Ben,
My understanding is that one key reason is that the advanced search
does not have auto suggest, which is used extensively at our library
by patrons and staff. Also, our staff often end up showing patrons how
to perform basic searches from behind the counter, so they are
constantly having to switch over to the basic search. Of course we
still use the advanced search for certain searches and students are
taught how to use it too, but everyone on staff is asking for the
change in the client.
Hope this make sense,
Yamil
On Nov 28, 2012, at 3:41 PM, Ben Shum wrote:
Hi Yamil,
I'm curious to understand what the reasoning is behind using basic
search instead of the advanced search by default when in the staff
client. This question came up recently from one of our librarians
and I'm still waiting to hear back from them as to their reasons,
but wondering if there's similarity.
Is there a functional difference between basic/advanced that fuels
this preference? To me, I could not think of anything specific in
our system since both default to keyword search, so they seem to
have similar enough functional aspects to them. Or is it merely an
aesthetic choice to match the staff client to how the system would
behave in an OPAC situation for consistency's sake?
-- Ben
