[783] in ad-lib
re:series help
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (patf@MIT.EDU)
Wed Jun 7 09:32:23 1995
From: patf@MIT.EDU
To: jssandbe@MIT.EDU, opac-lib@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 1995 09:32:07 EDT
Hi,
This concept sounds ok to me, except I don't understand directing users
to construct a search for w=keywords and nw=volume number when w=volume
number *and* keywords would do the trick. Why bring nw into it at all,
unless you use sew?
Pat
|>Hi All,
|>
|>
|>Tentative Proposal:
|>How about eliminating SE= and SEW= from the first portion of the main
|>menu and adding <Series Searching> as a menu option. In this option,
|>the user would be prompted to type w= and include some series keywords
|>and a volume number (or possibly W= (keyword or words) and nw=(volume
|>number). SEW is not always inclusive enough. Staff can
|>always use the SE= and SEW= commands in an expert search even though
|>they don't appear on the screen.
|>
|>How do people feel? The main menu is getting busy and we have
|>concerns about patrons being able to distinguish series. Can we
|>discuss this at a future meeting?
|>
|>
|>Jennie and Margo
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