I agree -- the term OPAC brings with it a whole set of last-generation
assumptions.  It strikes me as being like starting a list on new
developments in Web technology called "Gopher 3.0" or something.

Also, NGO is traditionally used to describe Non-Governmental
Organizations like the Red Cross, Amnesty International, etc.  Probably
more people are familiar with the acronym NGO than with OPAC.

--Casey


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Perhaps I'm too much of a radical, but for me even leaving "OPAC" in
the
mailing list name would be to already admit defeat.


Peter

On 6/5/06 3:40 PM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
> What do y'all think of the possible creation of a mailing list
called
> "next generation" OPAC for libraries -- ngo4lib?
>
> The purpose of such a list would be to discuss things like but not
> limited to:
>
>    * who would be the audience of such a system
>    * what such a system might contain
>    * how such a system would be created

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