Re: [IUG] "Faceted" keyword searching

["McGranahan, Jamen (Library)" <Jamen dot McGranahan at nashville dot gov>]

Firewall, set by Metro ITS.  They are very strict when it comes to
security.

Jamen McGranahan
Library Automation Specialist
Nashville Public Library
 

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[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Joe Hewitt
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 10:13 AM
To: 'IUG INNOPAC List'
Subject: Re: [IUG] "Faceted" keyword searching

Jamen,

Does your agency block port 2082 or is it just a setting on your
browser?

Just curious,
Joe

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of McGranahan, Jamen
(Library)
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 9:42 AM
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Subject: Re: [IUG] "Faceted" keyword searching

Andrew -

I would love to take a look at this, but since it is going through port
2082, I'm not able to.  :-(  It sounds a lot like Innovative's Encore
product, so I would be curious to see it in action.  

Jamen McGranahan
Library Automation Specialist
Nashville Public Library
 

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[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Welch, Andrew
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 8:33 AM
To: innopac at innovativeusers dot org
Subject: [IUG] "Faceted" keyword searching

Just for fun on the Friday before IUG, I thought I'd throw this out
there for public comment/criticism/consumption.

http://auroralibrary.org:2082/search/X?SEARCH=mountain+climbing&searchsc
ope=2&SORT=R

Advanced search limits sit to the left of the results display in a
"Refine your search" box. Choosing limits constructs a new URL; deleting
limits (once they've been chosen) deconstructs the URL. It also
screen-scrapes the subjects from the first screen of results and puts
them in an alphabetical list for use as limits. The idea was to
integrate the Modify Search functions to keep the patron from having to
leave their results to go back to a search page.

It's definitely not flawless at this point, the main flaw being that it
may fail miserably in release 2007, depending on how keyword URLs are
constructed. It only works with keyword searching, as the Limit/Sort
URLs for other indexes are constructed 'behind the scenes'. The other
bugs are noted at the top of the .js file (modX.js) and can be fixed
with some work.

For anyone who has time and feels inclined, I'd be grateful for any
feedback. I'd like to use this in our live catalog, but not if there are
major problems. I know many of you have your own "gotcha" searches that
you use to test search functions and limits.

Thanks!

Andrew Welch
Sr. Library Systems Technician
Aurora Public Library
Aurora, CO 80012
http://auroralibrary.org

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