[WEB4LIB] Re: Cataloging computer files

[Alain D. M. G. Vaillancourt]

If we are talking not about a general Search function but about a
backbone on which to hang metadata or from which to encourage
organisation (by taxonomy - savvy librarians and the like) and if we
are talking about Microsoft Office files, you could do a lot worse than
exploiting the already existing (and grossly under exploited or not
exploited at all, nearly everywhere that I have worked) "properties"
function (it's in the "File " drop-down), which writes directly to
Windows Explorer if you do (or re-do) the initial installations
properly.

Alain Vaillancourt


--- Charlie Irwin <cirwin at criminal-sound.com> wrote:
> >Maria,
> >
> >Have you tried Google Desktop Search? http://desktop.google.com/
> >
> >It might be what you're looking for.
> 
> I use GDS on my computer and it's great for finding stuff on an 80 GB
> 
> drive. However, it doesn't encourage me to be more organized, since
> it's a 
> Google search. I would be hestitant to suggest it as the official
> method of 
> finding things on the organization computers.
> 
> Just a thought...
> 
> Charlie Irwin
> 
> 
> "A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are for.
> Sail out to sea and do new things."
> Grace Hopper
> 
> 
> 
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