Comments on: Article: Collective Instinct http://www.l1brar1an.com/?p=194 Collection Development for My Random Life. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:03:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: L1brar1an http://www.l1brar1an.com/?p=194&cpage=1#comment-2533 L1brar1an Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:19:50 +0000 http://www.l1brar1an.com/?p=194#comment-2533 I like the end paragraph too... it says alot about how libraries need to look at search features and accessibility of collections in relation... well in relation to reality of their use. "Categorizing objects – or ideas, or people – is an efficiency, not a truth. And though it is critical for designers, it is not the whole story. What we try to achieve in design moves beyond that surface level of systematic efficiency to encompass also the underlying harmonizing factors that bring design to life: not just the object, but the relationships that surround it." I like the end paragraph too… it says alot about how libraries need to look at search features and accessibility of collections in relation… well in relation to reality of their use.

“Categorizing objects – or ideas, or people – is an efficiency, not a truth. And though it is critical for designers, it is not the whole story. What we try to achieve in design moves beyond that surface level of systematic efficiency to encompass also the underlying harmonizing factors that bring design to life: not just the object, but the relationships that surround it.”

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