Re: [IUG] briefcit and 970 Table of contents and author browsing

[Cindy Reid <creid at socialaw dot com>]

Hi Bob,

Thank you!  That is exactly what I was looking for.  I have a very happy 
TOC entry person too.

-Cindy

Bob Duncan wrote:
> At 12:04 PM 02/04/2008, Cindy wrote:
>   
> > I've finally updated our WebOPAC to the point where we now have a
> > briefcit.html file and record browse displays.
> >
> > We have a large amount of 970 TOC data for CLE materials.
> >
> > Record browse is great because of the item availability information, but
> > it does not have the functionality of the extended index browse where
> > you can browse by author and see the 970 title associated with a 970
> > author.
> > . . .
> > Is there a way that I could make the author browse of a singular author
> > go directly to the extended index display without being automatically
> > pushed through to the record browse display, or is there a way to have
> > the best of both displays?
> >     
>
>
> If the search results in records, then you'll get the record 
> browse;  I don't believe there's a way around this.  But is this sort 
> of what you're looking for?  There are two titles from 970 fields and 
> one from a 245 for this author entry:
> <http://www.library.lafayette.edu/search/a?SEARCH=Stone+Jacqueline+Ilyse>
>
> If so, you can achieve it by using the uppercase T (for "best" 
> t-tagged field) in the linkfieldspec token thusly:
>
> <div>
> <!--{linkfieldspec:VbT}-->
> </div>
> <div>
> <!--{fieldspec:Vbt245:ab}-->
> </div>
>
> In the example search provided, this gets you the title from a 970 
> field as the prominently-displayed title, with the 245 underneath.
>
> Possible downsides:  (a) you get the 245 title showing twice when the 
> "best" title is from the 245, which I guess isn't always such a bad 
> thing, depending on how you code it;  (b) you get multiple entries in 
> the record browse for the same book when the author has two chapters 
> in the book, but this can be an upside if you're interested in seeing 
> the author's individual works listed and can deal with the confusion 
> of having the "next" book be the same as the "previous" book.
>
> If that's not what you're looking for...never mind.
>
> Bob Duncan
>
>
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