Fully display bibliographic description
Currently, only partial of the bibliographic description is displayed in the Location Drawer Item Details due to either character limit and/or predetermined select subfields. The full description needs to be displayed to include additional content from $e of the 300.
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Jennifer Sullivan commented
Please make subfield b available, there is useful information in there for the patron that they're missing.
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Mike McClellan commented
In addition, the subfield b needs to display. Sandy"s screenshot shows subfield b content that would be beneficial to users especially from print material.
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Laurie Shedrick commented
I get more complaints about this than anything else. I know I have commented before, but patrons are frustrated that they cannot find details about an edition, like contributors or the subjects and genres.
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Laurie Shedrick commented
We are hearing more and more that patrons miss the valuable content included in our bibligraphic records. I think we do a disservice and underestimate patrons to think they mostly aren't using this so it is irrellevant. If the specifics matter, like the actor in a film, or the title in an anthology, the user expects that our records, which have always carried this level of detail, to be a resource.
The record should expand to meet this moment - it doesnt need to be viewable, within the summary or edition view, but a "read more" should be available to expand the view to reveal the full content of the Record.
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Sue Spychalski commented
I agree. It would be very helpful.
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Laura Watson commented
Without the full description, in some cases we can't even see why we got a keyword match.
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Carol commented
I agree - very frustrating without the full description.
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MK commented
Agree with Nicole--we really need to have the full description showing!
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Nicole Johnson commented
Staff need the full bibliographic description to pinpoint the exact item a patron is looking for (which translation of the book is it? Which actor is in this version of the movie?). Patrons are using our catalog more as a means to find an exact book, movie, etc., and less as a browsing tool.