So why can't the catalog just say it in plain English?
"Here are some items about "Nat Turner's Rebellion."
Nat Turner's Rebellion is also know as the "Southampton Insurrection"
in some sources.
Would you like to see what we have under "Southampton Insurrection"?"
The response to the question--whether the patron clicks it or
not--might be useful for improving both the user's experience and the
catalog content, as Tim suggests. Of course, a library catalog can't
be that friendly, so we'd have to change the language into libraryese.
(That was a joke.) Basically, I'm just echoing what Mike Rylander said
several messages ago. We have the technology to phrase this any way we
like. Or, I should say, any way the patron likes.
Sharon
Sharon M. Foster, 91.7% Librarian
Speaker-to-Computers
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Received on Tue May 05 2009 - 16:53:21 EDT