> Even though this makes it easier for students, could it be counter-productive
>long-term? Where then will they refine the skills to sleuth out a topic that is
>assigned or of interest? Doing too much of this could result in matches that are
>lengthy (similar to the problems with the internet). Maybe
> this exagerates the point, but this solution could create other problems in
>trying to solve one. What do you think?
Dennis Hollingsead
****
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: School Library Media & Network Communications
> > [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Robert Hiebert
> > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 11:18 AM
> > To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> > Subject: CATALOGUING: Your thoughts about adding lots of keywords to a
> > record
> >
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > As I watch students (I'm in a high school of 500, grades 8 to 12)
> > search
> > my catalogue I see that their expectations have been established by
> > Google: when they do a keyword search for 'marijuana' they expect to
> > find every book with information about marijuana; of course, that is
> > not
> > what happens; they find only the books with the word 'marijuana'
> > entered
> > somewhere in the record. I then tell them they need to broaden their
> > search -- "try 'drugs' or 'drug abuse'" -- and many more hits appear.
> >
> > There is no chance I am going to effectively teach even a small
> > minority
> > of our students how to 'broaden the search' (my half-time librarian
> > status is just one reason), so I'm thinking that my catalogue has to
> > be
> > more Google-like. To that end I am considering adding many more
> > keywords
> > to the book records. My first thought is to select keywords from the
> > table of contents of a book and list them in the 'note' field of the
> > book record.
> >
> > I would appreciate your opinions about all this, and I would
> > especially
> > like to hear from anyone who is already doing this.
> >
> > Thanks for listening.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Robert
> >
> >
Dennis Hollingsead
Administrative Assistant to VP for Academic Administration
Andrews University
Berrien Springs, MI 49104
269-471-3404
Graduate Student
Minnesota State University, Mankato
hollings@andrews.edu
"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read
them."
Mark Twain
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