Dewey or Don't We or Books and Oranges

Comparing a library scheme with a grocery store is comparing books with oranges. Books are not the product, they are the product containers. Do you know what is inside a book in a pile of books twenty yards away without a catalog? Do you know what is inside an orange in a pile of oranges twenty yards away? What we need are better OPACs.

Can we rethink the OPAC? What about having a voice activated or even a breath activated interface?

Here is a great site to help you start imagining the possibilities - I got a huge kick out of it:
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/#research


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