Hodson, Tim wrote:
>Personally, I feel that the catalog does NOT have a primary user. The
>data can be used in many ways, and we should be specifying OPACs that
>provide multiple accesspoints at multiple levels of granularity to suit
>our DIFFERENT user bases.
>
>Even a public library serving it's local population has different types
>of users, from serios local history researchers to leisure readers; they
>require different presentation styles and cross referencing tools.
>
Very good point. Don't forget the children (as they're storming into our
library for summer reading club). To me, this is the most difficult
group to meet the needs of.
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Brad LaJeunesse
PINES System Administrator
Georgia Public Library Service
Received on Wed Jun 07 2006 - 10:35:45 EDT