Stan Shebs <shebs(a)apple.com> writes:
Thinking about it some more (instead of working,
ahem), it might
work better to start small - organize as regular sessions with 10-20
people, which requires nothing from the library, but still gives you
synergy from the f2f discussion.
Yes, this has some value in itself.
There could be some interesting specializations with
this; for
instance, one person to run to the stacks and find the books with the
needed factoids, another to check articles against books, and a third
to type in the bibliographical details about the books used.
Strictly spoken, the third stage isn't required. You can fetch the
book records from libraries as the LoC using Z39.50 software. Checkput
the YAZ toolkit provided by
http://www.Indexdata.dk (it already comes
with some GNU/Linux distribution).
An example session goes as follows:
yaz-client
Z> marccharset auto
Z> open z3950.loc.gov:7090/voyager
Z> find @and @attr 1=4 code @attr 1=1003 lessig
Z> show
001 11950921
005 20030619102947.0
008 000323s1999 nyua b 001 0 eng d
906 $a 7 $b cbc $c copycat $d 1 $e ncip $f 20 $g y-gencatlg
925 0 $a acquire $b 2 shelf copies $x policy default
955 $a CAD uf18 03-23-00; 1 copy to CIP uf18 03-23-00
955 $a HAND CARRY to HLCD pb11 03-31-00; lh08 to subj. 04-06-00; lf14 HLCD/Rom subj. to
SL 04-06-00 12:50 p.m.; lj05 04-06-00 to Dewey; aa11 04-10-00 $a ld11 2001-07-02 cp2 to
BCCD
010 $a 00271772
035 $a (OCoLC)ocm42860053
040 $a GWL $c GWL $d DPL $d DLC
042 $a lccopycat
020 $a 046503912X
050 00 $a K564.C6 $b L47 1999
082 00 $a 303.48/33 $2 21
100 1 $a Lessig, Lawrence.
245 10 $a Code and other laws of cyberspace / $c Lawrence Lessig.
246 30 $a Code
260 $a New York : $b Basic Books, $c c1999.
300 $a xii, 297 p. : $b ill. ; $c 25 cm.
504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-288) and index.
650 0 $a Information superhighway $x Law and legislation.
650 0 $a Computers $x Law and legislation.
650 0 $a Electronic commerce $x Law and legislation.
650 0 $a Freedom of information.
650 0 $a Privacy, Right of.
The more readable XML format is possible as well.
And then when copyright issues are cleared we can store the records in
a database; a specialized system is idzebra also provided by IndexData:
http://www.indexdata.dk/zebra/ . Please, make use of such a
standardized system; don't try to invent "something better" ...
Our computerphobic friends might especially appreciate
the opportunity
to participate without needing to be a speed typist.
:-)
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