[Evergreen-catalogers] Keyword indexes question

Elaine Hardy ehardy at georgialibraries.org
Fri Jun 24 07:37:13 EDT 2022


Also keep in mind that title and author searches are keyword and retrieve
from all indexed title and author fields/subfields, including the 505 |t
and |r. (They also should be in the MODS doc Mike linked) Which means that
works like the Norton anthologies of literature with complete TOCs will
return in almost every keyword and title search.

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On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 6:54 PM Mary Wilson via Evergreen-catalogers <
evergreen-catalogers at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:

> Hi, Mike:  Thanks a lot for that info!  The MARC/MODS link is very
> helpful, as is the confirmation that "it's complicated!"
>
> Mary C. Wilson
> Library Technician/Technical Services
> Carteret County Public Library System
> 1702 Live Oak Street, Suite 100
> Beaufort, NC 28516
> Library: (252)648-7725
> Email: mary.wilson at carteretcountync.gov
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> *Subject:* Re: [Evergreen-catalogers] Keyword indexes question
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> Hi Mary,
>
> The stock primary keyword indexing definition (that is, the General
> Keywords) first transforms the MARC to MODS 3.2, and then uses just
> about every bit of the content of that MODS record except for what
> MODS calls the originInfo element, which contains publisher,
> publication dates, and edition information.  So, basically everything
> textual except for 250, 260, 310, and 321, and various dates and fixed
> field code mappings.
>
> However, that doesn't mean those remaining parts are not indexed --
> some are explicitly in other stock indexing definitions, and those can
> be mapped into the general keyword index though simple configuration
> -- and it may very well be the case that NCCardinal has modified the
> indexing configuration so that all of what I just described about the
> stock, default configuration is incorrect for you.  So, the true
> answer is "it's complicated, and depends on how your admin has things
> set up right now."
>
> You can get more information about how MARC maps to MODS from:
> https://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/mods-mapping-3-2.html
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> --
> Mike Rylander
> Research and Development Manager
> Equinox Open Library Initiative
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> On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 1:47 PM Mary Wilson via Evergreen-catalogers
> <evergreen-catalogers at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi - I'm still relatively new to Evergreen and was wondering if anyone
> knows where I can find information about the bib MARC fields included in
> the keyword indexes (keyword, title, journal title,  author, subject,
> series).  I searched around in the Evergreen documentation and wiki, but
> all I found was XML-based information about the indexes which I don't know
> how to interpret or relate to bib MARC fields...  I asked our NC Cardinal
> consortium folks but they don't have this info.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Mary C. Wilson
> > Library Technician/Technical Services
> > Carteret County Public Library System
> > 1702 Live Oak Street, Suite 100
> > Beaufort, NC 28516
> > Library: (252)648-7725
> > Email: mary.wilson at carteretcountync.gov
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