[WEB4LIB] RE: Decision tree for Web resources

[Jim Campbell]

Over the years I've gotten the answers to a lot of questions from this list,
but this time the best answer came from closer to home. I was trying to
explain what I was looking for to one of my colleagues who immediately
pointed me at Brigham Young
http://www.lib.byu.edu/
where there is a very nice implementation of a series of menus to get users
to recommended resources for disciplines and types of materials.


- Jim Campbell
Campbell at Virginia.edu
 

>  
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: web4lib at webjunction.org
> >[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Jim Campbell
> >Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 7:44 AM
> >To: Multiple recipients of list
> >Subject: [WEB4LIB] Decision tree for Web resources
> >
> >We offer users a lot of information and a lot of paths to that 
> >information.
> >Both are a good thing and both can sometimes get in the way 
> of actually 
> >finding the specific information a user needs. Adding an Open URL 
> >resolver and working on metasearch should have simplified 
> things a bit, 
> >but at least for now more options have just created even 
> more confusion 
> >for both staff and users.  We need some hierararchy that can 
> establish 
> >what the best approach is for a given need.
> >
> >I've seen/heard of various attempts at reader's advisors, asking 
> >questions to narrow down a user's options, but off hand I can't 
> >remember where or what they are. Can anyone suggest good examples of 
> >this sort of thing? Perhaps more importantly, if they're out 
> there do 
> >people actually use them?
> >
> > 
> >- Jim Campbell
> > 
> >Digital Access Coordinator and
> >Librarian for German
> >University of Virginia Library
> >Voice: 434-924-4985
> >E-Mail: Campbell at Virginia.Edu
> 
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