Re: LoC meeting at Google on Bibliographic Future

If we based standards (in part) on user studies, perhaps we could avoid
doing a lot of time-consuming, expensive work on something our users
don't care about and don't use.

What standard do I use to keep the echo in libraries from getting any
louder?

M. Andrews

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[mailto:NGC4LIB <at> listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle
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Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] LoC meeting at Google on Bibliographic Future

That's a great quote -- where is it from? And the minutes of the
inaugural meeting are much more informative than the discussion paper
that is supposed to go along with it.

As for that quote, at the recent ALA I was at a discussion of RDA, and I
passed along a question that had been asked of me: Is RDA being based on
user studies? And Barbara Tillett responded (sounding a bit annoyed):
"You don't base standards on user studies!"

kc

Simon Spero wrote:
> The full name  of the working group is "Library of Congress Working
> Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control", which gives a bit more