Re: Why do so many people use Amazon and Google?

From: Ross Singer <ross.singer_at_nyob>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:34:59 -0400
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
On 6/13/06, Walt Crawford <waltcrawford_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> [You know, I'll bet that a majority of library users also know what an
> "author" is...]
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I will also bet that they won't understand why their author search fails
when they type "mark twain".

-Ross.

walt crawford
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> On 6/13/06, Mary Grenci <mgrenci_at_uoregon.edu> wrote:
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> > ...portions deleted...
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> If, on the other hand, I'm looking for anything from a particular author
> (my more usual search since I'm looking for new stuff to read) I get a
> mess. Yes, I'm sure all the things in the system by that author are
> *somewhere* in the numerous pages, but they're certainly not in a
> logical order. They're interspersed among other things that must
> have been pulled up for some reason, although I can't always tell
> why.  Again, this is more true if I forget to use quotes, but it's
> generally a mess even if I remember. The sort options are also less than
> helpful.
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> Mary
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> Mary Grenci
> University of Oregon Libraries
> mgrenci_at_uoregon.edu
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Received on Tue Jun 13 2006 - 13:40:48 EDT