[Sigia-l] multiple search index usability/conceptual model

[Avi Rappoport]

I agree entirely, and I've not yet seen a really great design for 
searching multiple indexes.  All I can recommend is a lot of testing 
of vocabulary and graphical cues.

Avi

At 8:24 AM -0400 5/16/02, Blake Carver wrote:
>As someone who works on a large library web site every day, I can say people
>do NOT understand the differences between the multitude of searches offered
>on a library site.  We are going through a major redesign, and this is one
>of the big problems. We have so much stuff, and it's incredibly hard to find
>a way to make that all findable.
>To make things worse, most library web sites have been built by & for
>librarians, who do things differently than users do. This is now beginning
>to change, most newly redesigned sites will organize things from the users
>perspective.
>

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