I agree with Cecil's statement below. Especially the see from references. I've had to put in a few dozen authorities with [Not Used] to work around this, as there is a rather entrenched set of non- standard headings that were used in the old system and have since been replaced. Elaine On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Hillyard, Cecil <[email protected]>wrote:
> Cataloging staff uses the authorities. > > When you click on the editing gadget I would like it to default to MAIN > ENTRY and STARTS WITH. Not main entry $a only. The results should also > show the see from references so that you don't use an (unfortunately) old > heading that should have been changed. > > Public services staff and opac users don't really use authorities but they > would use a browse list of subjects, authors and series, with all the > appropriate cross references showing and searchable. > > __________________________ > Cecil Hillyard > Washoe County Library > -Tel: 775-327-8338 or 7750-327-8330 > fax: 775-327-8334 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Marcel de Rooy > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 3:13 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Koha] Authority indexing > > Hi, > Below a fragment from a discussion on authority indexing on the dev list. > As a developer, I would like to get some specific librarian feedback on > this list. > > > Another thought to add to the discussion: If we need the difference > between searching through main headings, all subfields and main headings $a > only, why do we not present these four identical options in opac and staff? > It seems overkill to me, but please speak up if you need one of the two ! > > Do you (your library) make good use of searching authorities in staff > client? There are three searches there. Note that the first one ("Search > authorities") only looks in heading $a subfields. Do you need the > difference when searching authorities between $a only or all subfields? > Would you need the other one: headings, all subfields? > > Hope I am being clear enough .. > > Thanks, > Marcel > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > [email protected] > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > -- Elaine Bradtke Data Wrangler VWML English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY Tel +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 (This number is for the English Folk Dance and Song Society in London, England. If you wish to phone me personally, send an e-mail first. I work off site) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Company No. 297142 Charity Registered in England and Wales No. 305999 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" --Elvis Costello (Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983), p. 52) _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
