Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Searchability

An item here on the challenges of searching "occult" topics in the library. It's true: it's tough. Patrons begin with questions like, "I need true books about Bigfoot / magic / witches / etc." They don't want parlor tricks, they don't want Halloween stories, and they certainly don't need you beginning with "Well, since Bigfoot isn't real. . . ." You have to be delicate.

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