tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449424179075324791.post1212626564711789666..comments2024-02-18T02:16:07.976-08:00Comments on synthesize-specialize-mobilize: OCLC's competitive advantageMark Dahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09883637834846756347noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449424179075324791.post-66996125952981885882008-04-19T16:26:00.000-07:002008-04-19T16:26:00.000-07:00Mark,I do like the s-s-m approach. It certainly ma...Mark,<BR/><BR/>I do like the s-s-m approach. It certainly makes a lot more sense as, in a wholly IP world, a "global database with built-in ILL" is changed from a-c-c to pointing at a specialist community's database (hub). If you believe that every inquiry ends in issuing a book then we stick to the a-c-c process. Alternatively, in an IP world, perhaps s-m-s makes even more sense. <BR/><BR/>One thing surprise me though;<BR/>How, when OCLC attempts to develop a (real time) communications network - Questionpoint is the only one i can see - is that it locates a 'specialist' node at a physical library from which, after a question is answered, a librarian must try and find it's references logical online repository. Quite bizarre from a utility point of view. i.e where a community's 'hub' acts as a questionpoint to its communities' INTERACTIVE repositories. <BR/><BR/>I agree with you about TALIS and OCLC being "more about a community committed to sharing resources than about technology". Every community has its preferred app around which it has attracted a community - Flickr, Wiki, Moodle, etc - and which are opening up (using APIs) to expose content to one another.<BR/><BR/>But at the core of every specialist community is its communication's hub, and at the moment the death star doesn't seem to "get it". Fair enough; it's always seen libraries as its customers, not 'their' libraries' patrons. <BR/><BR/>I'm pretty sure that as it does it'll see just how far it's competitive advantage extends to bringnig a few clouds together.<BR/>Discuss. http://www.webjunction.org/forums/<BR/>thread.jspa?messageID=52176쯐simonfjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04583209266917360845noreply@blogger.com