[Web4lib] Alternatives to "Best Bets", etc. ?

Michael drweb at san.rr.com
Fri Jan 15 14:10:56 EST 2010


Very nice to see, Peter.. tweeted that one :)

Best,
DrWeb

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On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Peter Morville <
morville at semanticstudios.com> wrote:

> Here are some examples...
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/morville/collections/72157623203488602/
>
> ...with varying approaches and terminology.
>
> Peter Morville
> President, Semantic Studios
> http://semanticstudios.com/
> http://findability.org/
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 15, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Richard Wiggins wrote:
>
> > I'm a huge advocate of "Best Bets" because it encapsulates 2 notions:
> >
> > -- These might be the best things to click on...
> >
> > ....but...
> >
> > -- It's a bet.  It's a guess.  We might be wrong.  We're just trying to
> help
> > here.  Caveat surfer.
> >
> > I'm also a huge fan of signage saying things straight out, if possible as
> > imperatives.  So another idea would be:
> >
> > -- Try these links first.
> >
> > /rich
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Keith Jenkins <kgj2 at cornell.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:46 PM, John Kupersmith <jkup at jkup.net>
> wrote:
> >>> In a subject list of article databases, how to indicate which
> >>> ones our librarians have designated as especially useful?
> >>
> >> A lot of current non-library websites use a star, or the term
> >> "favorite".  Often this is in the context of a single individual's
> >> preferences, but I think it would work just as well for a
> >> library-defined list of resources.
> >>
> >> Keith
> >>
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