re comment expect 2 reach users ? believe it or not many libraries esp special collections still have growing reading rooms and users who want to physically walk in the door and ask actual librarians n curators-every day too.... Who yes also know the collections to guide users... Cheers Karen Weaver MLS Electronic Resources Statistician Collection Management Duquesne University Pittsburgh PA weaverk_at_duq.edu / melvil4u_at_gmail.com
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To me Google is the solution, I have a private holding but publish the catalogue, without google I would get no email requests, proper SEO is about sensible data on ones web page rather than understanding Googles algorithms. I use the webmaster tools they provide and I do notice a steady rise with occasional jumps when either I do something or Google changes its algorithm. Thinking that the librarian is some how the answer misses the most important points, why should the user come to you, how does the user find you have the content, who is the internet's librarian (possibly the +1 button on websites will make us ALL the internet librarian) if your collection is not catalogued (box of letters is is a terrible description/title) and published how do you expect to get users at all. Dave CarolineReceived on Tue Nov 01 2011 - 09:15:38 EDT