Primo Name/Title Browse Searches
Primo Name/Title Browse Searches
As frequent Primo users searching for known music items, the Alma Music Users Group would like to propose that Ex Libris create a left-anchored browse search for name/title entries found in bibliographic records. An alphabetical left-anchored browse search is particularly helpful for known-item searches that are often used for music materials and prolific literary authors.
Currently, Primo provides browse search options for names (name portion only ($a,$q,$d)) and name/title headings used as subjects. For prolific authors, it is not unusual to find thousands of name/title headings lumped under the composers or authors name, with “20+ records” displayed adjacent to the heading. The Primo Browse Search options should include an alphabetical left-anchored “browse” listing for all name/title headings found in bibliographic records.
The left-anchored browse name/title index search for authorized access points should include the subfields from the 700 name portion of the heading, as well as subfields from the 700 title portion of the heading ($t, $f, $m, $n, $r, $l, $k, $p, $o, $s), displayed in the order in which the fields are transcribed in the bibliographic authorized heading. The browse name/title index should also include the name/title information from the 100/240 fields, including the subfields from the 240 ($f, $m, $n, $r, $l, $k, $p, $o, $s), displayed in the order in which the fields are transcribed in the bibliographic authorized heading. In the event that the 100/240 combination cannot be included as the left-anchored browse search is developed, it is critical that these fields are added as soon as possible.
In addition to a browse name/title search that retrieves results from the 7xx fields, the subject browse search should include name/title headings used as subject headings found in the 6xx fields.
The browse indexes should display 4XX and 5XX cross-references and public notes such as the 680 found in authority records. Associated name and title strings must be kept together for both indexing and display. The cross-references are critical in helping the user to find items known by various titles in various languages. The 4xx and 5xx displays should be linked to redirect the patron to the appropriate section in the index.
Benefit: Without a left-anchored browse search, there are too many false drops and omissions when searching for materials by prolific authors and composers. The left-anchored browse results in a more focused and complete search result, helping the user to quickly find all items with the same authorized access point.
Attached is an optimal name/title display for the composer Georges Bizet.
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Steve Michaels commented
As a theology library, this would help us out as well.
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Stacey van Groll commented
I'm not an expert in authorities nor music works, but I think many of these UI problems are only in Primo VE, and not Primo (managed via Back Office)
* Record counts: Primo VE presents "20+ records", where Primo display the accurate record count eg 560 records (bar minor FRBR/Dedup variations)
* Records returned: Primo VE returns hits outside the author heading such as 600, where Primo presents from the author heading, in an author Browse Search, which I believe covers the left-anchored aspect also
* References: I'm not seeing any sign that Primo VE supports See or See Also references in Browse Search. Primo supports See but not See Also references in Browse Search
* Fields: I won't try to dive into all the subfields mentioned, but Primo sites have the ability to adjust the Browse rules as they see fit, such as if there is a subfield which they'd like to add to Browse Search
Harvard has a lovely Browse Search on Primo via Back Office, labelled in main menu as 'Starts with / Browse': https://hollis.harvard.edu/primo-explore/browse?vid=HVD2&browseQuery=bizet,%20georges&browseScope=author&innerPnxIndex=-1&numOfUsedTerms=-1&fn=BrowseSearch