WebPac Implementation Team : Post Searching Functionality Subgroup
Final Report
Membership
- Lucinda Hall
- Carol Magenau
- Norma Pellerin
- Marcia Pirone
- Jennifer Merrill (chair)
Charge
- Examine the Web Opac Options document on CSDirect and determine which WWWoptions concern/determine post searching functionality.
- Implement WWWoptions that best facilitate post searching functionality; Record why each WWWoption was chosen and the alternative choices available. The subgroup should communicate with library colleagues system wide when making choices about WWWoptions.
- Present a written report to the WebPAC Team by September 1st.
Recommendations
BIBLOC
Do the locations that hold the material(s) display in a separate line at the beginning of the record?
Example titles: Newsweek, Lilac Bus
Recommend: No because it wastes a line of screen display and doesn't convey enough additional information to warrant wasting the line
BRIEF
Similar to the EXTENDED_* options except the additional data is put on the first line of the browse rather than the second. Appears only when there is a single record for that heading. Independent of the EXTENDED options and will not de-duplicate data that is already displayed on the second line.
Example titles: any
Recommend: Author if Innovative can fix the bug in DISPLAY_245 which is delivering the 245|c
BRIEF_EXPORT
Which Bib record fields should output when the user exports Bib records in Brief format?
Example title: any
Recommend: a|t:245../abh|p|e (author, titles in 245 subfields abh, publisher, edition) waiting on bug fix in specifying subfields to display
BRIEF_EXPORT_CHKIN
Which Checkin record fields should output when the user exports Checkin records in Brief format?
Example title:
Recommend: Defer until such time as we implement recording holdings data in checkin records
BROWSE_<itag>
Define which subfields display in the first line of the Extended display and the single line of the Brief display. Also, define which subfields should be displayed as part of the hotlink (does not control what subfields are part of the link itself, just whether they are part of the link text).
Recommend: Investigate later if current behavior deemed unacceptable. The group felt it was better to stick with the default unless there was a problem identified.
DISPLAY_245
For what searches (index tags) should we display the MARC 245 instead of the first t-tagged field?
Examples:
Recommend: atdiocglfemXY (all indexes)
DISPLAY_856
What 856 subfields should be displayed?
Example title: Icarus (Online)
Recommend: Referred to the URL subgroup.
DROP_DOWN
What indexes should be offered in the drop down menu?
Example title: any title
Recommend: atdcX (author, title, subject, keyword, LC Call)
EMAILOP
Specify the Subject, bounced message account name and diacritic coding scheme to be used when records are exported via Email.
Recommend: From the Dartmouth College Library Catalog|exporter. Still investigating the diacritic question, but this is not urgent.
EXPORT_SELECT_TABLE
Specify the methods by which records may be exported from the database and in which formats. Methods are browser, email, local. Formats are full, brief, marc, endnote, procite.
Recommend: Offer all methods and all formats
EXTENDED [or EXTENDED_{index}]
What data should appear in the extended display?
Recommend: Item location and status. The group wanted call number but the system can not provide item call number, and this is insufficient, and sometimes incorrect (for instance for journals shelved by title, or things with URLs).
IMAGE_AVS
Specify an alternate image for the relevance ranking feedback in the Advanced Keyword search. The default image is stars.
Recommend: If the team recommends offering this, then use the default of stars unless the display group wants something different.
ITEM_NOTE
Should item-level notes display in full in the item box, or display partially with a "click here to see full note" and pop-up window to display it?
Example author/title: Frost, Robert/Aforesaid
Recommend: display the note in full in the item box
ITEMOUT_MSG
What message should display when an item is checked out?
Recommend: A group of public services staff should look at this as well as desired translations of the item STATUS codes.
KEYWORD_COLOR
Which words from keyword searches be highlighted in search results? Choices are none; all; when the word was found in the supplied list of MARC tags (we supply the list)
Recommend: No highlighting of keywords. The preference was to include the MARC tags of all fields included in the advanced keyword index, and highlight the words in red pending color decisions of the Design subgroup. However, we can specify only one MARC tag (such as all 5XX fields, or all 7XX fields). An enhancement request should be submitted.
LINK856TEXT
What text should be in the header of the URL box? Default is "Click on the following to:"
Example title: Icarus (Online)
Recommend: Defer to URL subgroup. There may be text in the URL that affects whether the default box message makes sense.
MARC
Should the button labelled MARC Display be offered?
Example: any record
Recommend: Yes, offer it. If it is not offered, then the option to view the MARC record is not available for staff, even through the My Millenium for Staff login.
MEDIA
Specify whether a column should be added to the browse display to display Material type. The data can only be derived from BCODE1 and BCODE2.
Recommend: We don't have the correct data in BCODE1 or 2 to support this, so recommend not implementing it.
RECORDFRAME
Should frames be used in record displays? The choices are no frames, 2 frames or 3 frames with the percentage of screen devoted to each frame determined by us.
Recommend: No frames. It was felt that frames are too confusing to users. For instance, if the user tries to print from a framed web page they have to know to click in the frame they want printed or they may be surprised by their output.
SUPPRESS_CARD
Should any checkin cards be suppressed from public view based on being coded with a checkin card status of F=Filled, C=Current, I=Incomplete or U=Unused.
Recommend: Not applicable here.
SHOW_OREC
Under what circumstances should an order record be displayed to the public?
Example "On order"title : Grammaire du francais: approche enonciative
Example "In process" title: Tales and Stories [the first record]
Recommend: Default behavior (show order only until there's an item or checkin record attached) most closely resembles behavior in BRS catalog. Recommend sticking with it.
SUPPRESS_HOLDDISP
Specify whether the "X holds on 1st copy returned" message appears when bib-level holds are set.
Recommend: The patron-initiated functions subgroup should make this decision
SUPPRESS_YEAR
Should the Year column display in browse displays?
Example author: Frost, Robert
Recommend: Do not suppress year column
Z39BROADCAST
Used in conjuction with Z39SEARCH and Z39MULTI, specifies user instructions for constructing a broadcast search.
Recommend: Do not offer
Z39MULTI
Specify the maximum number of records to be retrieved from a) all sites and b) each site when a broadcast search is executed.
Recommend: Do not offer
Z39SEARCH
Specify whether the search should be repeated in external library catalogs, and if so, in which catalogs.
Recommend: Do not offer
Character-based options that also apply to Web OPAC
Characters removed from beginning of user-typed search
Recommend: None
Browse list
Browse list: show field instead of normalized entry. For indexes:
Recommend: cmlfge (all call number indexes). These are the only indexes we can choose from
Browse list: maximum number of entries that can be sorted by year
Recommend: 200
Requests: Journals: Ask for article title, etc........................YES
Requests: Which item..................................................ANY
Requests: Pickup location.............................................ASK
Requests: Patron eligibility determined by.........................P TYPE
Requests: Eligible patrons..........................................0-255
Requests: Message for patrons denied access................Choose to view
Requests: Amount to charge........................................NOT SET
Requests: Message to agree to charge..................................N/A
Personal ID Num (PIN) in patron record................................YES
Patron self-identification field..................................DART ID
Patron self-identification prompts & examples..............Choose to view
Patron can view own record............................................YES
Patron can cancel own holds............................................NO
Patron can renew own items.............................................NO
Recommend: Patron group will decide
Bib record: Display relator codes in full text
Recommend: YES
Checkin record
Checkin record: Display 86x tag lines as separate lines
Checkin record: Break LIB HAS statements at space-space
Recommend: We haven't implemented these aspects of checkin records yet
Fields exported in ProCite/End Note Refer format
Recommend: Fontaine will recommend