Re: [IUG] alphabetical list

[Catherine Wilkinson <wilkinsncl at appstate dot edu>]

I've checked our system and they are displaying alphabetically.

Catherine

On 10/26/2011 7:14 PM, Teresa Coberly wrote:
> Hi Charlotte,
>
> I looked at our "See Related Subjects" and they do not display in alpha order.
>
> I thought I remembered an earlier discussion on the listserv so I did a search and found one post from Karen John in 2008 titled "Re: [IUG]  Subject authority notes" where she was reporting this behavior.   And another in 2009 Adam Lenarczyk titled " See also display".
>
> It seems that in some systems these headings display in the order they were added to Millennium rather than in alphabetical order.
>
> - Teresa
>
>
>
> ---
> Teresa Coberly
> Technical Services/Library Technology Specialist
> William A. Wise Law Library
> University of Colorado Law School
> Phone 303-492-4711  : Fax 303-492-2707
> teresa dot coberly at colorado dot edu
>
> library website: http://www.colorado.edu/law/lawlib/   ::  library catalog: http://lawpac.colorado.edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: innopac-bounces at innovativeusers dot org [mailto:innopac-bounces at innovativeusers dot org] On Behalf Of Strouse, Mary
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 4:02 PM
> To: IUG INNOPAC List
> Subject: Re: [IUG] alphabetical list
>
> That is strange.  I checked a few related subjects in our catalog and they are all displaying alphabetically.  I wonder if there's some problem with your authority indexing.  Worth a call to helpdesk, I'd say.
>
> Mary
>
> Mary M. Strouse
> Head of Technical Services
> Judge Kathryn J. DuFour Law Library
> Catholic Univ. of America
> (202) 319-5547
> FAX (202) 319-4447
> strouse at law dot cua dot edu
>
> http://library.law.cua.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: innopac-bounces at innovativeusers dot org [mailto:innopac-bounces at innovativeusers dot org] On Behalf Of Charlotte Moncrief
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 4:25 PM
> To: 'IUG INNOPAC List'
> Subject: [IUG] alphabetical list
>
> In MilCat, when a subject search on "vans" is performed, the Authority
> Record displays and a second "See Related Subjects" is displayed with these
> underneath:
>
> -->See Also narrower term Ford vans
>
> -->See Also narrower term Chevrolet vans
>
> -->See Also narrower term GMC vans
>
> -->See Also narrower term Volkwagen trans
>
> -->See Also narrower term Dodge vans
>
> The "see also narrower term"/s are not alphabetical.  Why is that?
>
> I just upgraded them by overlaying to current authority records from OCLC
> but it did not help.  They are also in this un-alphabetical format in the
> online catalog and it does not look nice.   With these all being the same
> (narrower term), shouldn't they be in alphabetical order?  Even when there
> are "See Also" references present, they should be alphabetical order.  Is
> there a setting somewhere that will fix this?  Thank you for any
> suggestions/resolutions.
>
>
>
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>
> Charlotte Moncrief, MLS
>
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Catherine L. Wilkinson
Professor&  Western North Carolina Network Librarian
Appalachian State University Library
Boone, NC 28608
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