“1. The cat­a­log must be rel­e­vant to the needs of its patrons.
2. The cat­a­log must change as the needs of its patrons change.
3. As much as pos­si­ble, the cat­a­log must help its patrons under­stand what infor­ma­tion is *really* avail­able to them, not only what is held within the local col­lec­tion.
4. If patrons do not come to the cat­a­log, the cat­a­log must go to the patrons.
5. The cat­a­log must include the knowl­edge and infor­ma­tion of non-librarians.”

“In a recent meet­ing at Face­book HQ, I was pleas­antly sur­prised to find that Face­book is open­ing it’s doors to share roadmaps, data, and it’s expe­ri­ence. This strat­egy shifts atten­tion towards Facebook.com as a sole des­ti­na­tion, and towards a dis­trib­uted net­work to the open web. Look­ing deeper, these impacts should shape your cor­po­rate web strat­egy as you re-allocate resources for appli­ca­tion devel­op­ment, pre­pare for Social CRM, and pre­pare your cor­po­rate web­pages to become “Face­book Fan Page” enabled.”

“I have set out to pro­duce a book that can be had in a range of pack­ages and at a range of price points from $0.00 to $10,000.” — via Peter Murray