Hi, This is a half baked idea that has two parts.
First, I'm wondering if there's a way we could share serial prediction patterns between Evergreen libraries. It seems a bit silly that we're all setting up the same prediction patterns for many of the same titles. The Economist (or whatever magazine/serial) has the same prediction pattern regardless of the library. It would be awesome if we could share this. I have a limited understanding of MFHD (David Fiander's webinar was really useful: http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads/EvergreenMFHD2009-07-21.wmv) but have spent some time trying to set up prediction patterns using the Alternate Serials Control View. If there was a public repository of the MFHD for various titles, could all save time by copy/pasting the prediction pattern instead of using the wizard? If there was a way to query this database and pull in the prediction pattern that would be even more awesome. Is this even possible? I've been told that libraries don't share serial prediction patterns because most ILSes store this in a proprietary format, which makes it impossible to share, and difficult to migrate. I work in a small library, so post-Evergreen migration we are having to manually set up prediction patterns for about 150 titles. I imagine this would not be possible for larger libraries, and could be a barrier to migrating to Evergreen. Second, I wonder if it would be possible to share serial prediction patterns more widely, regardless of the ILS? Would it be possible to share prediction patterns like we share MARC records? Cheers, tara
