Erin, Sure, I think I could do that. Do we want to just find out if our students understand the word "kit"? What do they think the word "kit" in a library means to them?
Or do you want me to have a box-o-stuff and ask them what they would call that grouping? Or both? Julie On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Erin Stalberg <erin_stalb...@ncsu.edu>wrote: > Karen Coyle said: > > So I don't think you can say that "kit" is in the language of the patron. >> It's the language of the cataloger, and it's artificial -- perhaps not as >> artificial as the three RDA values, but it's still artificial. You're >> comfortable with it because you've been assigning "kit" to resources for >> .... possibly decades. But that doesn't mean users get what you mean. >> > > So, I'd be curious if anyone has asked users what they would call these > things. Can I suggest that someone (Julie?!?) run a small survey or focus > group and ask their users whether they understand the word "kit" in the > library context. Or what other terms they might use? And how much > specificity they want/need about the description of the component parts. It > wouldn't have to be very resource intensive at all, I wouldn't think, to do > so. > > yours in trying to make data-driven decisions, > > Erin Stalberg > Head, Metadata and Cataloging > North Carolina State University Libraries > erin_stalb...@ncsu.edu > 919.515.5696 > -- Julie Renee Moore Catalog Librarian California State University, Fresno julie.renee.mo...@gmail.com 559-278-5813 "In the end only kindness matters." -- Jewel
