There will always be a need for Information Managers

I was trawling the web looking for information.. as one does, when I came across this journal article on a web site called O'Reilly discussing structuring URLS in what is termed the Presto approach. As I read down the article I couldn't help seeing the cataloger at work and how important it is becoming to use every opportunity to structure information and code it in a way that describes what the material is pertaining too. Here the Library of Congress is describing how is uses handles as a form of persistent identifiers to documents, and in this case legislative documents.

LOC example

How to create a Legislative Handle

Begin the URL with the handle domain name -- http://hdl.loc.gov/ -- then add loc.uscongress. Add a slash and the name of the collection, legislation, followed by a period and the congress number, 110. Finally, add the bill type abbreviation and the bill number.

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.110s254
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.110sconres33
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.110hr4544
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.110hres655

I had a look at the State Library of Victoria and the National Library of Australia and it seems they are not using handles is this way