On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Ross Singer wrote:
> On 6/13/06, Walt Crawford <waltcrawford_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > [You know, I'll bet that a majority of library users also know what an
> > "author" is...]
> >
>
> I will also bet that they won't understand why their author search fails
> when they type "mark twain".
But it only fails if there's no authority control. I like to think that
most library catalogs have authority control that points the user to the
entry chosen for use in the catalog. Yes, this could be made more seamless
by just pulling up the records under that entry. Even the way it is now,
though, the search should not "fail."
Mary
Received on Tue Jun 13 2006 - 13:49:24 EDT