https://maisonbisson.com/tags/compare/ Recent content in compare on MaisonBisson Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sun, 07 May 2006 16:54:02 +0000 https://maisonbisson.com/post/who-makes-these-decisions-anyway/ Sun, 07 May 2006 16:54:02 +0000 https://maisonbisson.com/post/who-makes-these-decisions-anyway/ Brian’s comment at RemainingRelevant should resonate with many of us: Something to consider about why libraries end up with bad interfaces (at least as far as catalogs go) is that it might be that the people who use the interface (and help the public use it) are not the people who decide which interface to use. https://maisonbisson.com/post/q-why-do-some-things-suck/ Thu, 04 May 2006 20:54:48 +0000 https://maisonbisson.com/post/q-why-do-some-things-suck/ A: Because we compare them to the wrong things. I’m in training today for a piece of software used in libraries. https://maisonbisson.com/post/nature-concludes-wikipedia-not-bad/ Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:38:46 +0000 https://maisonbisson.com/post/nature-concludes-wikipedia-not-bad/ Fresh from Nature: a peer reveiw comparison of Wikipedia’s science coverage against Encyclopaedia Britannica: One of the extraordinary stories of the Internet age is that of Wikipedia, a free online encyclopaedia that anyone can edit. https://maisonbisson.com/post/oclc-report-libraries-vs-search-engines/ Wed, 07 Dec 2005 05:33:08 +0000 https://maisonbisson.com/post/oclc-report-libraries-vs-search-engines/ So, the report was released Monday, and it’s actually titled Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources (2005), but the part I’m highlighting here is the results of the question that asked users to compare their experiences with search engines against their experiences with libraries.