This message will be of interest to public services staff and other OPAC users.

After 5 p.m. today, December 4, the HOLLIS Catalog OPAC will have a new format for

call number browses.  Currently, browsing by a call number, such as

Library of Congress Call Number, from the basic search screen returns a

result with call numbers and the number of things that have that call

number.  Since there is no title information associated with the call

numbers, these results displays have limited use or appeal.

With the re-indexing that was done last month, we were able to change the

format of the call number browses so that the results include title

information.

Here is a comparison of results for a browse of the LC call number 'JK 274'

Current format:

1       JK274 .A37x 1967

1       JK274 .A544 1953

New format:

JK274 .A37x 1967        Our constitution and government :

JK274 .A544 1953        American government for Pennsylvanians

Some things to note about these new displays:

1) We were not able to include author information along with the title at

this time, but felt this partial enhancement was still valuable.

2) There will be 20 entries per browse results page instead of the

current 10 entries.

 3) There will be multiple entries for some call numbers such as new items

sent to the depository with only a broad class number. For

instance, a browse of the LC call number "PN" will show up in the result

list 9 times with different titles.  In the current display, there is one

"PN" line, with the number 9 to indicate 9 things have that call number.

4) A new index for Su DOCs has been added.

If you have questions or comments, please contact the new MetaPAC Committee, which has assumed ongoing oversight of the HOLLIS Catalog.

MetaPAC Committee

Kathleen Donovan (Chair), Gutman

Joe DeVeer, MCZ

Betsy Eggleston, HCL Technical Services

Sue Gilroy, Lamont

Michael Jimenez, Law

Carrie Kent, Widener

Gloria Korsman, Divinity

Amber Meryman, OIS

David Osterbur, Countway

Suzanne Wones, Kennedy School

Paul Aloisio (OIS consultant)

Janet Taylor (OIS consultant)

Paul Aloisio

Systems Librarian

Harvard University Library

Office for Information Systems

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Cambridge, MA  02138

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