#comment-2180 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:20:31 +0000 http://familymanlibrarian.com/?p=700#comment-2180 We do spend a lot of time fretting about being behind, and I usually think with good reason. However, it's good to come back to earth now and then and remember not to over idealize the corporate world. The other day, a librarian lectured me on a particular (minor!) inefficiency in our ILS, saying, "You know, this would never happen in the business world!" I really had to hold back from laughing at that one. Sure. "The Business World" is perfect and is never, ever inefficient in any way! If you really think that, I think you've got to take a harder look at "The Business World". And I definitely agree that being too far ahead is almost as bad as always playing catch up. It's a delicate balance, sometimes, between trying to push too much too soon and getting left behind entirely. We do spend a lot of time fretting about being behind, and I usually think with good reason. However, it’s good to come back to earth now and then and remember not to over idealize the corporate world.

The other day, a librarian lectured me on a particular (minor!) inefficiency in our ILS, saying, “You know, this would never happen in the business world!” I really had to hold back from laughing at that one. Sure. “The Business World” is perfect and is never, ever inefficient in any way! If you really think that, I think you’ve got to take a harder look at “The Business World”.

And I definitely agree that being too far ahead is almost as bad as always playing catch up. It’s a delicate balance, sometimes, between trying to push too much too soon and getting left behind entirely.

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