The ability to browse an organized list as it is currently implemented in most library catalogs might not be a popular search method by itself, but having such an index available as a search feature opens up the possibility of creating a browsable virtual bookshelf if it is presented along with the cover images. The call number browse might be particularly useful for developing this kind of feature.

- Josh



Joshua Greben
Systems Librarian/Analyst
Florida Center for Library Automation
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On May 4, 2010, at 1:12 PM, Karen Coyle wrote:

> This is an interesting example of how the interface guides (or constrains, in this case) users. If you want to do a title "search" you have only the browse option. The FCLA system has both title keyword search and title browse. In that catalog, only 3% of the users opted to browse. In the figure above, all we know is that some percentage of users wanted to search on title, and browse was the only option.
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> kc