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this was also a big part of why i think a virtual stack browse has something to offer. our campus has over 40 libraries ranging from the largest library in the state to departmental reading rooms w/ items in our catalog. a virtual stack browse has the benefit of leveraging the benefits of call number enabled serendipitous discovery across multiple physical locations even if they are all books. -steve Bigwood, David wrote: > In very few libraries are all items on the same shelf. An on-line > environment has the advantage of seeing everything in one call number > run. It can be much more complete. > > Oversized > Videos > Microfiche > Latest Arrivals > Youth > Juvenile > Maps > Special Collections > Etc > > Sincerely, > David Bigwood > [log in to unmask] > http://catalogablog.blogspot.com > Twitter LPI_Library > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Keith Jenkins > Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 7:22 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] creating call number browse > > I think that one advantage of browsing a physical shelf is that the > shelf is linear, so it's very easy to methodically browse from the > left end of the shelf to the right, and have a sense that you haven't > accidentally missed anything. (Ignore, for the moment, all the books > that happen to be checked out and not on the shelf...) > > > Keith -- Stephen Meyer Library Application Developer UW-Madison Libraries 312F Memorial Library 728 State St. Madison, WI 53706 [log in to unmask] 608-265-2844 (ph) "Just don't let the human factor fail to be a factor at all." - Andrew Bird, "Tables and Chairs"