[Web4lib] For informal cites to friends and acquaintances in discussing a particular catalog entry, how do you cite, format the URL for a particular Boston Public Library catalog entry?...

[Thomas Dowling]

On 03/12/2009 02:51 PM, don warner saklad wrote:
> a.
> For informal cites to friends and acquaintances in discussing a particular
> catalog entry, how do you cite, format the URL for a particular Boston
> Public Library catalog entry?


Having looked at these ugly URLs a couple of times now, I don't think
you're going to get this pared down to something friendly you can easily
share [a serious failing of the catalog design, IMO].  Factoring in the
possibility that your friends and acquaintances might access other
Boston-area libraries, I'd bail out on citing BPL catalog URLs entirely.
 Instead, I'd find the item in Worldcat and just share that URL (minus
any query string parameters if you prefer):

  http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122291427

If you haven't already configured a Boston ZIP code, pop one in and BPL
holdings will be near the top.


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Thomas Dowling
tdowling at ohiolink.edu