Thursday, November 13, 2008

Library 2 Experiences

I have had a wide range of Library 2 experiences. It will be interesting as Encore is rolled out how the more traditional student and older generation folk will handle it. I personally find some library 2 tools a bit confusing and scattered. For example a very generic interface like Ebsco 2 I get annoyed at as I might want to search specifically for a journal title and/or an author and year but the generic interface won't allow for such "advanced search functions".

When using such tools as Amazon I don't like the prompt of what else I might want to buy. Feels like going to McDonalds and getting asked if I want fries with that. If I want fries I will ask for them!

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