On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 21:26, Bernhard Eversberg <ev_at_biblio.tu-bs.de> wrote:
> But OK, so your vote is a NAY - we don't need browsable
> (phone-book-like, showing the entirety of what's there) indexes in
> OPACs.
No, that's not what I said. Browsing is a thing for which there is not
set answer. If your collection is millions of books, browsing the
virtual shelf for "romance novel" will bring you hundreds of thousands
of books, but that would be a pretty pointless exercise. If you on the
other hand are at "Music -- 17 century -- contemporary criticism" then
it makes a whole lot of sense. This is a scaling and selection issue
of what makes sense in the context given.
> I want this question settled once and for all, it crops up time
> and again with no decision.
You'll never get *one* answer to this one. It's helpful in context,
pointless without. You won't find consensus.
Regards,
Alex
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