Lorcan Dempsey of the OCLC has a fascinating article on what the long tail means for libraries. For example, 10% of titles in libraries account for 90% of loans. But, users of services such as Netflix go deep into the catalog. What can libraries do, Lorcan wonders, to help patrons find what they don’t know is there and they may not know they’re interested in? (I’ve put this too simply…) [Tags: libraries lorcan_dempsey long_tail oclc ranganathan everything_is_miscellaneous]

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