Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Multi-Valued Fields in the wild
Mike, I can't speak for Kate, but in my situation my EG production server is on 2.7, but it is configured more like a EG 2.5 when it comes to how format icons are picked and how formats are filtered. This was done right after we upgraded from 2.5.x to 2.6.x because initially the icons and format filtering was acting weird. I have not had a chance to research how to switch my production system to use the newer 2.6 features for icon formas or filtering. Though I hope to have it all figured out this summer. Hope this helps someone, Yamil On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 7:10 PM, Mike Rylander mrylan...@gmail.com wrote: Kate, What is the use case you have in mind? I ask because anyone on 2.6 or greater is actually already using them. For instance, if you have a record for a DVD/Blu-Ray combo set that has two 007 fields, one for each video recording format, you can search by either (or both) and find the record. Hope that helps! -- Mike Rylander | President | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) | email: mi...@esilibrary.com | web: http://www.esilibrary.com On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Kate Butler katebut...@rodgerslibrary.org wrote: Has anyone implemented Multi-Valued Fields in their catalogs? We are considering taking a look at these later this summer and I wondered how much people had used this feature yet. (Any words of wisdom?) Thanks, Kate Butler Technology Librarian Rodgers Memorial Library (Hudson, NH) http://www.rodgerslibrary.org/ -- Yamil Suarez, MCS Library System Administrator/Developer Stan Getz Library Berklee College of Music 1140 Boylston St Boston, MA 02215 ysua...@berklee.edu 617-747-2617
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Multi-Valued Fields in the wild
For my library, we’ve chosen to utilize the parts system to distinguish between the different types of materials within a MVF record. So for instance on a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack we will have a part that is for DVD and a part for the blu-ray. This has seemed to work out well enough for us so far, and I’m hoping that I can get the rest of the consortium to adopt a similar plan of action for items of this nature. There are however instances where this can be a bit misleading. There was an item recently that was an Audiobook on CD that came with a disc of supplemental PDF files. It showed up as “Audiobook on CD/ eBook” in the catalog. This is a case where I would opt to remove the secondary value. I believe that was what we ultimately did because I do believe it would have caused some non-small amount of confusion for the patron. I believe that it is worth looking at the possibilities and making some decisions based on what works with your patronage in general. Thankfully, as tends to be the case with a lot of these requests that get implemented (because the devs rock!), they can be tweaked quite effectively to limit how the types will show up in your catalog. Otherwise, you can make minor changes to the marc records to fit your needs. My experience is limited as we upgraded to 2.7.3 in February from 2.3.5. There were a lot of changes to adapt to, and this was one we felt more or less safe letting sit in the background until we could really look things over well and make good decisions on. This is my take on what I’ve seen so far. If you have some more specific questions I’d be happy to answer them! Thanks, Geoff Sams Library Manager Roanoke Public Library From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kate Butler Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 3:31 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Multi-Valued Fields in the wild As far as I’m aware, our technical services department is still behaving as if the MVF do not exist -- if we get a combo set, we create 2 records, one for the DVD and one for the Blu-Ray. We have yet to start really taking advantage of the opportunity to have multiple values in these fields. The information we’re really seeking is how this will end up looking on the staff end and on the patron end. So, for instance, this Evergreen Indiana record has two 007 fields, which have caused it to have two format icons appear (I assume): https://evergreen.lib.in.us/eg/opac/record/20360738?query=frozen;qtype=keyword;fi%3Asearch_format=dvd;locg=1;page=0 I was just hoping to see more examples like that, and how other libraries are taking advantage of the feature. Kate Butler Technology Librarian Rodgers Memorial Library (Hudson, NH) http://www.rodgerslibrary.org/ From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Mike Rylander Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 7:10 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Multi-Valued Fields in the wild Kate, What is the use case you have in mind? I ask because anyone on 2.6 or greater is actually already using them. For instance, if you have a record for a DVD/Blu-Ray combo set that has two 007 fields, one for each video recording format, you can search by either (or both) and find the record. Hope that helps! -- Mike Rylander | President | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) | email: mi...@esilibrary.commailto:mi...@esilibrary.com | web: http://www.esilibrary.com On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Kate Butler katebut...@rodgerslibrary.orgmailto:katebut...@rodgerslibrary.org wrote: Has anyone implemented Multi-Valued Fields in their catalogs? We are considering taking a look at these later this summer and I wondered how much people had used this feature yet. (Any words of wisdom?) Thanks, Kate Butler Technology Librarian Rodgers Memorial Library (Hudson, NH) http://www.rodgerslibrary.org/
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Multi-Valued Fields in the wild
As far as I’m aware, our technical services department is still behaving as if the MVF do not exist -- if we get a combo set, we create 2 records, one for the DVD and one for the Blu-Ray. We have yet to start really taking advantage of the opportunity to have multiple values in these fields. The information we’re really seeking is how this will end up looking on the staff end and on the patron end. So, for instance, this Evergreen Indiana record has two 007 fields, which have caused it to have two format icons appear (I assume): https://evergreen.lib.in.us/eg/opac/record/20360738?query=frozen;qtype=keyword;fi%3Asearch_format=dvd;locg=1;page=0 I was just hoping to see more examples like that, and how other libraries are taking advantage of the feature. Kate Butler Technology Librarian Rodgers Memorial Library (Hudson, NH) http://www.rodgerslibrary.org/ From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Mike Rylander Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 7:10 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Multi-Valued Fields in the wild Kate, What is the use case you have in mind? I ask because anyone on 2.6 or greater is actually already using them. For instance, if you have a record for a DVD/Blu-Ray combo set that has two 007 fields, one for each video recording format, you can search by either (or both) and find the record. Hope that helps! -- Mike Rylander | President | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) | email: mi...@esilibrary.commailto:mi...@esilibrary.com | web: http://www.esilibrary.com On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Kate Butler katebut...@rodgerslibrary.orgmailto:katebut...@rodgerslibrary.org wrote: Has anyone implemented Multi-Valued Fields in their catalogs? We are considering taking a look at these later this summer and I wondered how much people had used this feature yet. (Any words of wisdom?) Thanks, Kate Butler Technology Librarian Rodgers Memorial Library (Hudson, NH) http://www.rodgerslibrary.org/
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Scheduling June IRC practice time
Oops, I sent in the wrong Doodle poll link http://doodle.com/ypiunwgvwg4ar7qs For the record, Doodle.com accounts are free, just provide an email address. Thanks in advance, Yamil On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Yamil Suarez ysua...@berklee.edu wrote: Hello, I wanted to see if there was interest in a second IRC practice time this month. We had one already in May, but a few folks asked if we could have one in June. To help find a time that the most number of people can attend I will be using Doodle.com. This is a free site that many groups use for free event scheduling. Just follow this link and create a free account using a valid email address… http://doodle.com/p4utz55z2b8pkq5v Here again is the link to the intro to IRC presentation… http://goo.gl/w3zml2 In this presentation I postulate that if you… 1) have ever sent a text message 2) have a web browser … you can pull off giving IRC a try for yourself. Thanks in advance, Yamil -- Yamil Suarez, MCS Library System Administrator/Developer Stan Getz Library Berklee College of Music 1140 Boylston St Boston, MA 02215 ysua...@berklee.edu 617-747-2617
