[Koha-devel] Koha - Searching for Lexile Range

[Erik Lewis]

I do know Baker and Taylors Content Cafe has Lexile as an option in the content they sell which might be an interesting option for libraries wanting to access Lexile that isn't in their MARC record.


On Jan 14, 2010, at 8:39 AM, David Schuster wrote:

> 
> Nice to have the option.
> 
> If the vendors of your MARC records are not sending them make sure you ask
> for it so you don't have to manually edit each record in the future.
> 
> There are companies that will lexile your database for a fee...
> 
> As a librarian I don't like lexiles to a point.  They have their purpose,
> but when kids are told that is all they can read I have problems.  That's a
> whole new thread... ;)
> 
> David Schuster
> 
> nengard wrote:
>> 
>> Awesome!! I know several libraries who will greatly appreciate that!!
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Nicole
>> 
>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 5:32 AM, savitra sirohi
>> <savitra.sirohi at osslabs.biz> wrote:
>>> Richard,
>>> 
>>> The lexile numbers should be in 521$a.
>>> 
>>> I will supply the code later this week (we are off today), not jquery,
>>> I don't think.
>>> 
>>> Nicole, on including this in advanced search, sure we will submit a
>>> patch.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Savitra
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:47 PM, Richard Forristall
>>> <Richard.Forristall at goodwillaz.org> wrote:
>>>> This is indeed awesome and just what our librarian is looking for - are
>>>> you using jQuery to build the query from the input boxes before sending
>>>> the search?
>>>> 
>>>> Also, where in the MARC record and koha database are the lexile numbers
>>>> supposed to be stored?  I'm not sure yet the numbers are being stored
>>>> correctly in our data - I did a search for all lexile numbers < 900 and
>>>> go no results. I used this in the main OPAC page's search box
>>>> lex,st-numeric,lt:900 and I searched in the Library Catalog.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> Rick
>>>> -------------------------------------------
>>>> Rick Forristall
>>>> Programmer Analyst
>>>> Goodwill of Central AZ
>>>> 602.535.4078
>>>> -------------------------------------------
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Nicole Engard [mailto:nengard at gmail.com]
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:51 AM
>>>> To: savitra sirohi
>>>> Cc: Richard Forristall; koha-devel
>>>> Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] Koha - Searching for Lexile Range
>>>> 
>>>> This is awesome - is this something we can integrate into the Koha
>>>> advanced search page?
>>>> 
>>>> Nicole
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:56 AM, savitra sirohi
>>>> <savitra.sirohi at osslabs.biz> wrote:
>>>>> Richard,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yes, you should use "lex" in the searches, it is a numeric index so
>>>>> you use operators like "lt" (less than) or "le" (less than and equal
>>>>> to). Searches should be in this fashion:
>>>>> 
>>>>> lex,st-numeric,lt:500
>>>>> lex, st-numeric,le:800 and lex, st-numeric, ge: 300
>>>>> 
>>>>> See this DC Everest's OPAC to see this in operation (use reading
>>>>> program drop down):
>>>>> http://koha.dce.k12.wi.us/
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Savitra Sirohi
>>>>> Nucsoft OSS Labs
>>>>> http://www.osslabs.biz
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Nicole Engard <nengard at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Richard,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> There is one tip in the manual:
>>>>>> http://koha.org/documentation/manual/3.2/searching/advanced-search-pr
>>>>>> efixes/view?searchterm=lexile I haven't done much other than that :)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Nicole
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 2010/1/13 Richard Forristall <Richard.Forristall at goodwillaz.org>:
>>>>>>> Good day all!
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I'm new to the Koha system - we're using it for our charter high
>>>>>>> school library.  We've only had it installed for about 2 months and
>>>>>>> I'm now responsible for maintenance and enhancements.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> In our library, we need the ability for users (high school students)
>>>>>>> to be able to search for books using a lexile number range.  For
>>>>>>> example:
>>>>>>> Find all the books that have a lexile number between 100 and 200.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I don't see this as an option anywhere in the advanced search so I
>>>>>>> was going to try and create the option.  Here are my questions:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 1.  Has anyone done this yet?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 2.  I'm assuming there has to be something in the Zebra indexing
>>>>>>> system that allows this - being ignorant of Zebra, can anyone assist?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Rick
>>>>>>> -------------------------------------------
>>>>>>> Rick Forristall
>>>>>>> Programmer Analyst
>>>>>>> Goodwill of Central AZ
>>>>>>> 602.535.4078
>>>>>>> -------------------------------------------
>>>>>>> 
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