Re: Search Scoping

[Mieko Yamaguchi <iss053@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jodi Williamschen of Innovative Interfaces and I did a presentation at
this year's IUG on Search Scoping called "One database, many catalogs".
Jodi's slides are available from CSDirect (CSDirect username and
password needed):

   http://csdirect.iii.com/ppt/iug11scoping.zip

My slides are available from the IUG 2003 site (IUG username and
password needed):

   http://www.innopacusers.org/iug2003/programs/N5/

I have not yet created a web page with links to the scoped OPACs I used
in my presentation but a list of scoped OPACs from my program last year
may give you an idea of how other libraries are using search scoping.

   http://www.bangor.ac.uk/is/iss053/INNOPAC/wwwoptions/

If you search any of the scoped OPACs listed and look at the pull-down
menu on result screens (browse list or single record) you will see what
scope names other libraries are using.  The pull-down menu to change the
scope of a search usually appears next to the "Search" button near the
top of the screen.

Note that it is easy to change the disply names of scopes later.  It may
not be easy to change which locations or bcodes should be included in any
scope.  Some changes may be possible free of charge (e.g. adding new
locations) but there may be charges for other changes.

Mieko

On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Bravismore Mumanyi wrote:

> Can anyone out there shade more light of what search scoping means.
>
> We are about to have installation of 9 scopes on our system and do not
> know what to submit as scope names and definitions.

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