[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Proposal to remove some advanced search options from the catalog

[Rogan Hamby]

I agree with that as well.  I assumed we were discussing taking away the
ability for users to be frustrated casually, not intentionally frustrate
power users but it's good to make sure we're all in agreement that we're
just talking about the tpac page for this proposal and nothing "under the
hood" so to speak, correct?


On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 1:53 PM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org> wrote:

> Hi Galen,
>
>  I can see removing the options from the advanced search page to avoid
>> confusion for users; I'd also be curious to see some results from
>> trawling logs to see how frequently they get used (and might do some
>> of that myself).  IMO, the underlying features of the search grammar
>> still belong in the search engine, though.
>>
>
> Yes, I agree. I just wanted to remove the options from the advanced search
> page. I agree the ability should continue to be available for those who
> know how to construct the query.
>
> Kathy
>
>
> Kathy Lussier
> Project Coordinator
> Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
> (508) 343-0128
> klussier at masslnc.org
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>
> On 9/29/2014 1:48 PM, Galen Charlton wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Rather than present a search option to our users that has a higher
>>> likelihood of leading to unsuccessful search results than our other
>>> search
>>> options, I would like to see if there is willingness in the community to
>>> remove these options in the next (March/April) release of Evergreen.
>>>
>> I can see removing the options from the advanced search page to avoid
>> confusion for users; I'd also be curious to see some results from
>> trawling logs to see how frequently they get used (and might do some
>> of that myself).  IMO, the underlying features of the search grammar
>> still belong in the search engine, though.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Galen
>>
>
>


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York County Library System

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