Fwd: [Yulcat-l] Cataloger's Desktop Searching Enhancement

[Steven Arakawa]

As a follow-up, I logged into Cataloger's Desktop 
this morning and the new feature now appears to 
be working on Firefox, so this is good news.

--Steven


>Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:30:21 -0400
>To: Catalog Discussion List <yulcat-l at mailman.yale.edu>
>From: Steven Arakawa <steven.arakawa at yale.edu>
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>Subject: [Yulcat-l] Cataloger's Desktop Searching Enhancement
>
> From the Cataloger's Desktop list. Caution: it 
> appears the enhancement (ability to select a 
> subfolder on the Browse tree to limit a search 
> in the Search window) only works on Internet 
> Explorer, not Firefox. Furthermore, it also 
> appears that the new feature prevents you from 
> selecting a main folder on Firefox, which you could do before the enhancement.
>
>--Steven Arakawa
>
>Date:         Thu, 6 Sep 2007 09:59:07 -0400
>Reply-To: "Cataloger's Desktop Forum" <DESKTOP at loc.gov>
>Sender: "Cataloger's Desktop Forum" <DESKTOP at loc.gov>
>From: Bruce C Johnson <bjoh at loc.gov>
>Subject: [Desktop] Important Cataloger’s Desktop Search E nhancement
>Comments: To: Desktop discussion list <desktop at loc.gov>
>To: DESKTOP at sun8.LOC.GOV
>Precedence: list
>
>Colleagues:
>
>         I am pleased to report that an important enhancement to
>Cataloger’s Desktop’s search functionality has just been
>implemented.  As you probably know, Cataloger’s Desktop currently
>includes 229 resources, most of which are fully indexed and searchable.
>One of the challenges that subscribers have noted is finding meaningful
>ways to focus their searching on just the resources most relevant to
>their inquiries.
>
>         There are a number of strategies for limiting searches, such as:
>
>
>         ●     Utilizing Desktop’s advanced search screen;
>         ●     Applying categories;
>         ●     Specifying default resources by setting personal
>preferences; or
>         ●     Select resources by checking the checkboxes at the
>left-hand end of their respective Table of Contents (TOC) entries.
>
>         Until now one could either select one or several resources in
>the TOC using the checkbox method, but it was not possible to select
>subsets from more than a single resource (such as selecting Chapter 1 of
>both AACR2 and LCRI). The enhancement just installed allows subscribers
>to select subsets of several resources by expanding their TOC
>hierarchies and checking just the most useful sections.
>
>         You will note that when one or more subsections are checked, a
>black checkmark will appear next to those sections, with grey checkmarks
>appearing higher on the resource’s TOC hierarchy. If you select other
>resources’ sections, the first resource’s TOC hierarchy will
>continue to be checked, though its hierarchy will be collapsed to free
>up additional TOC space. Your checkmarks will continue to appear (and be
>employed in searching) until you click the “Start Over” button (the
>button with the blue and white star) on the left-hand end of the
>toolbar.
>
>         Stay tuned for additional Cataloger’s Desktop enhancements
>this month.  Thank you for your continued support.
>
>Bruce
>
>Bruce Chr. Johnson
>Cataloging Distribution Service
>Library of Congress
>Washington, DC 20540-4911 USA
>
>202-707-1652 (voice)  bjoh at loc.gov
>202-707-3959 (fax)
>
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>Steven Arakawa
>Catalog Librarian for Training & Documentation
>Catalog & Metadata Services, SML, Yale University
>P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520-8240
>(203)432-8286 steven.arakawa at yale.edu
>
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Steven Arakawa
Catalog Librarian for Training & Documentation
Catalog & Metadata Services, SML, Yale University
P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520-8240
(203)432-8286 steven.arakawa at yale.edu