2021-08-09 - Inventory Search Improvements Meeting

Aug 13, 2021

Attendees: @Kimberly Pamplin, @Brian Clark, @Laura E Daniels, @Natascha Owens, @Charlotte Whitt, @Monica Arnold @Magda Zacharska

Note-taker: Brian Clark

Recording: https://vod.video.cornell.edu/media/Inventory+Search+Improvements+Working+Group/1_sveove7g

Agenda:

Update from dev:
- Review
  - Notes search
  - Uniform title search
  - Series title search
Continue reviewing Inventory search use cases: Inventory Search Use Cases
Revisit exact phrase match search in all full text search fields
- Contributors
- Titles
- Other full text search fields
  - Keyword
  - Series
  - Publisher
  - Electronic access (all but URI)
  - Notes

Notes:

Development team updates:
- Instance/holdings/items note search development has been completed
  - Separated between public notes and all notes
- Uniform search implemented
  - Searched within ‘alternative title’ with key=”fjedf6f4-9a5d-4b57-87d4-d149042493f4” (backend only. When implemented in UI, key will not be required for searching. Uniform title will be specified by text search)
- Series title search implemented
Exact matches searching:
- Contributors: default result displayed by ranking
  - Inventory search interface recommendation: contributors (all), -primary, -secondary (similar to identifier searching: identifiers (all), -ISBN, etc.)
- GitHub page documenting search options: https://github.com/folio-org/mod-search#supported-search-types
- Title:
  - Example: Bud not buddy; Bud, not buddy
    - Boolean operator was causing issues. Surround by quotes, i.e., ti:”Bud, not buddy”
    - Exact match expectation: ignore all punctuation
  - Cornell: Slavic/Hebrew language diacritics causes search issues in Inventory (not Inventory ES)
- Homework: Provide examples for current searching pain points