Hi Mary, I have filed a bug report on the issue in 2.2 - https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/867691. I have not been able to get the system to find any matches when using the authority match sets. Is that what you found too?
Kathy ------------------------------------------------------------- Kathy Lussier Project Coordinator Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative (508) 756-0172 (508) 755-3721 (fax) [email protected] IM: kmlussier (AOL & Yahoo) Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [email protected] [mailto:open- >>[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mary >>Llewellyn >>Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:38 AM >>To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group' >>Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen 2.2 and Authorities >> >>I'm experiencing the same thing in 2.2. >> >>Mary >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [email protected] >>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>Of >>Elizabeth McLean >>Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:41 PM >>To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group' >>Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen 2.2 and Authorities >> >>Does anyone use Vandelay to import and overlay existing authority >>records? >>We are able to import new records, but cannot overlay existing >>authority >>records. I haven't been able to find documentation that says Evergreen >>specifically supports overlay of existing authority records, and if so, >>what >>field is used for the overlay-merge point. We are on release 2.1. >> >>Thank you, >> >>Libby McLean >>Cataloging Librarian II >>King County Library System >>[email protected] >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [email protected] >>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>Of >>Mary Llewellyn >>Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 6:38 AM >>To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group' >>Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen 2.2 and Authorities >> >>Hi George, >> >>Thanks for the linking-script information. I don't work much on the >>database >>side, aside from running a few SQL queries, so this is good to know. >>I'll >>talk to our systems guy about it. >> >>As to the placeholder records, what I'm proposing is that the headings >>in >>1xx, 6xx, 7xx, and 8xx be treated as quasi-authorized and generate >>brief acq >>records. You're right, there would have to be a mechanism for >>merging/overlaying those records when the full ones become available. >>Other >>systems can do it. I'd like to see Evergreen develop in that direction. >> >>The workflow as I would prefer is for us to do quarterly extracts of >>the >>newest bib records added or updated during the previous 3 months. We >>send >>that to our authority control vendor, who returns them to us with >>authorized >>headings in the bibs and full auth records that correspond to the >>headings. >>We load those back to our database, replacing/merging/overlaying the >>bibs >>and doing the same to existing brief auth records that had been >>system-generated previously. Also, the vendor would provide us with >>auth >>files for changed headings, and we would load those to >>replace/merge/overlay >>previously loaded authority records. >> >>Mary >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [email protected] >>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>Of >>Duimovich, George >>Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 5:47 PM >>To: Evergreen Discussion Group >>Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen 2.2 and Authorities >> >> >>Not sure how fully this would address your needs, but there is an >>auto-linking script that ships in the /support-scripts/ directory >>called >>"authority_control_fields.pl" - It can be used to populate your >>authority >>linking table and can be re-run following any significant imports to >>your >>authority entries (but re-running against entire database can take >>time). >> >>We've taken the approach to automate this script on a weekly and/or >>monthly >>"cron-job" by re-running the above script against only new or modified >>bib >>records for that specified period. But we have already outsourced the >>creation / validation of our authority records from our bib data (so >>we're >>not adding any large batches of *new* authorities to match against). >> >>Re: placeholder records: you make a good point regarding browse >>authority >>searching excluding non-authorized entries. On the one hand, it is >>intended >>to permit the browsing of authorized entries (say, authors) and it does >>that. But I can see how folks may want this new functionality more >>generalizable (e.g. browse index functionality - all entries vs. just >>browsing authorized entries, etc.). I'm also wondering whether the use >>of >>placeholder records will be creating more work later on (merging, >>overlaying, etc.) for the benefit of making the authority index browse >>more >>like a browse all entries index? >> >>George >> >>George Duimovich >>NRCan Library / Bibliothèque de RNCan >> >> >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [email protected] >>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>Of >>Mary Llewellyn >>Sent: February 7, 2012 16:25 >>To: Evergreen Discussion Group >>Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen 2.2 and Authorities >> >>Hi all, >> >>Today I turned my attention to testing the new Authorities browse >>searching >>in Evergreen 2.2. I loaded some auth records through Vandelay and was >>able >>to search them in the browse search. But I'm uncertain about linking >>auth >>records to bibs; I see how to do it manually, but I'm hoping there's a >>way >>to have bibs link to auths as they are loaded, since it's not humanly >>possible to link manually link all the bibs with their respective auth >>records. Have I missed something, or is this still in development? >> >>What would be nice is if the 1XX, 6xx, 7xx, and 8xx headings in the bib >>record would create placeholder auth records for headings as the bibs >>are >>loaded, which could be replaced/overlaid later with a load of full auth >>records from a vendor such as Backstage Library Works. >>Otherwise, we'll have a lot of records not retrievable with those >>browse >>searches because their full auth records aren't in the system yet. We'd >>never be caught up. >> >>Thanks, >> >>Mary >> >> >>Mary Llewellyn >>Database Manager >>Bibliomation, Inc. >>Middlebury, CT >>[email protected]
