Salvete!
In the latest "unstable" scripting of Koha that Nelsonville is using for its OPAC, the non-indexed characters (e.g. "the" and "a") as defined by the indicators in the MARC record are used to provide a "true" alphabetical title list -- see http://koha.athenscounty.lib.oh.us. The "unititle" would be a "uniform title" that differed from the title on a particular edition of a work. For instance, the title on the book may be "John Doe's Ward and Piece," but the standard (uniform) title for the book is "Ward and Piece."
That is saaaweet! The anal retentive filer in me has been waiting for this to happen.
BTW, notice also that NPL is now listing _all_ of the notes from all of the MARC note fields on the OPAC detail page. Once we get the code a little cleaner and more universal (so it works for UNIMARC or no-MARC libraries), we'll be committing it to CVS. NPL is also looking into doing the same thing with all of the MARC subject tags, thus bypassing
the
Koha tables to pull information directly from the MARC tables.
Hey, have you been spying on my wish list? ;) It's great that this stuff is getting done. This project gets more viable everyday. Thanks so much folks! I truly have seen better results from Koha than commercial products. Cheers, Brooke @ Hinsdale MA