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Hmm, isn't that what LITA's OSSIG is about (or should be)? On Mar 27, 2008, at 1:05 PM, Kyle Banerjee wrote: >> ..... I would hope that it would >> be a community that feels more welcoming to the librarians who >> usually hand >> off anything related to technology to "the people who are supposed >> to handle >> those kinds of things for us." > > It concerns me that technology is seen as belonging to another > discipline entirely despite the fact that libraries are extremely > technology dependent. It is this dynamic which has led to a "shopping > club" mentality presumes that the best solutions will come from the > outside. > > Anything that encourages librarians to be more technology > aware/capable is a good thing. Given that oss stuff has better > prospects of success with larger rather than smaller communities, it > seems like the better way to address the issue is find where people > naturally gravitate, and then try to make that environment work for as > many people as possible. That ultimately leads to better cross > pollination of ideas. > > kyle > >