Visualization of Analytical Bibliographic Data in PrimoVE.: Correct Sorting of Parts
A multi-part resource (eg: a sketchbook containing 200 drawings) is catalogued in MARC 773 (host/item relationship). PrimoVE ought to sort and display the component parts using $$g and $$q. Currently PrimoVE fails to do this in the correct numerical order. Rather, the presentation is alphabetical which is useless for component-items organized by their part or page number. There was a recent ideas exchange issue raised on this very topic, which was “solved” by providing the aforementioned “alphabetical solution”. However, a NUMERICAL visualization has much more value in Discovery for patrons who are interested in locating an item as part of a host (the drawing on page number 12 of a sketch book, for example). This is a frequent and conventional library requirement for example in Special Collections communities, as it reflects accurately the sequential order within an actual work or a manifestation.
Currently (SEE SCREENSHOT BELOW) the user sees this rather wild presentation in PrimoVE (the resource is the sketch-book of 200 drawings cited above).
Another example from the world of monographs is a collection of Brecht’s works: currently looking like this in PrimoVE:
https://basel.swisscovery.org/permalink/41SLSP_UBS/1hbnn2v/alma993707790105504
The publisher’s website displays the correct sequence:
I do not consider this request an “enhancement” feature, rather a basic library requirement, dating back to the traditional card-catalogue-era.
Many thanks.
Alice Robinson
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Manu_Schwendener
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Here's another exmple
https://basel.swisscovery.org/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=41SLSP_UBS:live&search_scope=UBS&tab=UBS&docid=alma9972771758805504&lang=en&context=LHow it looks:
Related titles
Units : Construction
Units : Decoration
Units : Fashion
Units : Interiors
Units : Resources
Units : The plant-based issue[as long as it's alphabetical, "The" should not be used for sorting]
How it should look:
yr: 2021, no: 4 The plant-based issue
yr: 2021, no: 5 Decoration
yr: 2022, no: 6 Resources
yr: 2022, no: 7 Construction
yr: 2023, no: 8 Fashion
yr: 2023, no: 9 Interiors -
Manu_Schwendener
commented
NERS 8869, open for voting now.
Rephrased for better understanding:
Related titles in Primo VE bib display: sort by enumeration
When records have bib-to-bib relationships via 76X-78X and 8XX, the list of related titles is displayed in the Details section of the series/host record. The list is currently sorted alphabetically by the title of the related bib.
Instead, we would like to be able to configure Alma so that Related Titles are sorted logically by sequence or volume.For example, the current display is:
Analyzed Title A vol. 3
Analyzed Title B vol. 1
Analyzed Title C vol. 2.We would like this sorted by volume instead:
Analyzed Title B vol. 1
Analyzed Title C vol. 2
Analyzed Title A vol. 3When related via field 773, titles should be sorted by $q (enumeration).
For all other related fields 76X-78X, titles should be sorted by $g (related parts).
8XX fields should be sorted by $v (volume/sequence).How it looks at the moment:
https://basel.swisscovery.org/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=41SLSP_UBS:live&search_scope=UBS&tab=UBS&docid=alma993707790105504&lang=en&context=LHow it should be looking:
https://www.suhrkamp.de/werkausgabe/bertolt-brecht-werke-grosse-kommentierte-berliner-und-frankfurter-ausgabe-30-baende-in-32-teilbaenden-und-ein-registerband-leinen-w-17 -
Manu Schwendener commented
NERS 8160, open for voting now.
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Jesse Kruppa (UCR) commented
As library staff and a patron, when I sort volumes I expect volume 9 to sort before volumes 12, 23, 38, 85, and 91.
Primo needs a better volume sort. Alphanumeric sorting does not play nicely with numbers. When numbers are stored and sorted as text, 12 will come before 3 because the sort is looking at the first character, not the whole value.
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Alice Robinson
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Thanks to everyone who has voted here: please pass the word around for further support. Very gratefully yours, Alice
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> basic requirement
I completely agree.
The only reason that I didn't post this as a NERS entry this year is that I never would have expected Ex Libris to consider https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/42926031-number-and-sort-the-volumes-in-multi-volume-works as completed with alphabetical sorting.
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Alice Robinson
commented
Nota bene: This problem is not confined to analytical bibliographic data (MARC 773): it would appear to be a "bigger" sorting issue with PrimoVE as demonstrated in the Brecht example.
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Andrea Leslie
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Couldn't agree more!
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Alice Robinson
commented
This was the first attempt at this request: