Re: lib-ir: [Fwd: Scholars' Bank upgrade & re-design]

[Corey A Harper <charper@uoregon.edu>]

I've just tweaked the configuration to default to "and" instead of "or". 
 I think this will make a tremendous difference for our patrons.

Try some of October's top searches in both Scholars' Bank & SB-Clone on 
irtest (http://irtest.uoregon.edu/sbclone/) to see the difference.

self-reliance author:
 SB: 18 results, SB-Clone: 1774
dissociative reactions:
 SB: 162 results, SB-Clone: 727
university of oregon index of economic indicators:
 SB: 240 results, SB-Clone: 2802

SB Clone is a snapshot of SB as of 2 weeks ago so the difference in 
content is not substantial, and would skew results the other direction 
anyway.

-Corey

Mary Grenci wrote:
> I think we should change the boolean operator to "and" asap.  The "or" 
> operator makes many searches almost useless.
>
>
> Mary
>
>
> Corey A Harper wrote:
> > A few notes on the new release.  Of the new features listed on the 
> > release notes linked below, I think there are a few that are 
> > significant, although have not yet been implemented:
> >
> > > * Configurable boolean search operator  
> > We've had comments about this before.  The default boolean "or" is not 
> > how any other library search tools work.  We can now easily configure 
> > this to use "and" as the default instead.
> >
> > > * Browse by subject feature  
> > This is very useful, and has been turned on on Scholars' Bank.
> >
> > > * Content verification through periodic checksum checking  
> > I'll have to look into how this one works.
> >
> > We skipped over release 1.3.2, going directly from 1.3.1 to 1.4.  The 
> > only significant functionality added in 1.3.2 was the ability to 
> > Configure metadata fields shown on simple item display.  There wasn't 
> > a pressing need to work with that at the time, but I can see some uses 
> > for it at this point.
> >
> > Let Mary or I know if you have any questions or comments about the 
> > upgrade or new design.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Corey
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Scholars' Bank upgrade & re-design
> > Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:08:46 -0700
> > From: Corey A Harper <charper@uoregon.edu>
> > To: Library Faculty <lib-faculty@lists.uoregon.edu>,  Library Staff 
> > <lib-staff@lists.uoregon.edu>
> >
> > I've updated the look of Scholars' Bank to more closely match the
> > Libraries' new Web Site.
> >
> > I've also upgraded the underlying software to the most current version
> > of DSpace, version 1.4.
> >
> > A list of new features available in version 1.4 can be found in the
> > release notes:
> > http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=594714
> >
> > If you notice anything unusual, either with the design or functionality,
> > please report the problem to either Mary Grenci or myself.
> >
> > -Corey

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Corey A Harper
Metadata Librarian - CMET Team Leader
Metadata and Digital Library Services
University of Oregon
541/346.1854
charper@uoregon.edu