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Ambrose Li [CCCGT] |
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Re: [Koha-devel] Some thoughts about the "Dewey" field (was: What's a "Dewey"?) |
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Thu Nov 28 12:21:06 2002 |
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On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 11:30:51AM -0500, Andrew Arensburger
wrote:
> As a general principle, I believe it's best when
> software tools give users the means to do what they want,
> and not force them to do things a certain way. Then they can
> surprise and delight you with the uses to which they've put
> your creation.
I think in the case of call numbers, the problem is deeper than
the software; it is systemic in how library catalogues are
constructed. I've read some (more than 1) book discussing how
user-unfriendly the system (of call numbers and subject heading
assignment, not any particular cataloguing software) is. So I
guess we can try our best to make Koha avoid forcing users to
do things a certain way, but a lot of users (librarians) will
do things a certain way because it's prescribed in AACR2 of
something like that.
--
Ambrose Li
Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto | http://www.cccgt.org/
- Re: [Koha-devel] Some thoughts about the "Dewey" field (was: What's a "Dewey"?), (continued)
- Re: [Koha-devel] Some thoughts about the "Dewey" field (was: What's a "Dewey"?), Ambrose Li, 2002/11/28
- Re: [Koha-devel] Some thoughts about the "Dewey" field (was: What's a "Dewey"?), Andrew Arensburger, 2002/11/28
- Re: [Koha-devel] Some thoughts about the "Dewey" field (was: What's a "Dewey"?), Saiful Amin, 2002/11/28
- Re: [Koha-devel] Some thoughts about the "Dewey" field (was: What's a "Dewey"?), Ambrose Li [CCCGT], 2002/11/28
- Re: [Koha-devel] Some thoughts about the "Dewey" field, Saiful Amin, 2002/11/28
- Re: [Koha-devel] Some thoughts about the "Dewey" field, Ambrose Li, 2002/11/28
- Re: [Koha-devel] Some thoughts about the "Dewey" field (was: What's a "Dewey"?),
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