Re: Are MARC subfields really useful ?

From: Demian Katz <demian.katz_at_nyob> Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 08:26:56 -0400 To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU

> Discovery systems like VuFind and Blacklight (and probably most
> others) also make heavy use of the subfields in the 6xxs for faceting.

VuFind also uses subfields to help with relevance ranking -- for example, words within subfield a of a title are given more importance than words in the rest of the field -- extremely valuable if, for example, you're trying to find a book ABOUT an author rather than a book BY that author.

- Demian