[WEB4LIB] Re: In defense of stupid users

[Randy Norwood]

That sounds similar to the NCSU project described in a posting a few days
ago (Steve Toub, 5/6/05). IOW, someone submits a search from a simple
single-box search form on the home page, and likely matches from--or links
to--several types of resources are displayed. The user can then review a
small group of result sets and discern which ones match his intent.


On 05/09/05 12:37 PM, "Pons, Lisa (ponslm)" <PONSLM at UCMAIL.UC.EDU> wrote:

> I have been reading much of this discussion with interest.
> 
> Our library has recently begun redesigning our opac (first time since
> 1996!), and though I havent been involved, I am looking at the comments of
> this group for some inspiration.
> 
>  My question is this: I keep hearing 'google' as the example. But I think,
> and others I know have pointed out, that amazon.com is more appropriate for
> a library model.
> 
> When I search Amazon for something, I get a list (now on the left side),
> saying what my results are in each category.
> 
> I can easily see a similar search on a library page with the categories for:
> Books
> Articles 
> 
> etc...
> 
> Does this not work?
> Lisa
> 
> Lisa Pons-Haitz
> 
> Webmaster
> University Libraries
> University of Cincinnati
> lisa.pons at uc.edu
> (513)556-1431
>