Re: Rotated subject headings

[Elizabeth Thomsen <et@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We have rotated subject headings, for all the reasons Ann mentions.  We 
recently made a change to our subject heading display, choosing to 
display the proper heading rather than the normalized form.  We found 
complicated headings too confusing when normalized, like this one:
Henry Iv 1589 1610 Witchcraft History France Juvenile Fiction

So we now have headings rotated, but displaying in the same format as in 
the bib record, which looks like this for a search on Iceland:

Iceland
Iceland -- Administrative and political divisions -- Maps
Aeronautical charts -- Iceland
Iceland agate -- See --Obsidian
Agriculture -- Iceland
Agriculture and state -- Iceland
Aids to navigation -- Iceland -- Lists

It can be a little confusing to have Iceland not appear as the first 
element of each heading, and we wish we could have an option to have the 
matched part of the heading (in this case Iceland) display in a 
different color or font or be otherwise highlighted.  But overall we 
find this less confusing.

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Elizabeth Thomsen, Member Services Manager
NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange
Danvers MA 01923
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