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Coming catalog enhancements!!

OPAL Conference 2006

Coming soon ….

OhioLINK catalog changes: Agency software

OPAL catalog changes: Keyword search algorithm Spell checker Tabbed record display

Agency software

To be installed sometime before September 1

Affects: OhioLINK catalog Circulation OPAL catalog NOT affected

Agency software

Allows each OPAL institution to appear to be a separate institution within OhioLINK central catalog when: Displaying holdings Placing requests

Displaying holdings (BEFORE)

Displaying Holdings (Before)

Displaying Holdings (After)

Requesting (mockup)

Displaying Holdings (After)

Placing Requests (Before)

Placing Requests (After)

Agency software

Few other points: Each OPAL institution will be able to

have its own requesting priority within OhioLINK

Each OPAL institution will have independent circulation statistics from OhioLINK

Agency software

Few other points: OhioLINK catalog will not automatically

select an OPAL item if one OPAL library’s patron requests an item that is held by another OPAL library

That is, the OhioLINK catalog will not prefer sister-agencies’ materials over other any other OhioLINK institutions’

Agency software

Agency softwareAGENCY NAME STATS CODE INSTITUTION CODE

Antioch College ANTCH an3bg

Athenaeum of Ohio ATHNM at3ug

Baldwin Wallace College BALDW bw3bg

Bluffton University BLUFF bf1ug

Columbus Coll Art Design CCAD co4bg

Defiance College DEFNC de1bg

Franciscan University FRANC fr2ug

Heidelberg College HEIDL he1bg

Lourdes College LOURD lo1bg

Malone College MALON ma2bg

Mercy Coll NW Ohio MCNWO me1bg

Mount Carmel Coll Nursing MCCN mt4bg

Mount Union College MTUNI mu2bg

Muskingum College MUSKI mu4bg

Otterbein College OTTER ot4bg

Tiffin University TIFFN ti1ug

University of Findlay FINDL fi1ug

Urbana University URBNA ur3ug

Walsh University WALSH wa2ug

Wilberforce University WILBR wb3ug

Wilmington College WILMG wl3bg

OPAL Catalog changes

With Release 2006, Innovative releasing “WebPac Pro” which includes: “improved” keyword search algorithm “improved” single record display optional spell-checking module

Not automatically functional with upgrade; must be turned on

OPAL Catalog changes

With the WebPac Pro implementation: “Improved” keyword search algorithm

Results are grouped by relevance into: Most Relevant Highly Relevant Very Relevant Etc.

Higher relevance assigned if keywords appear in 245 subfield a, slightly lower if in subfield b, etc.

Keyword search algorithm

Keyword search algorithm

Keyword search algorithm

Keyword search algorithm

OPAL Catalog changes

Tabbed record display Defaults to displaying author, title, imprint

and copy information first Other fields are hidden under other tabs

labeled: More details (includes ISBN, description, etc.) Find similar items (series, subjects, added

entries)

Tabbed record display

Tabbed record display

Tabbed record display

OPAL Catalog changes

Spell checker Only for keyword search Uses a dictionary to determine

misspellings Asks “Did you mean”

Spell checker

Spell checker

Spell checking

OPAL Catalog changes

Timeframe: September 2006 -- Release 2006

upgrade -- Testing other new OPAC features

October 2006 -- Users Services Advisory Committee meeting -- Decide on new functionality

December 2006 – Implement new functionality and WebPac Pro