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

[Drew, Bill]

We made the changes in our website based on user studies that have been
mentioned here in the past and also based on articles that look at
usability research.  All of these articles have been cited others on
this list before so I will not take the time to locate them.  Action
verbs are important in understanding what a tool does.  I have not had a
question in a long time in where do I go to find a book.  I used to get
them all of the time.  This is not dumbing down the library website
either, this is reaching out to our users and talking in terms they find
easier to understand.  
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brandon Dennis [mailto:bdennis at shreve-lib.org] 
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 12:10 PM
> To: Drew, Bill; web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: RE: [Web4lib] How to label the OPAC (was: Role of the OPAC)
> 
> I've only been working in the library system for a little over a year
> here.  I don't have any formal library education and I've 
> always worked
> for commercial high tech companies beforehand.  We're in the 
> process of
> redesigning our web site and I would never consider naming the online
> catalog anything other than "Catalog".
>