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CMS 2023.08.01
Recording
VuFind indexing frequency reminder
Conventional, keyword-based search indexes are populated every half-hour in VuFind
Alphabetical browse indexes are populated every night
If you’re searching for new cataloging in VuFind, you’ll have to use the keyword-based searches to find your record; browse-based indexes will not find it until the next day
Cataloger’s Desktop content migrated to ClassWeb
Most content previously browsable and searchable in Cataloger’s Desktop is now available through ClassWeb (as detailed in messages from Joshua through earlier in the summer)
The content as presented in ClassWeb is not natively browsable or readable there, only searchable
Searches pass you off to the PDF versions of the documentation as hosted at the LC website
Browsability seems to be missing in what’s usable so far
Please pass along feedback you have in this regard so we can let LC know about the loss of usefulness
Autumn Faulkner has accepted Interim Head of CMS role
Though not announced through HR, paperwork is signed today
Handoff of roles is in process; Joshua will be passing along information for continuity
The role is a year long interim appointment through end of July 2024
Joshua discontinuing standing meetings; Autumn will reach out to those who’ve had meetings with Joshua to establish a cadence
An interim head of CopyCat will be found; in meantime, Autumn is still supervising copy catalogers
CMS 2023.07.18
Recording
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Joshua remains head of cataloging until an interim is confirmed.
Open call ended Friday and at least one person expressed interest; formality of an interview would follow. No further details available at the point of this meeting.
CMS 2023.06.20
Recording
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Still on track for some time the week of June 26
CMS 2023.06.06
Recording
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Joshua attended an Orchid update session led by Molly Driscoll.
Molly highlighting in passing some differences in search vs. browse behavior in Orhid.
Joshua demonstrated how queries entered under the browse tab in Inventory in Orchid (e.g. for subject or contributor) take you first to a list of results in shelflist order. Selecting a result passes you through to a search function for the exact AAP matching your selected browse result, but clicking on the browse tab again returns you to your browse results. So unlike earlier releases, you can revisit your browse list after selecting a result.
Issues remain re: indexing of ending punctuation in contributor values in the instance. For example, newly created instance records (i.e. derived from a newly imported SRS record) will include the comma preceding $e in the indexing. Legacy, migrated records do not do this. This difference in indexing behavior results in split files when browsing contributor in Inventory.
CMS 2023.05.16
Recording
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