On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 11:30:51AM -0500, Andrew Arensburger wrote:
As a general principle, I believe it's best when software tools give users the means to do what they want, and not force them to do things a certain way. Then they can surprise and delight you with the uses to which they've put your creation.
I think in the case of call numbers, the problem is deeper than the software; it is systemic in how library catalogues are constructed. I've read some (more than 1) book discussing how user-unfriendly the system (of call numbers and subject heading assignment, not any particular cataloguing software) is. So I guess we can try our best to make Koha avoid forcing users to do things a certain way, but a lot of users (librarians) will do things a certain way because it's prescribed in AACR2 of something like that. -- Ambrose Li Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto | http://www.cccgt.org/