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oh, librarians...
So the headline on the front page of Computers in Libraries is "OPACs* Suck" which I guess is true, although I really don't spend much time with them, or have much trouble navigating them when I do. Anyway, catchy headline and I'm bored, so I flip to the article, which sports the headline Making OPACs Blow.
Um.
Despite the irrefutable logic contained under the subheading "From Sucking to Blowing" (Everyone seems to be in general agreement that OPACs suck. Because the opposite of sucking is blowing, we want to make OPACs blow again--for everyone.)...
I really don't think that word means what they think it means.
Although, man, think of the slogans: Our OPAC is unbelievably easy! or Everybody scores with our OPAC! or Our OPAC is here to service you! or For a good time call our OPAC!
* That's Online Public Access Catalog, for those of you who are not the target audience of Computers in Libraries: the website you go to to look up books and other materials in a library. If you still don't know what I'm talking about, just pretend.
Um.
Despite the irrefutable logic contained under the subheading "From Sucking to Blowing" (Everyone seems to be in general agreement that OPACs suck. Because the opposite of sucking is blowing, we want to make OPACs blow again--for everyone.)...
I really don't think that word means what they think it means.
Although, man, think of the slogans: Our OPAC is unbelievably easy! or Everybody scores with our OPAC! or Our OPAC is here to service you! or For a good time call our OPAC!
* That's Online Public Access Catalog, for those of you who are not the target audience of Computers in Libraries: the website you go to to look up books and other materials in a library. If you still don't know what I'm talking about, just pretend.