Yes, comparing a boring old, dirty book to the globally connected and hi-tech power of the Internets typically ends in disappointment . . . But at least this new library makes homework for po'folk students easier to find.
More deets about the new system:
"It is used by some of the largest and most prestigious public library systems in North America . . . The same software is used in neighboring Johnson County, Olathe, and Mid-Continent libraries (coming January 2017) which will facilitate an exciting digital collaboration coming to fruition next year."
Warning . . . This kinda stuff is what librarians think is exciting.
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The Kansas City Public Library gets a new online catalog
More deets about the new system:
"It is used by some of the largest and most prestigious public library systems in North America . . . The same software is used in neighboring Johnson County, Olathe, and Mid-Continent libraries (coming January 2017) which will facilitate an exciting digital collaboration coming to fruition next year."
Warning . . . This kinda stuff is what librarians think is exciting.
Read more:
The Kansas City Public Library gets a new online catalog
It would be a wonderful idea if the nations libraries would form a strategic plan to get content online. In the long run it would save American tax payers billions, be ecologically friendly, save millions in fuels consumption costs, reduce brick and mortar costs significantly and improve access and acquisition time beyond belief. Hell, if we can do it with porn we ought to do it with books. I guess such a situation would just fuck up the concept that smart cities are those with a couple of intermittently operating kiosks near trains loaded with 1900's technology.
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