650 lines should be available on results page to promote better searching!
Subject headings are one of the most important tools in the librarians' search arsenal to successful searching.
Laurie
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Alison Pruntel
commented
After asking a staff member why they used Classic WebPAC vs. Vega, it comes down to subject headings. When she is weeding and see related subjects, or helping students find related non-fiction for a title in the WebPAC, she can show them other related subjects (which are clickable, take you to any holdings), making it easy for the patron, helps explain how to research related categories. In the WebPAC, for the title, Fashions of a Decade, the 6 subject headings display.
In Vega, that same title, once you click down into the resource page/card, and then wait for the circle to stop spinning, what you see for Topics (which I guess is similar to subjects?) there are only 2 showing, 3 in total, none of which are related to Costume or Fashion. They are related to US politics and government, etc.
Thus the reference staff continue to prefer/use the WebPAC over Vega. I think the consumer/patron would also like to see the actual subjects vs. the somewhat mysterious Topics, too.
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Jennifer Sullivan
commented
This is a basic feature in Encore and should be available in Vega for full parity.
