Dear lis-linkers,
As one who has done quite a bit of computer system sizing and
capacity planning, perhaps I am ascribing too much subtlety to the BL; but ....
NOT announcing a new on-line service from such a high profile
organisation as the BL is actually quite a sound strategy. It should smooth
out the uptake rather than having every on-line librarian and lis-linker in
the country and beyond trying out the new catalogue within minutes and
bringing the system to its knees.
I know that 99 times out of 100 it is the cock-up theory rather than
the conspiracy theory which is nearer the truth; but could be this the 100th
instance??
John Ross
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At 16:00 30/01/01 +0000, you wrote:
>At 03:27 PM 1/30/01 +0000, Leonard Will wrote:
>>In message <[log in to unmask]> on Tue, 30 Jan
>>2001, Ann Lees <[log in to unmask]> wrote
>>>Dear lis-linkers
>>>In case you don't spot it in the national press - the long awaited
>>>new online catalogue of the British Library Collections is now
>>>available at
>>>http://blpc.bl.uk/
>>
>
>Interesting, but where are the Help notes for how to enter an author
>statement? Buried right at the end of the Help screen is a note for
>searching for an author in the retrospective catalogue on the Advanced
>page, but otherwise, zip!
>
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>Frank Parry - Academic Librarian
>Loughborough University Library, Loughborough, Leics., LE11 3TU, U.K.
>Tel: (44) (0)1509 222404
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