Quoting Ed Jones <ejones_at_NU.EDU>:
> I think it will be difficult to prove the effectiveness of a
> next-generation catalog from usage data.
I also think one must be careful in what one attributes to NextGen
rather than simply new functionality. My local public library, a III
user, had an unbelievable jump in holds placed when it became possible
to place those holds online. No NextGen catalog was involved.
Circulation often increases dramatically in public libraries when
libraries move to an efficient self-check system. It could be that
users respond mainly to added functionality rather than a new
discovery model.
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Received on Fri Sep 25 2009 - 03:21:57 EDT