[Web4lib] Ready Reference Web Sites

[Robert L. Balliot]

Greetings,


I think that tagging the links and creating a
cloud view may be one of the better visual
methods for presenting subject links.  The presentation
would seem to work the best if you had the tags 
created by subject specialists using controlled language.  
That way, researchers who understand the specialized language
would have effective reference points.

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-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Barr
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 11:30 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Ready Reference Web Sites

The question now is how we make these giant link dumps usable. What kind of
user is going to have the patience to sort through these giant pages with
100+ links? I would say that LSU and Purdue get close, but without a
librarian on hand or tons of time how will these pages be used?

This is something I am dealing with at the moment on our site with subject
guides where librarians somethimes want to include everything but the
kitchen sink. I imagine undergrads who become overwhelmed and miss out on
the resources they need.

--chris barr