Hi gang:

It was observed on several occasions in the past that the term `baskets'
is not very nice PR wise.  If we would like to change it, then now would
be the perfect time, before Invenio v1.0 is out.

Here are some candidates that have been floating in the air, together
with some observations about them that I recollect.  (Disclaimer: the
observations below try to summarize various musings and positions,
although they also probably bear some personal bias of mine.)

* Your Baskets   

  (used so far, so quite a few users are acquainted with this term
  already; but may evoke strange associations, e.g. like a shopping
  cart, e.g. like a waste basket, e.g. like sport shoes (French pun),
  which may be a problem notably for new INSPIRE users)

* Your Bookshelves

  (perhaps the most popular alternative to baskets, if we keep the
  current module philosophy (i.e. not thinking about tagging here); but
  bookshelf is not always a correct representation for digital material
  and may sound somewhat old-fashioned and/or out of place at times)

* Your Shelves
* Your Folders
* Your Binders
* Your Briefcase
* Your Backpack

  (alternative names, some meant for fun only :) some serious
  alternatives; usually they were considered less sexy than bookshelves
  (e.g. binders) or having other unwanted associations (e.g. folders))

* Your Personal Library / Your Library

  (self-explanatory name, but may be a bit long, and baskets can be
  shared with groups and others)
 
* Your Collections

  (similar line as Your Library but more modern-looking; e.g. already in
  use at EPFL; but while it would not be a problem to introduce this
  term for account-free sites like INSPIRE, for general Invenio sites
  with basketting tradition it would require to speed up the integration
  of personal collections with main search collections, as mused about
  at <https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CDS/InvenioUsabilityYourCDS>)

What are our preferences?  Can we clear-cut this question for good now
that the forthcoming release of Invenio v1.0 gives us an ideal
opportunity window?

Best regards
-- 
Tibor Simko

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