Re: [IUG] briefcit and 970 Table of contents and author browsing

[Bob Duncan <duncanr at lafayette dot edu>]

At 12:04 PM 02/04/2008, Cindy wrote:
> I've finally updated our WebOPAC to the point where we now have a
> briefcit.html file and record browse displays.
>
> We have a large amount of 970 TOC data for CLE materials.
>
> Record browse is great because of the item availability information, but
> it does not have the functionality of the extended index browse where
> you can browse by author and see the 970 title associated with a 970
> author.
> . . .
> Is there a way that I could make the author browse of a singular author
> go directly to the extended index display without being automatically
> pushed through to the record browse display, or is there a way to have
> the best of both displays?


If the search results in records, then you'll get the record 
browse;  I don't believe there's a way around this.  But is this sort 
of what you're looking for?  There are two titles from 970 fields and 
one from a 245 for this author entry:
<http://www.library.lafayette.edu/search/a?SEARCH=Stone+Jacqueline+Ilyse>

If so, you can achieve it by using the uppercase T (for "best" 
t-tagged field) in the linkfieldspec token thusly:

<div>
<!--{linkfieldspec:VbT}-->
</div>
<div>
<!--{fieldspec:Vbt245:ab}-->
</div>

In the example search provided, this gets you the title from a 970 
field as the prominently-displayed title, with the 245 underneath.

Possible downsides:  (a) you get the 245 title showing twice when the 
"best" title is from the 245, which I guess isn't always such a bad 
thing, depending on how you code it;  (b) you get multiple entries in 
the record browse for the same book when the author has two chapters 
in the book, but this can be an upside if you're interested in seeing 
the author's individual works listed and can deal with the confusion 
of having the "next" book be the same as the "previous" book.

If that's not what you're looking for...never mind.

Bob Duncan


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