[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] 2.5.2 Subject Browse Index

[Kathy Lussier]

On 6/20/2014 9:20 AM, Donald Butterworth wrote:
> I agree with Janet, that the whole subject phrase needs to be kept 
> together so that only the limited set displays when clicking on the 
> phrase. There are lots of DLC authority records that include a main 
> subject and subdivisions.

I'm confused now. Are we still talking about the subject browse index or 
are we talking about the bib record? If we're talking about the subject 
browse index, I would agree, primarily because the user is presumably 
seeing a hierarchy of subjects where the broader term may be directly 
above the term they are looking at and the narrower term is directly 
below. The current behavior is that the link keeps the subject phrase 
together when you click on it, so no changes would be required here.

If we're talking about the bib record, I have to say I put a lot of 
faith into what I'm sure is highly-funded usability testing done by 
Amazon. As Dan mentioned, the current link behavior for subject headings 
is similar to what Amazon is using. If the Evergreen community were to 
do a coordinated batch of usability testing (probably not a bad idea) 
and found that end users were indeed confused by the behavior, I might 
think differently, but I personally like the ability to click higher in 
the subject heading to broaden my search.

Kathy