Discovery Feedback - ULMS August 2018 Meeting

Date
ParticipantsIan Chan (Unlicensed) 

Feedback


IssueDetailsAreaPossible SolutionsNotes
1

Saved records

  • Limits on the total you can save and see

  • Check for active cases

Vendor

2

Relevancy of results

  • Librarians: “a lot of crap comes back.”

    • Mismatch in expectations vs. actual results

  • Students don’t seem to complain as much

Configuration
Need more documented examples
3

Known item searching

  • Changes to author searching may have negatively impacted this -- “Curious George"
    How learning works - known issue 

  • Issues with boosting?

  • More fundamental issues?

Vendor / Configuration

4Reviews swamping actual book results
Vendor

5

Not all 5XX fields being indexed

  • e.g., 546 Language (text entry)

  • 041, language leader also

  • ‘nai’ for small native American tribes

ConfigurationNorm rule adjustments
6Primo VE vs. making local changes
Vendor

No control of norm rules in Primo VE

There's still a lot of work needed from Ex Libris in order to support consortia.

Most likely 2 years before CSU might consider migration to Primo VE.

7

Resource types

  • Audio vs. video and sub-types in the facets

Configuration / Vendor

Norm rule adjustments

Primo Central combines audio and video into a single type called media.

David Walker addressed issue with Ex Libris. Ex Libris working on bigger changes to Primo and Summon indexing.

CSU will need to push Ex Libris to split audio and video

8

Delays with synching data

  • Turning off collections in PCI

  • Primo VE to the rescue?

  • Availability

Vendor
Primo VE does not address issue with delay in changes propagating from PC to Primo.
9

Discoverability for when we don’t have a record

  • Books and articles

  • Recommended options via links

Configuration
More of a documentation issue
10

Getting more metadata into PCI

  • e.g., MLA with EDS

  • Gale metadata with poor linking

Vendor

11

U Resolver menu

  • Availability is too complex

  • Request hidden until you login

Customization

Building our own link resolver to replace Uresolver

Should allow for integrating 'one button' resource sharing functionality

12

Ebsco deep search

  • Resource types really limited

  • Book chapters, dissertations

  • Messes with ILL

Vendor
Rarely used among campuses
13Language facets give inaccurate results
  • some issues are in Primo Central

Configuration

Vendor (PCI)

Norm rule adjustments
14Primo Back Office is stupid complex
Vendor
Primo VE will eventually address this
15Printing from single items and list is missing data
  • Data is just not there and not a CSS issue
  • May be oversight for consortia
Vendor

16Creating list of books for sharing not easy
  • lightweight list sharing tool
  • Leganto not suitable for all campuses 
Customization

17ADA: tool tips not on everything
Vendor

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