Hi Jesse, I love seeing libraries using innovative tools by extending
them in innovative ways! The website looks very "public-friendly" and
it is great that a user can begin accessing the bibliographic collection
using these headings right from the top level.
How do you acquire the BISAC headings? Are they external (but linked)
to MARC records or are they incorporated into MARC records?
An interesting way to utilize faceting from Endeca. Wish I had more
time to explore. Good luck with further development. I hope you'll
update us when new features or approaches are added.
Allen Mullen
Eugene Public Library
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
>[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Jesse Haro
>Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 10:51 AM
>To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
>Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Prof. Burke's wish list
>
>I was recently turned on to this listserv by Karen Schneider
>and think these are all very interesting comments. I work as
>the lead OPAC developer for the Phoenix Public Library and
>have served as one of the primary drivers in changing the way
>we interact with our customers online.
>Although I serve a public audience, I think the implications
>of the work we have done may apply in other areas.
>
>Phoenix recently completed an overhaul of our public website
>with the integration of the Endeca search platform as our
>primary search engine. As part of the project, we piloted the
>use the Book Industry Study Group BISAC headings as a way to
>compliment the marc record in our database for nonfiction
>titles. The headings are visible from the home page under
>"Browse Books". There's far more to this than I can write
>here, but I would love to hear some feedback from the Library
>community at large.
>Our response so far from the public has been fairly positive.
>You can see the results at:
>
>http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org
>
>We are in the midst of integrating BISAC headings into our bib
>database for fiction titles as well. The initial pilot
>demonstrated an excellent way of mixing both the traditional
>approach to navigating our collection via LCSH, with a more
>retail friendly approach similar to BN, Borders, Amazon, etc.
>We also discovered that BISAC headings give us far more
>flexibility in targeting our catalog towards a specific
>audience, (See
>http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/business.jsp for an example).
>
>
>Thanks
>Jesse Haro, Web Services Manager
>Phoenix Public Library
>602 495-7416
>
Received on Fri Jun 01 2007 - 13:48:04 EDT