Add double dashes to subject heading displays between subdivisions
The standard display of subject headings, as seen in the Library of Congress, is to place double dashes between their subdivisions. So "$a Germany $x Politics and government $y 19th century" would be displayed as "Germany--Politics and government--19th century." However, Primo VE only places the subdivisions together without distinction, resulting in "Germany Politics and government 19th century." This is is less visually clear to users and isn't consistent with standard practice; it should be a simple matter for Primo VE to place double dashes where a subfield indicator belongs.
Aaron Kilgore
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Aaron Kilgore
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Hi, Stacey; to clarify, it's the Browse feature in Primo that cuts out the dashes. The records themselves do have the dashes, but if you Browse subject headings, all the terms are put together and only separated by spaces. Thanks for catching that!
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Stacey van Groll
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Could you advise an example or if this is in a specific area?
I went to check it and the Details display is as expected with double dash eg alma991000002559707081 with
Germany -- Economic conditions
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1789-1900 -
Maurine McCourry
commented
Allowing use of norm rules in the browse display would work for this, too.
