tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546267087820954838.comments2011-06-06T06:38:38.129-07:00JorumMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15450441123989871507noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546267087820954838.post-582551427776114392011-06-06T06:38:38.129-07:002011-06-06T06:38:38.129-07:00Thanks, Lorna. I will have a look at that. Those d...Thanks, Lorna. I will have a look at that. Those distinctions remind me a bit of Churchill's comments regarding Russia as "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma".Frank C. Manistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15158733865854038257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546267087820954838.post-30660189744238918842011-06-03T07:15:30.877-07:002011-06-03T07:15:30.877-07:00Interesting. And I certainly agree that all servi...Interesting. And I certainly agree that all services, repositories included, need to be agile enough to respond to the needs of their users, otherwise they will loose them. <br /><br />Incidentally you might find it useful to refer to the report written by John Robertson, Julie Allinson and Mahendra Mahey in 2008, which explores these issues in some detail though the metaphor of ecological modelling. "An Ecological Approach To Repository And Service Interactions." http://ie-repository.jisc.ac.uk/272/ The authors characterise the challenges repositories must address in terms of:<br /><br />* A mess - a complex issue that is not well formulated or defined <br />ƒ* A problem - a well formulated/ defined issue but with no single solution” <br />* A puzzle - a well defined problem with a single solution that can be worked outLornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15159595085988057173noreply@blogger.com