From: Richard Kilmer <rich@...>
Date: 2003-01-27T02:23:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Can we attack the 'not enough libraries' thing straight on?

Thank you Dave, I was going to bring this up as well.  Google indexes 
the home pages of these libraries, which contain better descriptions 
that the metadata authors place (or may place) in the RAA.  And they 
typically keep the web pages updated.

-rich


On Sunday, January 26, 2003, at 11:20  AM, Dave Thomas wrote:

> Mike Campbell wrote:
>
>> Careful there...  You want the archive to be USABLE, regardless of how
>> well/poorly it models the real world.  Correct or not, people at least
>> understand hierarchies.
>
> One word:  Google.
>
> OK, more than one word.
>
> What happened to all those services that thought they'd organize the 
> information on the 'net into nice tidy hierarchies? Do you use them to 
> find information?
>
> For me, the answer is rarely. Sometimes I'll check one of the lists to 
> see if there are Ruby resources I haven't come across, but right now I 
> actually find it easier to type 'ruby racc' into my search bar than to 
> navigate through the RAA.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Dave
>
>
>