Three New Enhancements to Gold Rush Released
News Release
December 15, 2006
Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries Releases Three New Enhancements to Gold Rush
The Colorado Alliance has just released three new enhancements to Gold Rush. The first enhancement provides a more precise list of results when searching. The second enhancement is an improvement to the new upload a title/title list feature, and the third allows sites to add their own database descriptors.
Display Resources with Unverified Dates
Gold Rush Linker has always had the ability to mask article level linkswhen they are outside of the date range of the incoming citation. However, title links still appear to the user. A new setting, "DisplayResources with Unverified Dates", allows sites to hide full text andindexing resources that fall outside of the date range of an incomingcitation.
This new functionality makes it easier for patrons to link to aparticular article or journal without having to scan through a longlist of results that don't meet the date criteria of the article theyare seeking. This new setting is under Settings-Manage Gold Rush Linkerin the Gold Rush Staff module. Under the General Settings tab thefourth drop down box is "Display Resources with Unverified Dates". Thedefault setting is "yes." If you would like to test out the newfeature, change the box to "No-Display Resources with UnverifiedDates", and click the "Update" button. The change will appearimmediately in a Gold Rush results screen.
Enhancement to Add Your Own Journal or Title List
At the end of November, the Colorado Alliance released a custom loaderwhich allows sites to upload new or existing title lists and individualjournals to Gold Rush. We have added a new drop down box, "JournalFormat" to this local loader that allows sites to determine in whichsection of the results screen-full text, citation or localholdings--they would like the resource to display. If they leave thisfield blank, Gold Rush will determine where to display a resource bywhat is in the structured date fields. If there is text in thecitation or full text field, the resource will respectively be placedin one or both of these fields. If the title list or journal does nothave a date, and a setting is entered in the Journal Format drop downbox, it will force an item to fall within the field selected fromJournal Format.
Adding Database Descriptors and Journal Subjects
The database descriptors that we have created or harvested don't alwaysfit Gold Rush subscribers' holdings. Sites can now create their owndatabase descriptors and journal subjects and delete those that don'tfit within their holdings. Descriptors and journal subjects can beadded through the Cataloging module of Gold Rush. We have copied toall sites the central list of descriptors so sites are free to add,modify or delete any of their descriptors as needed.
This new suite of enhancements gives sites more control over thecataloging of their resources. We hope it will also help patrons toquickly find what they need in Gold Rush without having to scrollthrough screens of results that may or may not be relevant. If youhave questions about the enhancements or other aspects of Gold Rush,contact George Machovec (george@coalliance.org) or Rose Nelson(rose@coalliance.org) at 303-759-3399.