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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hi, all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ex Libris has set the secret search parameter in the NZ Sandbox for us (again), and the records have all been reindexed, so this feature is ready for testing. Note that
this work has only occurred in the NZ Sandbox, not in the IZ Sandboxes you may have tested in before.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you have some time to test searching in the
<i>production</i> NZ Union View versus the <i>sandbox</i> NZ Union View with known/exact titles that users have had issues with, that would be most helpful. Feel free to jot down your search results and upload them to the
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YCru9Xauj8FxOmNw_wBcWJqdXKa_XcLu__;!!DZ3fjg!6gnI5Kpg7ZPtXyW_tfPFHhhIzVrp1GNULsmJDMVCYkV8xMEBQk0FJMta8OIDd_grHedRMD3toKEtR11yCA092M8Boip-HpWfm7E$">
Search Configuration folder</a> with my other docs if you like. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Here are the URLs to use for testing so you can compare the difference between having the configuration setting off (in production) or on (in sandbox):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Production</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Primo VE Union View URL (OFF) -
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://i-share-network.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01CARLI_NETWORK:IShare_UNION&lang=en__;!!DZ3fjg!6gnI5Kpg7ZPtXyW_tfPFHhhIzVrp1GNULsmJDMVCYkV8xMEBQk0FJMta8OIDd_grHedRMD3toKEtR11yCA092M8Boip-QhbYmR8$">https://i-share-network.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01CARLI_NETWORK:IShare_UNION&lang=en</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sandbox</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Primo VE Union View URL (ON) -
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://i-share-network-psb.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01CARLI_NETWORK:IShare_UNION&lang=en__;!!DZ3fjg!6gnI5Kpg7ZPtXyW_tfPFHhhIzVrp1GNULsmJDMVCYkV8xMEBQk0FJMta8OIDd_grHedRMD3toKEtR11yCA092M8Boip-Y-MQU6A$">https://i-share-network-psb.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01CARLI_NETWORK:IShare_UNION&lang=en</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(Yes, the Sandbox is much slower and sometimes won’t retrieve results the first time you ask it. Don’t be discouraged, ask again!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(In case you are wondering…<a href="https://www.carli.illinois.edu/products-services/i-share/discovery-interface/i-share_union_view">What is the Union View?</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">As mentioned in my original May message below, I created a document with the email thread on the Primo Customer Email List that led to this setting being revealed to everyone.
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BxTyG7Ixu5cI_EVUEJpCYEgPDpPdcoot/edit__;!!DZ3fjg!6gnI5Kpg7ZPtXyW_tfPFHhhIzVrp1GNULsmJDMVCYkV8xMEBQk0FJMta8OIDd_grHedRMD3toKEtR11yCA092M8Boip-nEXHD3w$">
If you want to read that, this document can still be found in our Google Drive here</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Today, in both production and sandbox Union Views, I did
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://docs.google.com/document/d/199iciLfC1_2PXo2FuFMnfWNHIWBscrm1/edit__;!!DZ3fjg!6gnI5Kpg7ZPtXyW_tfPFHhhIzVrp1GNULsmJDMVCYkV8xMEBQk0FJMta8OIDd_grHedRMD3toKEtR11yCA092M8Boip-BoAtxi4$">
a couple of test searches based on example titles in that conversation and have documented those, also in our Google Drive</a>. In my whopping two examples, I did see improvements in retrieval for titles without “the” as a leading article now that this setting
has been configured in the NZ Sandbox.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Let’s add this to our Dec. 18<sup>th</sup> meeting agenda as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-Jessica<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Date: </b>Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:19 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Discovery Primo VE Committee <discovery_pve_comm@carli.illinois.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Discovery_PVE_Comm] Secret search parameter to improve title search results?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hi, everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">While I don’t want to throw a wrench into Laura’s upcoming part of the June 11<sup>th</sup> webinar on Search Ranking, I’ve been catching up on my Alma/Primo customer list
emails, and I found the recent thread (<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BxTyG7Ixu5cI_EVUEJpCYEgPDpPdcoot/edit__;!!DZ3fjg!6gnI5Kpg7ZPtXyW_tfPFHhhIzVrp1GNULsmJDMVCYkV8xMEBQk0FJMta8OIDd_grHedRMD3toKEtR11yCA092M8Boip-nEXHD3w$">in Google Drive</a>; read from the bottom up; the magenta highlighting is mine) to be quite interesting. Apparently, there is a previously
secret customer parameter, discovery_customer_defined_exact_match_field, that might help with exact title search matching.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I would like to get the Committee’s thoughts on this since it sounds like it may be another on setting that needs to be coordinated consortially, but our next meeting isn’t
until June 5, less than a week before the webinar. Could we at least start to discuss via this topic via this committee email list in advance of our meeting?
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Are you all experiencing the same issues outlined in this thread with searching?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Do you think this setting might help based on the descriptions?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Should I file a Case to ask Ex Libris to see if they will enable this setting in our Sandbox so we could compare the differences in our 5 sandbox IZs and NZ Primo VEs with
our production Primo VEs? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We can perhaps also do some basic testing using other sites Primo VEs who indicate they have turned it on; for example, Lesli’s library is
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/thslc-houston.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01TEXASHEALTH_HOUSTON:TMC_INST&lang=en__;!!DZ3fjg!_1S9731apWaL8OW9Xm5SFXDd-5nleteqvWltEcEskSgSikhSuyYMu7_33hm8LegHRWQHzCMcXP1SKXmSvLHh46PknHLLitBSNpY$">
https://thslc-houston.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01TEXASHEALTH_HOUSTON:TMC_INST&lang=en</a> .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-Jessica<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Jessica Gibson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Assistant Director, System Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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