tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669982914650569740.post5960571512722051883..comments2022-03-27T18:01:37.705+13:00Comments on New Zealand Electronic Text Collection: Exploring the Digital Landscape: Looking For InputStuart Yeateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08833845128949797120noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669982914650569740.post-28206877462383513342013-10-26T15:12:14.517+13:002013-10-26T15:12:14.517+13:00Hello
I am also responding to your request for fee...Hello<br />I am also responding to your request for feedback- I agree with the comments above. I find it difficult to 'go up a level' , to get a feel for the whole context of a publication. Also could illustrations be included (or perhaps they are and I can't find them?)<br />I have sourced one of your pages in my blog and am not sure if I have done so correctly- please see http://milesandcomerchantsinnewzealand.wordpress.com/decade-pages/the-1880s/<br /><br />I greatly value what you are doing with this collection, thank you very much and for the opportunity to make suggestions.<br />Regards,<br />Elisabeth Frankishhttp://milesandcomerchantsinnewzealand.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669982914650569740.post-48661063135369719492013-08-23T12:15:23.888+12:002013-08-23T12:15:23.888+12:00Hi Michael and the NZETC Team,
Just responding to...Hi Michael and the NZETC Team,<br /><br />Just responding to your request for feedback.<br /><br />In my research over the few years, I have regularly turned the NZETC as a source. I find the range and types of titles very helpful for NZ historical study. The digital texts are also accurate enough to be cited and quoted. I certainly appreciate they are not simple OCR texts.<br /><br />Nonetheless, I would probably use NZETC much more if searching wasn't such a frustrating experience. Certain kinds of simple searches do not seem to be catered for and using the Google option doesn't always help. For instance, today I wanted to search for certain words in all the titles by the writer James Cowan. The only way to do this seemed to be to bring up the list of works by Cowan, then do an "in this document" or page search for each separate work.<br /><br />I think an "advanced search" page where one could define multiple search terms (as found on most library catalogues) would be a tremendous benefit.<br /><br />As it is, the "search"/"refine your search" structure operates in a way that feels counter-intuitive in 2013. Often I find myself confronted with massive lists of results and no option for refining them how I want.<br /><br />Hope this feedback is help and the redevelopment goes well.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />MikeMikenoreply@blogger.com