On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> So, Bill, you're still not certain yourself exactly what purposes browse is used for by actual non-librarian searchers, if anything?

Right. I'm not sure *the extent* to which it's used (data which are
necessarily going to be messy and partially driven by how prevalent
browse vs search are in the interface), and I certainly don't know
what's going through people's heads when they choose to use it (on
those occasions when they make a conscious choice to use browse in
addition to/instead of  search).

My attempts to find stuff in the research literature failed me; if
anyone has other pointers, I'd love to read them! (If only there was a
real librarian around to help poor little me...)

 -Bill-