Re: New uses of subjects, authorities, etc.

From: Jonathan Rochkind <rochkind_at_nyob>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:18:12 -0400
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Emily Lynema wrote:
> But the real reason for pursuing this path was that initial comparative testing showed that users' keyword searches were *much* more likely to hit on text in a full record (particularly if it's enhanced with supplemental content like table of contents) than to hit on the cataloged 'see' or 'see also' terms in an authority record. 

If you could "publish" these results, including just as a blog post or 
whatever, it would be very helpful to me in determining my functional 
priorities at my institution.  There is some thought of importance of 
getting our Blacklight installation to index "see also" terms from 
authorities -- any information on how useful those have been found to be 
in an academic library environment is useful to me in gauging the true 
priority of this feature here.

Jonathan
Received on Thu Apr 29 2010 - 10:19:33 EDT