I agree with Ross on this one, but would say that evidence shows that, as a profession, I'd be thrilled if we were on average as good as Wordpress.
:-) Jason Big fan of the WP On May 11, 2012, at 8:04 PM, BWS Johnson <abesottedphoe...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Salvete! > >> That's all I'm saying - that on the aggregate, there are probably >> patterns, although I would not say they are necessarily coherent or even >> well-thought out, I think patterns would emerge. > > I concur, and would risk the rotten tomatoes sure to emerge by adding > that I think the contact information is so often so poorly thought out that a > user almost never knows where the Library is and when it's open from the > Welcome or Home Page of the Library's site. > > I would think positively though that there are very good reasons to > compile a generic. This could be of great use to say, the membership of a > large Library consortium, particularly one that serves a mess of tiny rural > Libraries that might not have the means to really tool about too much on > their own. (Not that there isn't fantastic talent in rural Libraries, but > there is certainly a crowd of "Well, I'll just use wordpress as the Library > website and call it a day crowd." I just think we can do better than > wordpress as a field.) > > Just sayin', > Brooke
