[Web4lib] Alternatives to "Best Bets", etc. ?

[Blake, Tom]

Awesome mis-use of Flickr, BTW.
Love it!


Thomas Blake
Digital Projects Manager
Digital Imaging Production Manager
Boston Public Library
700 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02116
617 859-2039
http://www.bpl.org/online/




-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Peter Morville
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 12:52 PM
To: Usability for libraries; web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Alternatives to "Best Bets", etc. ?

Here are some examples...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/morville/collections/72157623203488602/

...with varying approaches and terminology.

Peter Morville
President, Semantic Studios
http://semanticstudios.com/
http://findability.org/




On Jan 15, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Richard Wiggins wrote:

> I'm a huge advocate of "Best Bets" because it encapsulates 2 notions:
>
> -- These might be the best things to click on...
>
> ....but...
>
> -- It's a bet.  It's a guess.  We might be wrong.  We're just trying to help
> here.  Caveat surfer.
>
> I'm also a huge fan of signage saying things straight out, if possible as
> imperatives.  So another idea would be:
>
> -- Try these links first.
>
> /rich
>
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Keith Jenkins <kgj2 at cornell.edu> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:46 PM, John Kupersmith <jkup at jkup.net> wrote:
>>> In a subject list of article databases, how to indicate which
>>> ones our librarians have designated as especially useful?
>>
>> A lot of current non-library websites use a star, or the term
>> "favorite".  Often this is in the context of a single individual's
>> preferences, but I think it would work just as well for a
>> library-defined list of resources.
>>
>> Keith
>>
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