Week 5 Readings - Imaging Pittsburgh

This was a fascinating read, and a definite relief from all the technical readings. I was impressed with the collaboration of these three groups, particularly the effort to establishing a common dialogue so that the finished product would benefit the people using it. It was also interesting to see a real world application of the Dublin Core concepts. Presenting a balanced selection of information is clearly an issue regardless of format; librarians have always had to make hard decisions about what to carry in their collections. This problem does not go away even with the large mass storage capabilities of digitized information. I also liked the focus on outcomes instead of output--these three groups took their responsibility to their users and their institutions seriously, and have so far managed to succeed in providing a wonderful research tool that also fulfills their individual missions.