[Wactclc-primo] [Wactclc-alma] Primo issue I am re-posting here

[Guidry, Wade]

Dale and all,

If you go to ‘advanced search’ in the new Primo UI, you can search course reserves by course name, instructor, ID, dept.

One quick fix that would require minimal effort would be to request the ‘advanced search’ label be changed to ‘advanced search and course reserves’.



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From: Wactclc-alma [mailto:wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] On Behalf Of Elena Bianco
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 3:04 PM
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Subject: Re: [Wactclc-alma] Primo issue I am re-posting here

As a Cohort 3 library, I’d sure like to see that one resolved. Seems like searching in Reserves by Course Name, Departmetn, Instructor, ID should be a basic function of a web-based catalog…

Elena

Elena Bianco, Technical Services Librarian
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From: Wactclc-alma [mailto:wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] On Behalf Of Dale Burke
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 2:48 PM
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Subject: [Wactclc-alma] Primo issue I am re-posting here

This is a Primo concern I have re-edited and have re-posted here because I am surprised no one has commented about this on the Primo list.

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I am disappointed by the apparent lack of reserve searching functionality in the Cohort 2 catalogs that use the new Primo UI.

Cohort 1 worked very hard to get ExLibris to create search capabilities for the various aspects of reserves (Course Name, Course ID, Course Instructor  and Course Department).  Cohort 2 libraries only appear to have general searching of reserves with the ability to sort the results (facet) by the four categories.  I feel our librarians want the options that we currently have in current version of Primo to search for rather than sort reserves.

http://edmonds-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do;jsessionid=4D27D55ABEF1E720D67A243D0661DBAA?mode=Basic&vid=EDMONDS&tab=reserves_tab&

I would suggest that people do various searches in your current UI and then try similar searches in the new UI to see what results you get.  One example that I will use is searching for the Reserve items coded to the department of Sociology.  In my current UI if I search within Reserve for "Course Department" I get 5 items that are coded to the Sociology Department. In the new UI I get 27 items, including the 5 from the Sociology Department.  This includes 22 items that are on reserve, but not for the Sociology Department.  The only way I can see the 5 for the Sociology Department is to sort my results by the facet for "Course Department".  In addition, I have to expand the department list in order to see the Sociology Department, meaning there are too many steps to getting the results I want.

I am not sure that libraries in Cohort 2 even knew what level of reserve searching was available to Cohort 1.

I am very interested in knowing how others feel about this issue?

Dale Burke
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