false 2785934 1 The three papers in this volume were written in the wake of a single policy decision at the Library of Congress: the decision to cease the practice of distinguishing and collating series through the use of distinctive headings maintained in an authority file. These papers examine library policies and organizational structures in light of the literature of ergonomics, high reliability organizations, joint cognitive systems and integrational linguistics. Bade argues that many policies and structures have been designed and implemented on the basis of assumptions about technical possibilities, ignoring entirely the political dimensions of local determination of goals and purposes as well as the lessons from ergonomics, such as the recognition that people are the primary agents of reliability in all technical systems. Looking at various policies for metadata creation and the results of those policies forces the question: is there a responsible human being behind the library web site and catalog, or have we abandoned the responsibilities of thinking and judgment in favor of procedures, algorithms and machines? 2811698 1 2 2008 Responsible Librarianship: Library Policies for Unreliable Systems total:3|5:1|4:1|3:1| 3 12 5 1 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 15 09:24:16 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 09:43:31 -0700 2009 Still, there were some valid points. I don't think we'll ever be able to fund the full-scale scholarly catalogers that Bade dreams of agai...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 19 13:29:32 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 13:29:32 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun May 10 05:59:17 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 05:59:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 11 13:33:05 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 13:33:05 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Jun 16 14:39:27 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 14:39:27 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2785934