III does something similar. Try a subject search for political at
http://minerva.maine.edu/ for example. Not exactly what you are
suggesting but somewhat close. Sorting could be more flexible.
Michael Mitchell
Technical Services Librarian
Brazosport College
Lake Jackson, TX
michael.mitchell at brazosport.edu
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[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Weinheimer Jim
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Another option would be to allow the users to sort as they want, as I
mentioned in an earlier post
https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=NGC4LIB;EZFuFw;20090918055024-0400
. I wrote there that someone who does a search for e.g. 'France
politics" should get an idea of what has been cataloged with those
concepts, so that should include political aspects of all kinds of
topics. These varying displays look bizarre to me as a cataloger because
they are all mixed up, but when I have shown them to my students, none
of them thinks they are strange at all:
Political aspects France Communication
Political aspects France Constitutional law
Political aspects France Corporate governance
Political aspects France Communicable diseases History 19th century
Political aspects France Dance History 20th century.
Each user could determine and manipulate the order for their own
purposes, and I think all the coding exists for these kinds of
functionalities right now. Allowing for a more updated system such as
this obviates the requirement for a strict order, makes training and
record creation much easier, thereby lowering costs.
James L. Weinheimer j.weinheimer_at_aur.edu
Director of Library and Information Services
The American University of Rome
Rome, Italy
Received on Wed Nov 04 2009 - 09:04:10 EST