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VUFIND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Mari SuzukiThe Asia Library

the university of michigan library

library web portal

mirlyn catalog

deep blue : institutional repository

search results display with or without cjk

Mirlyn = VuFind

Mirlyn Classic = Aleph

faceted browsing vs. modify-search

option

spacing affects search results : 漢籍

1 hit

61 hits

stemming

forestry foresters forest forests

forester

VuFind — initial problems with original scripts display

makkasaマッカーサー

utsuho monogatari in’yo kanseki chuso�� うつほ物語引用漢籍注疏�

independent word vs. title phrase

Shinpojumu シンポジウム

title phrase examples:kokusai shinpojumu hokokusho rinpa 国際シンポジウム報告書琳派

word with space, dot ( ・ ),  hyphen ( - ), quotation marks (“”), and other symbols

• シンポジウム /• 《シンポジウム》• シンポジウム (…)• シンポジウム「… 」

• “ シンポジウム”

independent word vs. title phrase

国際シンポジウム報告書琳派

independent word vs. title phrase

• 国際シンポジウム報告書琳派• 特殊敎育シンポジウム報告書• 生涯教育シンポジウム報告書• 日米シンポジウム報告書 , etc.

シンポジウム報告書

inconsistency in records: existed problems before VuFind implementation

with or without cjk

inconsistency in records: existed problems before VuFind implementation

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choice of scripts

marc-8 CJK: 小説 vs. 小說 　 　說 江戸 vs. 江戶 　 　戶 調査 vs. 調查 　 　查

Japanese new vs. old scripts: 坂本 竜馬 = 4 hits 　　竜 坂本 龍馬 = 25 hits 　　龍

spacing in original scripts

users’ feedback

Mirlyn = VuFind

Mirlyn Classic = Aleph

users’ feedback

• setoyaki• catalogs • art • japan • pottery

http://mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/Search/FAQ

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