[Web4lib] NCSU Libraries Butcher the Pig

[Edward Vielmetti]

Nice.

I looked briefly and didn't see RSS feeds of search results -
did I miss something, are they in there?

Ed

On 1/12/06, Andrew K. Pace <andrew_pace at ncsu.edu> wrote:
> Thanks for the plug, Roy.  We're very excited about the new interface,
> especially the abillity to browse the entire collection.  So that folks
> don't think there's a trick to that, you can get there directly from a
> tab on the front-end: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/browse.html
> We plan on adding browsability based on format, language, and other
> non-searchable dimensions on this page as well.  This just went live
> this morning and many improvements are already planned for version 2
> (including FRBRized displays via "record-rollup").  Here's a quick
> rundown of current features:
> * Complex relevency ranking
> * Spell correction
> * Did you mean.... recommendations
> * Refinements based on subfielded LCSH
> * LC Classification browsing and refinement
> * Sort by most circulated ("Most popular")
> * Links from full record display (currently still SirsiDynix Web2) back
> to Endeca via "More by this author" and "More titles like this"
> * Refinement breadcrumbs that allow you to trace search and delete
> unwanted refinements
>
> Hat's off to the lead developer, a brand new librarian, Emily Lynema.
> She and the nimble product implementation team put this new catalog
> together in less than 6 months!  Our OPAC doesn't suck anymore....sigh.
> -Andrew
>
> Roy Tennant wrote:
>
> > Andrew Pace of the NCSU Libraries, who has said that making minor
> > changes to library catalog systems is like putting lipstick on a pig,
> > has unveiled a revolutionary new interface to their catalog based on
> > new capabilities provided by Endeca, Inc. For a news release on the
> > new system see <http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/news/libraries.php?
> > p=1998&more=1http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/news/libraries.php?
> > p=1998&more=1>. To use the catalog yourself, see <http://
> > www.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/>. If you go to <http://www2.lib.ncsu.edu/
> > catalog/> you will see that you don't even need to do a search -- you
> > can browse down into the 1.66 million item collection by using the
> > Library of Congress Classification system.
> > Roy
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> North Carolina State University ~ Raleigh, NC
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> http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/staff/pace
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