RE: [IUG] Scoping summary

["Adam Brin" <abrin at brynmawr dot edu>]

We have been tracking all of our scope usage for about a month-and-a-half
and have found that roughly 85% of all searches are 'unscoped' or use the
default of 'entire collection'.  

In comparing the 'tab' usage which highlights specific scopes at the top of
the page, with the 'scope' usage including the pull-down, our data seems to
show that people actually use the 'pull-down' more than the 'tabs' (only 7%
actually click on one of the tabs). 

Best,

adam

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Tri-Colleges Systems Coordinator
Bryn Mawr | Haverford | Swarthmore
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[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Susan Jurist
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 1:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [IUG] Scoping summary

we are testing a new way of doing scopes - sort of a google-ish  
approach with them listed across the page. You can see this at  
roger.ucsd.edu:2082  We don't add/delete scopes all that often to  
making the file changes a burden.

I think our scopes are underutilized, and by making them more  
obvious, we hope to make it easier to search for different formats/ 
types of materials.

csj


On May 8, 2006, at 8:15 AM, McGranahan, Jamen ((Library)) wrote:

> Using Release 2005:
>
> I received several responses about scoping and was asked to summarize
> the responses to the listserv.  Basically, those that use scoping use
> the drop-down list (the result of using the scope token) - the key  
> is to
> have it organized in such a way so that users can find their
> "collection" or "library" easily.  This is based on how the scopes are
> organized (see page 101277 in III Manual).  Personally, though, I  
> think
> what I am going to try is a list of available collections and  
> libraries
> in a radio-select format.  However, this does mean that if we add or
> delete scopes, I'll have to manually edit this file - it will not
> dynamically change.  And I do not know how it will affect the  
> system if
> a user selects "Modify Search" - I'll be experimenting with this over
> the next couple of weeks.
>
> Jamen McGranahan
> Library Automation Specialist
> Nashville Public Library
> 615 Church Street
> Nashville, TN  37219
> jmcgranahan at nashville dot gov
> (615) 862-5726
>
>
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