[Web4lib] How to label the OPAC (was: Role of the OPAC)

[Drew, Bill]

Please excuse the following bit of sarcasm. Can you tell me the name of
the parts in your car?  What are the parts of your ballpoint pen? Better
yet, what is the technical term for the part of your telephone called
that you talk into? The term "catalog" has been obsolete for at least a
decade.

Bill Drew
drewwe at morrisville.edu

> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org 
> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Thomas, 
> Susan Elaine
(was: Role of the OPAC)
> 
> I agree that it is important to look at the terminology we 
> use with our
> patrons and "Find books and more" certainly makes much more immediate
> sense than the library catalog.  But at the same time I 
> wonder if we are
> not doing a disservice to our users in not educating them 
> about the term
> catalog and what it means.