Comments on: The Social Transcript (Essential Readings in the Philosophy of LIS) http://senseandreference.wordpress.com/2011/09/17/the-social-transcript-essential-readings-in-the-philosophy-of-lis/ Thu, 23 May 2013 08:48:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Librarians, Expertise, and the Social Transcript « Sense & Reference http://senseandreference.wordpress.com/2011/09/17/the-social-transcript-essential-readings-in-the-philosophy-of-lis/#comment-461 Tue, 22 May 2012 00:23:33 +0000 http://senseandreference.wordpress.com/2011/09/17/the-social-transcript-essential-readings-in-the-philosophy-of-lis#comment-461 [...] it hit me: the social transcript! I explained Charles Osburn’s social transcript theory in a previous post, but the quick take is that ‘social transcript’ refers to the “oral and written [...]

]]> By: Lane Wilkinson http://senseandreference.wordpress.com/2011/09/17/the-social-transcript-essential-readings-in-the-philosophy-of-lis/#comment-224 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:44:37 +0000 http://senseandreference.wordpress.com/2011/09/17/the-social-transcript-essential-readings-in-the-philosophy-of-lis#comment-224 Sure, the shift to digital has changed the way we produce and consume information. But that’s only a change in container, not necessarily content. If the function of the library was solely related to information technology (books, magazines, ebooks, databases, etc.), then the function would indeed have changed. But, if (as I believe) the function of the library is tied to information itself, then new technologies might affect how we do what we do, but not why we do what we do.

]]> By: RJM http://senseandreference.wordpress.com/2011/09/17/the-social-transcript-essential-readings-in-the-philosophy-of-lis/#comment-222 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:03:57 +0000 http://senseandreference.wordpress.com/2011/09/17/the-social-transcript-essential-readings-in-the-philosophy-of-lis#comment-222 one more thing:

Why are you so sure that the basic function of the library has not changed with the popularity of digital media over the printed word? Seems like such shift in medium from paper and ink to digital script not only changes how information is read, but how it is written, packaged, and understood.

]]> By: RJM http://senseandreference.wordpress.com/2011/09/17/the-social-transcript-essential-readings-in-the-philosophy-of-lis/#comment-221 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:58:50 +0000 http://senseandreference.wordpress.com/2011/09/17/the-social-transcript-essential-readings-in-the-philosophy-of-lis#comment-221 hey thanks for the quick response! I agree with you that this incompleteness is not necessarily a bad thing. keep us in the know if you ever finish your follow up. Im still not quite convinced of the social transcript theory of Osburns; but its interesting nevertheless

]]> By: Lane Wilkinson http://senseandreference.wordpress.com/2011/09/17/the-social-transcript-essential-readings-in-the-philosophy-of-lis/#comment-217 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:22:23 +0000 http://senseandreference.wordpress.com/2011/09/17/the-social-transcript-essential-readings-in-the-philosophy-of-lis#comment-217 RJM: Unfortunately, the follow-up post never quite left the draft stage. I’m sure I’ll get around to it sooner or later, but it started to turn into more of an academic paper that I might rather submit for publication. Anyway, I agree with you that Osburn’s thesis is primarily historical. However, he argues that the function of the library is to act as a steward of the social transcript and, barring any discussion to the effect that the function of the library has fundamentally changed in recent years, I can only assume that he thinks the libraries still have that function. Like I wrote, the book is incomplete for lacking a discussion of the future of libraries in the digital age, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

]]> By: RJM http://senseandreference.wordpress.com/2011/09/17/the-social-transcript-essential-readings-in-the-philosophy-of-lis/#comment-216 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:58:59 +0000 http://senseandreference.wordpress.com/2011/09/17/the-social-transcript-essential-readings-in-the-philosophy-of-lis#comment-216 I have not yet read your follow up post explaining the link between the internet and the social transcript but i feel that doing so would be going outside the scope of Osburn’s thesis, which seems to be a historical argument more than anything else. -just my two cents

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