On 1/5/04 11:34 AM, "Eric Lease Morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My book catalog excels at inventorying my collection. It does a very poor job > at recommending/suggesting what book(s) to use. The solution is not with more > powerful search features, nor is it with bibliographic instruction. The > solution is lies in better, more robust data, as well as access to the full > text. This is not just a problem with my catalog. It is a problem with online > public access catalogs everywhere, but I deviate. I'm off topic. All of this > is fodder for my book catalog's About text. I have packaged up my implementation of book catalog (Really Rudimentary Catalog), made the Perl source code available, and re-articulated my ideas about the limitations of traditional library catalogs here in the system's About text: http://infomotions.com/books/?cmd=about -- Eric Lease Morgan University Libraries of Notre Dame
