On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Simpson,Elizabeth Yager
<betsys_at_uflib.ufl.edu> wrote:
> The State University Libraries of Florida are using an Endeca catalog - http://uf.catalog.fcla.edu/uf.jsp . Recently, we implemented a "Did you mean ... " link for title, author and subject keyword searches. The system searches the user's term in the authority tables and if there's a cross-ref match, it displays a "Did you mean ... " for the authorized term. Instead of populating the user's search results with hits based on the authorized term, the system allows the user to click and do a new search if desired.
>
That's what we've done from the beginning with Evergreen as well. For example:
http://gapines.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=subject&tp=subject&t=JFK
See the section at the bottom of the result list labeled "You may also
like to try these related searches". You'll notice that there's also
a listing for John F. Kennedy International Airport. That's because
we do a left-anchored authority comparison instead of an exact match.
We believe that follows the principal of least surprise for the user
by not magically changing their input, but notifying them that there's
probably more related material available. Good work on getting Endeca
to do that, too!
--
Mike Rylander
| VP, Research and Design
| Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts
| phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
| email: miker_at_esilibrary.com
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Received on Mon May 04 2009 - 10:13:56 EDT