I think the original point of pushing a corporation's products is a valid
one.
Libraries and librarians should keep a critical view, and should take note
of the creeping corporate agenda and its imposing footprint.
Yes images are helpful. Syndetics is great -- if you can afford it.
bill
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Robert Sullivan <
robert.g.sullivan_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > But then how do patrons search for 'that blue book that was next to the
> one
> > about bunnies' ?
>
> Aside from that example - a very real one in public libraries - I have
> found it handy when patrons are trying to distinguish between books
> with identical titles, or figure out the last book they read of a
> series.
>
> We use Syndetics to provide cover images in our Polaris catalog.
>
> --
> Bob Sullivan
> Schenectady County (NY) Public Library
>
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