Ron, Thanks for the recommendation. I just placed a hold on a copy of Rogers's book at one of our campus libraries (all the copies where I am are checked out). And your proposal is accepted. I won't post to the BIBFRAME listserv again until I've read and had time to ruminate on the book. Thanks again, Jeff On Mon, 6 Feb 2017 14:12:06 -0500, Murray, Ronald <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Jeff: > >It might be helpful to all of us if you expressed the facts youıve >gathered, along with your opinions, within a better articulated framework >for discussing and predicting whether an innovation like BIBFRAME will >fail or not. Why donıt you make your way through Everett Rogersı social >science masterwork, "Diffusion of Innovations:² > > Rogers, Everett M. 2014. Diffusion of innovations, 5th edition: Free >Press. > (If thatıs you at Penn State, your libraries have many editions of >this work) > >Parties trying to make sense of what is going on with the BIBFRAME process >will find Rogerıs approach useful for sorting out the welter of social, >technical, and institutional interests that are in play (e.g., top-down >vs. bottom-up, rich description vs. minimal description, linked data for >linked dataıs sake, etc.). > >Hereıs a short and sweet summary of Rogersı work: > > https://www.enablingchange.com.au/Summary_Diffusion_Theory.pdf > > >After engaging Rogersı combination of theory + cookbook for >success/failure, you should be able to figure out exactly how to enhance >BIBFRAME's adoption and how to delay it. Sad to say, many of the delaying >factors are presently operative due to well, you tell us. > >Ron Murray >