Abstract

Utah State University Cataloging and Metadata Services (CMS) unit analyzed MARC record discoverability within the libraries’ discovery layer, Encore, using web analytics, a web-scrapping tool, and a relational database to examine MARC records listed in users’ search results. MARC records were identified, isolated, and coded to pinpoint where search terms appeared, determine whether they were present in full or in part, and ascertain prominent fields not present in records. Analysis of results showed that notes and summaries were important for record retrieval and that users interacted with authorized name fields more frequently than authorized subject fields.

摘要

犹他州立大学编目和元数据服务（CMS）部门使用Web分析，Web剪贴工具和关系数据库分析了图书馆搜索层Encore中MARC记录的可发现性，以检查用户搜索结果中列出的MARC记录。对MARC记录进行识别，隔离和编码，以查明搜索词的出现位置，确定它们是全部还是部分出现，并确定记录中不存在的突出字段。结果分析表明，注释和摘要对于记录检索非常重要，并且用户与授权名称字段的交互比授权主题字段的交互频率更高。