Re: NCSU Libraries Butcher the Pig

Thanks for the plug, Roy.  We're very excited about the new interface, 
especially the abillity to browse the entire collection.  So that folks 
don't think there's a trick to that, you can get there directly from a 
tab on the front-end: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/browse.html
We plan on adding browsability based on format, language, and other 
non-searchable dimensions on this page as well.  This just went live 
this morning and many improvements are already planned for version 2 
(including FRBRized displays via "record-rollup").  Here's a quick 
rundown of current features:
* Complex relevency ranking
* Spell correction
* Did you mean.... recommendations
* Refinements based on subfielded LCSH
* LC Classification browsing and refinement
* Sort by most circulated ("Most popular")
* Links from full record display (currently still SirsiDynix Web2) back 
to Endeca via "More by this author" and "More titles like this"
* Refinement breadcrumbs that allow you to trace search and delete 
unwanted refinements

Hat's off to the lead developer, a brand new librarian, Emily Lynema.  
She and the nimble product implementation team put this new catalog 
together in less than 6 months!  Our OPAC doesn't suck anymore....sigh.
-Andrew

Roy Tennant wrote:

> Andrew Pace of the NCSU Libraries, who has said that making minor  
> changes to library catalog systems is like putting lipstick on a pig,  
> has unveiled a revolutionary new interface to their catalog based on  
> new capabilities provided by Endeca, Inc. For a news release on the  
> new system see <http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/news/libraries.php? 
> p=1998&more=1http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/news/libraries.php? 
> p=1998&more=1>. To use the catalog yourself, see <http:// 
> www.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/>. If you go to <http://www2.lib.ncsu.edu/ 
> catalog/> you will see that you don't even need to do a search -- you  
> can browse down into the 1.66 million item collection by using the  
> Library of Congress Classification system.
> Roy
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