Re:III library sites

["Elizabeth Swift" <eswift@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Howard,
You can still get to this on CSDirect.

Elizabeth

Howard Pasternack wrote:

> And on a somewhat unrelated topic, I just went to the III web site to find
> the link to Mieko's catalog and discovered that there are no longer the
> links to all the customer web sites.  Please, Innovative, bring this
> back.  The best way to design or redesign the webpac or to check on
> features is to browse the sites of other users.  Without the III links,
> this is next to impossible.  -- Howard
>
> At 06:42 PM 1/7/2003 +0000, you wrote:
> >Since no one has responded to these questions I will try and offer some
> >explanation.
> >
> >In the old days circa. 1994 when we implemented the system Innovative was
> >very eager to persuade libraries to rotate subject subdivisions in the
> >subject index.  I seem to remember that we had a choice of rotating
> >subject subdivisions or including subject headings in the keyword index.
> >If we wanted both it would have cost us extra.  We opted to index subject
> >headings in the keyword index but not to rotate subject subdivisions.
> >
> >I don't know what the current policy is but presumably new libraries may
> >opt not to rotate subject subdivisions.
> >
> >Mieko
> >
> >On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Janette Garcia wrote:
> >
> > > I never saw any responses to your e-mail.  I too am interested in this,
> > > especially since one of my main tasks is authority control, it would very
> > > much help in weeding out the true problems.  Would you be willing to share
> > > any helpful information you received?
> > >
> > > Thank you!
> > >
> > > Janette
> > >
> > > Janette Garcia
> > > Catalog Maintenance Librarian
> > > Pickler Memorial Library
> > > Truman State University
> > > Kirksville, MO  63501
> > >
> > > ph:  660-785-7545
> > > fax: 660-785-4538
> > >
> > >
> > > At 11:00 AM 12/5/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >Anne,
> > > >         I see a subject search in your catalog returns a non-rotated
> > subject
> > > >heading list. Did the help desk do that for you also? Do you prefer the
> > > >non-rotated display? Anyone else out there doing this also? It seems more
> > > >true to the spirit of a subject search to me with clearer results than the
> > > >distortion of displaying the searched term first regardless of its actual
> > > >position in the MARC record.
> > > >
> > > >Michael Mitchell
> > > >Systems Librarian
> > > >Lithgow Public Library
> > > >Augusta, ME
> > > >mitchmd@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >
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Elizabeth E. Swift
System Librarian
Jefferson County Library Cooperative
2100 Park Place
Birmingham, AL 35203-2794
eswift@xxxxxxxxxx
Tel. 205.226.3722
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