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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Interesting. Thanks! That makes sense as far as a guess as to what’s happening. Not sure I like it bringing back irrelevant results based on a book we don’t own. But still interesting…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Amy Herman<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Library Faculty | Olympic College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">1600 Chester Avenue | Bremerton, WA 98337<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:aherman@olympic.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">aherman@olympic.edu</span></a> | 360-475-7256<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Wactclc-primo <wactclc-primo-bounces@lists.ctc.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Guidry, Wade<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 12, 2019 9:16 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'WACTCLC Primo discussions' <wactclc-primo@lists.ctc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [External]Re: [Wactclc-primo] primo/cataloging oddity<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Interesting. Good observation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Here’s my guess…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Michael Newton, who wrote those first few books listed, also wrote a book called ‘Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology’.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I’m guessing that Primo is reacting to a one word search, especially while filtered to ‘available in the library.’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">So, that title connection to Michael Newton is made, and his other books are provided in the results. I’m not sure of the underlying mechanics here. But some function of the relevance and boost algorithms in
use.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">If you don’t filter to ‘available in the library’, those titles are still in the results, but appear “under the fold”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">If you add an additional term to the search, like ‘cryptozoology animals’, those results disappear completely. And, in the case of ‘available in the library’, I only get one result.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">So, it does look like Primo is giving itself some additional latitude with that one word search, maybe based on what is considered as ambiguity of desired results by the search algorithm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">When I have time, I’ll see if I can find a more definitive answer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Wade Guidry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">WACTCLC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Library Consortium Services Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:wadeg@bigbend.edu"><span style="color:blue">wadeg@bigbend.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.wactclc.org/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.wactclc.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">509.760.4474<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Wactclc-primo [<a href="mailto:wactclc-primo-bounces@lists.ctc.edu">mailto:wactclc-primo-bounces@lists.ctc.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Herman, Amy<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 11, 2019 3:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WACTCLC Primo discussions <<a href="mailto:wactclc-primo@lists.ctc.edu">wactclc-primo@lists.ctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Wactclc-primo] primo/cataloging oddity<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So this may be more of a cataloging question but we came across it in Primo…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When we do a Primo search for [cryptozoology] and limit to “Available in the library” we get 7 book results. Results #5, 6, & 7 all have that search term in a notes field in the MARC record and are books we’d expect to see. However results
#1-4 have nothing to do with the topic (see screenshot below) and all sound somewhat violent. The search term is nowhere in the MARC records of these results. Any ideas why Primo thinks these four results are the most relevant? Does it have some sort of internal
invisible thesaurus?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Amy Herman<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Library Faculty | Olympic College<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1600 Chester Avenue | Bremerton, WA 98337<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:aherman@olympic.edu">aherman@olympic.edu</a> | 360-475-7256<o:p></o:p></p>
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