As a new user of Primo the following puzzles me
@aarontay wrote: Is there really no way to preview the abstract before clicking on Get it? Why is there no way to do a field search by source title? Or is there? Most examples I see only have content...
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@deborahfitchett wrote: I don't have time to check but if the abstract is in the PNX then you can make it display in the Display tab; if it isn't then you can't.--To check the PNX, click the Details...
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As a new user of Primo the following puzzles me
@aarontay wrote: Ah okay, I see some abstracts do appear in the details tab but not many. deborahfitchett: Not sure what you mean. Are you not seeing ebooks, or are ebooks displaying with a cont I am...
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@fitzm wrote: I'm pretty sure we have the default configuration of Primo, and we don't have an ebook type--you can search for books and then limit to "available online". (Um, but I'm not an expert)...
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@aarontay wrote: Thanks that's what I think so too based on looking at about 50 libraries. I am used to that way of doing things but my collegues at my new place are used to a ebook content type. I...
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@laurak wrote: One thing I've gotten an impression about re: Primo is that it's very configurable, so you might have to tweak and twiddle to enable features you want. I am not a primo user, though,...
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@aarontay wrote: Finally have access to Primo (PCI not set up yet), I still can't figure out what "Available in the Library" means by trying examples. It cuts down some results, but I can't see how it...
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@fitzm wrote: Again, I don't work with the Primo backend, but by default our "Available in the Library" means "only physical items"--whether or not they're checked in. We're considering changing this,...
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As a new user of Primo the following puzzles me
@aarontay wrote: fitzm: We're considering changing this, though, because for users, "available" = "on the shelf right now". Right! Thinking of changing it to "Physical copy" or something. That said I...
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@fitzm wrote: Thanks, I hadn't seen Harvard's implementation. But I agree, I definitely wouldn't want to lose the ability to easily filter to all physical items (including those that are checked out)....
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@deborahfitchett wrote: I don't think it re-indexes often enough to be able to trust the availability information in the PNX for searching/faceting purposes. It'll give you a rough cut, but for the...
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@aarontay wrote: I looked closely at the technical manual and it seems there are 2 tags in the pnx. There's a availpnx which is used to filter and that is indexed. There's also a availinstitution...
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@deborahfitchett wrote: No, that sounds about right to me. Read full topic
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@aarontay wrote: No, that sounds about right to me. If my understanding is correct, I rather the filter just forget about trying to filter based on availability since it's not 100% accurate anyway and...
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As a new user of Primo the following puzzles me
@gohomekiki wrote: You can also set up different search tabs, so users don't always have to rely on the limiters. Ours looks like this: 2015-04-21_0927.png1070x400 57.4 KB So I searched the "Books...
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@aarontay wrote: Yes, in fact that is what I am currently planning exactly. A "everything" tab, a books & video, a courses reserves... and maybe one for IR.... The bigger puzzle is... whether to...
View ArticleAs a new user of Primo the following puzzles me
@gohomekiki wrote: We're a single-library institution as well, so if you want to see our set-up: http://library.uco.edu/ We've only got a drop-down menu for the Books & Media tab (to limit by...
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@aarontay wrote: Yes, collection for dropdown is an option. Read full topic
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