Fw: Re: [Koha-devel] strange search results (fwd)

[Rosalie Blake]

Hello Ville, Andrew and everyone,
Thank you for pointing this out. Andrew has given you the correct 
explanation - that the word "guide" appears in fields not displayed on 
the OPAC search- usually in the series title field. But you are 
absolutely right, Ville, that this is important information that should be 
displayed on the OPAC screens. That it is not displayed is an 
historical accident, rather than a deliberate attempt to conceal. 

Different libraries may use the Notes field on the biblio record for 
different purposes. At HLT, we use it to add information that we think 
will help make the record more accessible or more meaningful, or to 
add detail that can't be fitted anywhere else. None of this is 
confidential, and we'd be perfectly happy to have it display. Do other 
libraries use it the same way?

(We use the notes field on the item record for purposes which are 
not so public)
Anyone volunteering to add to the OPAC display the additional fields 
not currently displayed?

On 30 Sep 2002, at 23:32, Ville Huhtala wrote:

> 
> (sorry for this Fw: mess)
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 23:24:57 +0300
> From: Ville Huhtala <vhuhtala at mail.student.oulu.fi>
> To: vhuhtala at paju.oulu.fi
> Subject: Fw: Re: [Koha-devel] strange search results
> 
> 
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 14:42:18 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Andrew Arensburger <arensb+koha-devel at ooblick.com>
> To: Ville Huhtala <vhuhtala at mail.student.oulu.fi>
> Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] strange search results
> 
> 
> On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Ville Huhtala wrote:
> > I searched http://opac.library.org.nz with keyword "guide". However
> > among the first 30 results are 6 records where word "guide" does not
> > appear.
> 
>  A keyword search looks in a whole lot of places for the keywords you
> give it, including title, subtitle, series title, biblio notes and
> biblioitem notes, and subjects.
>  Not all of these are displayed in the OPAC search results. So if a
> book were part of the "Bob's Guides to Pets", you might not see why it
> was included.
> 
> -- 
> Andrew Arensburger                      Actually, these _do_ represent
> the arensb at ooblick.com                      opinions of ooblick.com!
>                         Generic Tagline V 6.01
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> 
> Yes, I did check all visible fields - but searies titles and notes are
> invisible. I think this is very, very wrong. If I remember right then
> some of those notes are for librarian only - and should not be
> searched. There is also no reason to hide notes that are made for opac
> users.
> 
> Hiding the series title is also wrong because it makes difficult to
> uniquely identify searched works.
> 
> (of course someone at Horowhenua should check the search result just
> to make sure it is not a bug)
> 
> Ville Huhtala
> 
> 
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