Re: Media icons in the index display screen

[Jill Ellern <ellern@xxxxxxxxxx>]

It's the cases were multiple headings are displayed, each representing a single bib
or single heading in which I'm concerned about.  It doesn't make sense for the user
and even most librarians without explaination.  I'm not sure what can be done...but
surely when the retreive set for each line is one...material type could be
displayed....

gde

Karl Beiser wrote:

> Jill,
>
> Title searches retrieve title headings.  If more than one heading
> matches the search string, a heading browse results.  Headings often,
> though not always, represent multiple individual bib records --
> doubtless of several media types.  Hence, it makes no sense to
> display a medium indication next to a heading.
>
> Only when one has selected a specific heading with more than one bib
> associated with it do we get a browse of actual titles pulled from
> each bib record. At this level medium is meaningful.
>
> Of course, this reasoning is not obvious in cases where multiple
> headings are displayed, each representing a single bib, or where the
> search string uniquely matches a single heading and the user is
> dropped directly into the title browse for that heading...
>
> Regards,
>
> Karl
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> Karl Beiser, Library Systems Coordinator
> Maine State Library
> POB 2145
> Bangor, ME 04402
> beiser@xxxxxxxxxx
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> On 27 Aug 2003 at 14:32, Jill Ellern wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure if this might not be an enhancement request or a wwwoptions
> > setting.  We already have media set for the browse display...but folks
> > are having problems understanding why it doesn't display all the
> time a
> > browse (index, brief or extended).
> >
> > Is there a wwoption i'm missing...
> >
> > gde
> >
> ______________________________________________________________________
> _________________
> >
> > Jill,
> > I would like for media icons to display in the index display for
> single
> > hits that match my search term.
> > Now only the grouped  multiple hits display icons because they are
> > viewed singly in the browse display. Can we have media icons in the
> > index display for the single hits?.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Hiddy
> >
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