[Koha] Does your library use OPAC authority searching?

[Nicole Engard]

Paul, while I agree, I also don't think that search is helpful at all
for public library patrons - they will have no idea how to use it or
what the results mean.  If we want it to make sense to the general
public then we should change the entire tool to use plain language and
not library language.

Nicole

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Paul Poulain <paul.poulain at biblibre.com> wrote:
> Le 09/06/2010 15:19, Owen Leonard a écrit :
>> How can we label this search in a way that is both accurate and
>> understandable? Is an authority search enough of a specialized task
>> that the link can be named "Authority search" and those who know what
>> it is will use it?
>>
> authority is meaningless for public libraries patrons imo
> It can be meaningfull for academic libraries and for some patrons, but
> even in this case, I think "authority" is restricted.
>
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