[WEB4LIB] link annotations

[Heinrich C. Kuhn]

> We've got some debate going on about the value of 
> providing annotations for the resources we link to on our 
> library web site. 
[...]

User preferences seem to differ; for GGRENir (see URL
http://www.phil-hum-ren.uni-muenchen.de/GGRENirDB/
) we give the users the option to decide themselves
how much information they want to see concerning the
links presented to them. Here is the data for January
to May 2001:
ca. 26% prefer to see just the links with minimal additional
        information
ca. 19% prefer to see the links plus a short description
ca. 16% prefer to see the links plus a "rich" description
ca. 39% want to see all the information we have concerning 
        the links

Perhaps this helps some. Best wishes

Heinrich C. Kuhn

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