Re: [IUG] Spell-check in the opac

["Boggs, John" <boggs at plsinfo dot org>]

I meant "its," not "it's."  I know the difference, but I typoed.

John D. Boggs, PLAN Database Manager
Peninsula Library System
2471 Flores Street
San Mateo, CA  94403-2273
(650)571-6799 x3062
boggs at plsinfo dot org

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[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Boggs, John
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 9:17 AM
To: IUG INNOPAC List
Subject: Re: [IUG] Spell-check in the opac

We've noticed recently, and I have a call open with Innovative about
this, that sometimes if you do a search that does get results (e.g. in
our case "Ethan and Joel Coen," which brings up 40 results) the spell
check will make a suggestion that gets zero results.  This seems to me
to be exactly the reverse of what the product is supposed to do.

It clearly does not check to see whether it's suggestions will bring up
results before giving them.

It's not as good as, say, Google's "did you mean" functionality, but
it's an improvement by and large over nothing at all.

John D. Boggs, PLAN Database Manager
Peninsula Library System
2471 Flores Street
San Mateo, CA  94403-2273
(650)571-6799 x3062
boggs at plsinfo dot org
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Bonath, Gail
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 6:18 PM
To: innopac at innopacusers dot org
Subject: [IUG] Spell-check in the opac

We are considering buying spell-check for our opac. Does your library
have spell-check?  Do you think it has helped  improve your patrons'
search success?

Thank you!

Gail Bonath
Grinnell College Libraries

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