Comments on: dream of the children’s materials OPAC http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/136 Laura Crossett on the LIS domain Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:53:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Childrens Books http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/136/comment-page-1#comment-21242 Childrens Books Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:17:03 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/136#comment-21242 Hi, thanks for your great posts I've enjoyed reading you recently, good to see some people who enjoy books as much as we do! http://www.mykidsread.co.uk Hi, thanks for your great posts I’ve enjoyed reading you recently, good to see some people who enjoy books as much as we do!
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]]> By: laura http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/136/comment-page-1#comment-189 laura Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:30:48 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/136#comment-189 You cataloging people! You're so clever! I think I tried a search with call letters in my last place of work and became rapidly frustrated, but I'll have to give it another shot. Thanks for the excellent suggestions. You cataloging people! You’re so clever! I think I tried a search with call letters in my last place of work and became rapidly frustrated, but I’ll have to give it another shot. Thanks for the excellent suggestions.

]]> By: David Bigwood http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/136/comment-page-1#comment-188 David Bigwood Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:51:17 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/136#comment-188 Yes, the OPAC is especially bad for childrens' materials. However, there are some work arounds for librarians, if not our patrons. Do your different types of childrens' materials have different call numner pre- or suffixes? You should be able to include that in your search. J for juvenile might be a problem, our catalog won't seach sincle letters or numbers, but EaRe or JTKB should work. Another possible approach is to limit the search by location. Have the different types of materials been assigned a different location within the library that is reflected in the catalog? For example in our collection, we have Reference, Oversized, Videos, CD Cabinet, etc. We can limit by any of these. If the catalog record includes this you should be able to zero in on the particluar type of material. Just a couple of suggestions for the staff. Patrons can't be expected to understand limiting searches, the different locations we use and all the different pre- and suffixes we can devise. A faceted search, or clustering of results would serve them better and us too in the long term. Yes, the OPAC is especially bad for childrens’ materials. However, there are some work arounds for librarians, if not our patrons. Do your different types of childrens’ materials have different call numner pre- or suffixes? You should be able to include that in your search. J for juvenile might be a problem, our catalog won’t seach sincle letters or numbers, but EaRe or JTKB should work. Another possible approach is to limit the search by location. Have the different types of materials been assigned a different location within the library that is reflected in the catalog? For example in our collection, we have Reference, Oversized, Videos, CD Cabinet, etc. We can limit by any of these. If the catalog record includes this you should be able to zero in on the particluar type of material.

Just a couple of suggestions for the staff. Patrons can’t be expected to understand limiting searches, the different locations we use and all the different pre- and suffixes we can devise. A faceted search, or clustering of results would serve them better and us too in the long term.

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