Comments on: Libraries and Conceptual Models (a brain dump) http://cecily.info/2010/01/04/libraries-and-conceptual-models/ they see me shushin', they hatin' Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Cecily Walker http://cecily.info/2010/01/04/libraries-and-conceptual-models/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Cecily Walker Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:45:59 +0000 http://cecily.info/?p=2406#comment-471 I think the fact that the name makes more sense for the staff than it does for the public is part of my frustration with the name of our division. And honestly, if I didn't work at VPL, I wouldn't know that 'online information and news' would be home to the team that manages the website, I'd just assume it had to do with electronic resources (databases).<br><br>I'm not sure if other libraries have different names for spaces and divisions; it would be interesting to find that out. I think the fact that the name makes more sense for the staff than it does for the public is part of my frustration with the name of our division. And honestly, if I didn't work at VPL, I wouldn't know that 'online information and news' would be home to the team that manages the website, I'd just assume it had to do with electronic resources (databases).

I'm not sure if other libraries have different names for spaces and divisions; it would be interesting to find that out.

]]> By: Annie http://cecily.info/2010/01/04/libraries-and-conceptual-models/comment-page-1/#comment-467 Annie Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:21:45 +0000 http://cecily.info/?p=2406#comment-467 It's interesting how we feel compelled to make the staff and user labels sync. So for the behind-the-scenes people, OIN works. We know that the website and electronic resources are managed from this department. But as a label for a physical space, it makes no sense - the website and online resources are available anywhere that has an internet connection, and as you point out, many current issue magazines live elsewhere in the building. I wonder if other libraries have names for spaces that are different from the names for the organizational unit, which while it might be initially confusing to staff, would be a better experience for patrons. It's interesting how we feel compelled to make the staff and user labels sync. So for the behind-the-scenes people, OIN works. We know that the website and electronic resources are managed from this department. But as a label for a physical space, it makes no sense – the website and online resources are available anywhere that has an internet connection, and as you point out, many current issue magazines live elsewhere in the building. I wonder if other libraries have names for spaces that are different from the names for the organizational unit, which while it might be initially confusing to staff, would be a better experience for patrons.

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