Re: Interested in enhancing call-number browse in Millennium catalog

From: Birkin Diana <birkin_diana_at_nyob>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 11:16:05 -0500
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> ...Next: a smart phone app that reads books on a shelf and reports what the call numbers mean...

_love_ this idea; thx for kicking off the c4l-hackfest topics!  :)
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Birkin James Diana
Programmer, Digital Technologies
Brown University Library
birkin_diana_at_brown.edu


On Dec 4, 2013, at 10:22 AM, Karen Coyle <lists_at_kcoyle.net> wrote:

> cynthia, I can't help you but I can encourage you -- honestly, the call numbers alone (especially in LCC where the notation is not a strict hierarchy) are close to useless without the meanings. One might even make the meanings more visible than the call numbers themselves (bolder, placed first)... Go for it!
> 
> Next: a smart phone app that reads books on a shelf and reports what the call numbers mean. I'd call it "Where the F am I, anyway?"
> 
> kc
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