[Wactclc-primo] Confusion about authority control in Primo

[Dale Burke]

Wade,

Thanks for this information.  Green River was not in the first Co-hort.  I
doubt that any of us in the first Co-hort received this information
previously.

Dale Burke
Technical Services Librarian
20000 68th Ave. W
Lynnwood, WA  98036
425-640-1526

dburke at email.edcc.edu

On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 3:57 PM, Guidry, Wade <WadeG at bigbend.edu> wrote:

> Yes, the ‘headings enrichment’ setting should give you more what you want.
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> From the doc page I linked earlier:
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> This especially enhances the Primo search capability of nonpreferred (4XX)
> terms so that, for example, Mark Twain can be found with Samuel Clemens;
> and with the cross references to the Primo author and subject browse list,
> when the heading Samuel Clemens appears, it displays “See Twain, Mark.”
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> Does require republishing records after enabling the headings enrichment.
> You could open a ticket and ask them to republish everything, after you
> turn the switch.
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> Just FYI, Green River has headings enrichment enabled:
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> [image: Title: Big Bend Community College Logo]
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> *Wade Guidry*
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> *Library Consortium Services Manager*
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> *Big Bend Community College*
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> *wadeg at bigbend.edu <wadeg at bigbend.edu>*
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> *509.760.4474 <(509)%20760-4474>*
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> *www.bigbend.edu* <http://www.bigbend.edu/>
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> *Big Bend Community College • 7662 Chanute Street NE • Moses Lake, WA
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> WACTCLC Alma Instance: Alma NA02 <http://status.exlibrisgroup.com/>
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> WACTCLC Primo Instance: Primo NA08 <http://status.exlibrisgroup.com/>
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> *From:* Wactclc-primo [mailto:wactclc-primo-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] *On
> Behalf Of *Nina Pitts
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 12, 2017 3:10 PM
> *To:* WACTCLC Primo discussions <wactclc-primo at lists.ctc.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [Wactclc-primo] Confusion about authority control in Primo
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> Hmmm…we haven’t looked into this yet, but I tried the author searches you
> recommended, Dale. We can confirm what you’re seeing. For Mark Twain, I got
> 494 results, but only 71 for Samuel Clemens. Like you, I had a different
> result set in each case, and I don’t see a Primo link between the two. When
> I get a chance, I’ll try the heading enrichment Wade recommended (probably
> not until next week). Obviously, our instance isn’t working as we’d hoped,
> either. Thanks for the heads up.
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> *Nina Pitts*
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> *Library Supervisor*
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> *Peninsula College Library/Media Center*
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> *From:* Wactclc-primo [mailto:wactclc-primo-bounces at lists.ctc.edu
> <wactclc-primo-bounces at lists.ctc.edu>] *On Behalf Of *Dale Burke
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 12, 2017 1:27 PM
> *To:* WACTCLC Alma Discussion; WACTCLC Primo discussions
> *Subject:* [Wactclc-primo] Confusion about authority control in Primo
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> Hello again,
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> We are newly concerned about how authority control, particularly for
> subjects, actually works, or doesn't work in Primo.
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> We are setting up local authority records for some local headings.  In
> doing so we are discovering that any kind of "See" reference or "See Also"
> reference doesn't seem to do anything in Primo.
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> Have any of you seen any evidence that the cross-reference structure is or
> is not working in Primo?
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> We have tested this using a number of "See" or "See Also" references.
> Once example that we have used is the "See" reference of "Big Foot" for the
> heading of "Sasquatch"  "Sasquatch" is used on records in our Alma catalog,
> and the heading is authorized when we look at the MARC records.
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> When we conduct a subject search in Primo for "Big Foot" we get results
> based on keyword searching of articles or note fields, but we do not get
> our records that have "Sasquatch" as the authorized heading.  I have looked
> at a number of other catalogs and I cannot find any evidence of the "See"
> or "See Also" structure working.
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> Have any of you tested this concept?  Try doing an author search for Mark
> Twain and then redoing the author search for Samuel Clemens.  I get very
> different results with no link from Primo between the two names.
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> Dale Burke
> Technical Services Librarian
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> 20000 68th Ave. W
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=20000+68th+Ave.+W%0D+%0D+%0D+%0D+Lynnwood,+WA%C2%A0+98036&entry=gmail&source=g>
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> Lynnwood, WA
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=20000+68th+Ave.+W%0D+%0D+%0D+%0D+Lynnwood,+WA%C2%A0+98036&entry=gmail&source=g>
> 98036
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=20000+68th+Ave.+W%0D+%0D+%0D+%0D+Lynnwood,+WA%C2%A0+98036&entry=gmail&source=g>
> 425-640-1526 <(425)%20640-1526>
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> dburke at email.edcc.edu
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