Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Browse Listing - Did it change?

[Jim Taylor]

Thanks for the reply.   Will take a look and report back.

Jim

From: Open-ils-general  On 
Behalf Of Remington Steed
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2019 12:51 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group 
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Browse Listing - Did it change?

Hi Jim,

I looked at the difference between 3.1.8 and 3.1.9 code (not many changes), and 
I didn't see any changes that I think would affect the browse display.  Have 
you compared the stock 3.1.9 templates with those on your test system?

Remington

--
Remington Steed
Electronic Resources Specialist
Hekman Library, Calvin College
http://library.calvin.edu/

From: Open-ils-general 
mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org>>
 On Behalf Of Jim Taylor
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 5:39 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group 
mailto:open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org>>
Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Browse Listing - Did it change?

Trying to sort some index issues out but need to figure out what changed 
between 3.1.8 and 3.1.9or if we did something here accidentally.   To my 
knowledge these databases are the same other than the version.Did something 
change with the Browse Index Results that was not noted in the Release Notes?   
Thanks for any insight.

Jim

Our production database is on 3.1.8 and Browse Results look like:

  God Juvenile fiction. (1)
  God -- Juvenile literature (6)
  God Juvenile literature. (6)
  God -- Kingship (5)
  God Kingship. (5)
  God -- Kingship -- Biblical teaching (9)
  God Kingship Biblical teaching. (9)
  God -- Kingship -- Sermons (2)
  God Kingship Sermons. (2)
  God -- Knowableness (100)

Our test server where we install upgrades first is on 3.1.9 and the Browse 
Results look like:

--God (Judaism)-- --Worship and love.-- (5)
--God (Judaism)-- --Worship and love-- --Biblical teaching.-- (1)
--God-- --Juvenile fiction.-- (3)
--God-- --Juvenile literature.-- (10)
--God-- --Kingship.-- (4)
--God-- --Kingship-- --Biblical teaching.-- (9)
--God-- --Kingship-- --Sermons.-- (2)
--God-- --Knowableness.-- (100)
--God-- --Knowableness-- --Biblical teaching.-- (13)
--God-- --Knowableness.-- --cm.-- (1)

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Browse Listing - Did it change?

[Jim Taylor]

Trying to sort some index issues out but need to figure out what changed 
between 3.1.8 and 3.1.9or if we did something here accidentally.   To my 
knowledge these databases are the same other than the version.Did something 
change with the Browse Index Results that was not noted in the Release Notes?   
Thanks for any insight.

Jim

Our production database is on 3.1.8 and Browse Results look like:

  God Juvenile fiction. (1)
  God -- Juvenile literature (6)
  God Juvenile literature. (6)
  God -- Kingship (5)
  God Kingship. (5)
  God -- Kingship -- Biblical teaching (9)
  God Kingship Biblical teaching. (9)
  God -- Kingship -- Sermons (2)
  God Kingship Sermons. (2)
  God -- Knowableness (100)

Our test server where we install upgrades first is on 3.1.9 and the Browse 
Results look like:

--God (Judaism)-- --Worship and love.-- (5)
--God (Judaism)-- --Worship and love-- --Biblical teaching.-- (1)
--God-- --Juvenile fiction.-- (3)
--God-- --Juvenile literature.-- (10)
--God-- --Kingship.-- (4)
--God-- --Kingship-- --Biblical teaching.-- (9)
--God-- --Kingship-- --Sermons.-- (2)
--God-- --Knowableness.-- (100)
--God-- --Knowableness-- --Biblical teaching.-- (13)
--God-- --Knowableness.-- --cm.-- (1)

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Floor Plan - Map - Drawing Software

[Jim Taylor]

Again, going from memory and what little I know of GEO-Location stuff...Also, 
Google has a full suite of Geo-Location API's one can use.

You would have to go to each shelf and determine the GPS coordinates and then 
map those to the call# (obviously variations on this but trying to keep it 
simple).   Not saying the below would be the best option as the API's mentioned 
above are available but just to demonstrate how you can tweak locations in 
google maps. 

If you search for Missouri River Regional Library you will see the "pin" at the 
following location.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/38°34'28.5"N+92°10'07.0"W

I have tweaked the location below so the pin moves to a different point within 
the library.   As you probably know you can open a location on your maps on 
your phone and, in this case, choose the walking option and follow the map to 
the specified location...or more likely the use it would open the map in the 
library and you would dynamically see the "pin" at the shelf you need.   
Guessing most people wouldn't use the walking option, other than for the fun of 
it and to see if it works, unless you have a large confusing setup.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/38°34'28.9"N+92°10'06.7"W

What I am unsure of is if you can create your own map using the Google API's 
and use that for what they see.  I would think so but not sure.   Again, just a 
thought from something that was pretty creative at the time when this stuff 
wasn't as sophisticated and easy as it has become.

If I find time I may take a closer look at the API's and see what can be done 
and report back.   Does sound like fun.

Jim

-Original Message-
From: Open-ils-general  On 
Behalf Of jeff haskell
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 11:34 AM
To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Floor Plan - Map - Drawing Software

Hi Jim,

I LOVE that!

How does one "program the GPS" to a library shelf?

My apologies for my tardy reply - slammed at a new job.

Thank you ever so much.

J.

Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 21:36:20 -0500
From: "Jim Taylor" 
To: "'Evergreen Discussion Group'"

Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Floor Plan - Map - Drawing Software
Message-ID: <006601d41989$1e3746a0$5aa5d3e0$@jtdata.com>
Content-Type: text/plain;   charset="utf-8"

It has been a few years so recalling this from my dusty memory collection but a 
few years ago I saw a presentation by someone in the
Horizon Library world who mapped all his shelves using GPS.   So when
you looked up an item it would dynamically show you where the item was located. 
 Things are even more sophisticated now so you could even
provide "Directions" now on peoples phones.   Click a link and tell it
to "Start" and it would take them to the right shelves.   Probably one
additional table in the database to map Location/Collection/Call# codes to GPS 
coordinates and maybe a bit of map creation and away you
go.   If you wanted to get really fancy you could even do a StreetView
kind of thing for your library so they could "See" where they needed
to go.   Or even fancier, put in LED tiles for flooring and then you
could light up tiles for them to follow.   Sorry, I get carried away
sometimes.   Sounds like a fun project though.

Jim

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Floor Plan - Map - Drawing Software

[Jim Taylor]

It has been a few years so recalling this from my dusty memory collection but a 
few years ago I saw a presentation by someone in the Horizon Library world who 
mapped all his shelves using GPS.   So when you looked up an item it would 
dynamically show you where the item was located.  Things are even more 
sophisticated now so you could even provide "Directions" now on peoples phones. 
  Click a link and tell it to "Start" and it would take them to the right 
shelves.   Probably one additional table in the database to map 
Location/Collection/Call# codes to GPS coordinates and maybe a bit of map 
creation and away you go.   If you wanted to get really fancy you could even do 
a StreetView kind of thing for your library so they could "See" where they 
needed to go.   Or even fancier, put in LED tiles for flooring and then you 
could light up tiles for them to follow.   Sorry, I get carried away sometimes. 
  Sounds like a fun project though.

Jim

-Original Message-
From: Open-ils-general  On 
Behalf Of jeff haskell
Sent: Monday, July 9, 2018 11:54 AM
To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Floor Plan - Map - Drawing Software

Hi,

I'm new to the list.

I'm interested in drawing software so patrons and new staff, volunteers and 
student interns can find materials on shelves easily and quickly.

Ex. one set of shelves to the far left of the circulation desk would be labeled 
Fiction. Then the next set of shelves named Mystery in the shelves bay to the 
right of the Fiction shelves bay and then to the right of that the shelves Bay 
for Supernatural.

This would be a floor plan so a patron could walk around the library and look 
at this floor plan map and know where Fiction is - where Mystery is, Biography, 
etc. for every collection throughout the library.

If I sat with an illustrator they could probably draw it all up in about 20-30 
minutes and I would just scan what they drew and have a map (crude compared to 
a 3D) but enough so a patron could find items.

But, is there any *free* software which could accomplish that?

Thank you.

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Change in DB action regarding SQL marc update

[Jim Taylor]

I haven't done this for a while but just tried a straightforward SQL update
of the "marc" field in the biblio.record_entry table and get the error
below.   Have done this 10's of thousands of times within the last year or
so with no problem.  Currently running version 2.12.6.   Did something
change which would purposely cause such an action to fail?   Suggestions?
Thanks.

 

 

Jim

 

 

ERROR:  function oils_xpath(text, text, text[]) does not exist

LINE 6: (oils_xpath(

 ^

HINT:  No function matches the given name and argument types. You might need
to add explicit type casts.

QUERY:  SELECT COALESCE(

naco_normalize(

ARRAY_TO_STRING(

oils_xpath(

'//text()',

(oils_xpath(

idx.xpath,

transformed_xml,

ARRAY[ARRAY[xfrm.prefix, xfrm.namespace_uri]] 

))[1]

),

''

)

),

''

)

CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function biblio.extract_fingerprint(text) line 34 at
assignment

PL/pgSQL function biblio.fingerprint_trigger() line 10 at assignment

** Error **

 

ERROR: function oils_xpath(text, text, text[]) does not exist

SQL state: 42883

Hint: No function matches the given name and argument types. You might need
to add explicit type casts.

Context: PL/pgSQL function biblio.extract_fingerprint(text) line 34 at
assignment

PL/pgSQL function biblio.fingerprint_trigger() line 10 at assignment

 

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OpenSearch - Relevance

[Jim Taylor]

MUCH, MUCH BETTER!!!  THANK YOU

 

Apart from speed…not unusual for it to take 30-45 seconds to return results but 
that was true on the other as well.   Is this normal or should someone be 
looking into how things are configured?  While not blazing fast the OPAC is 
usually much better.

 

Thanks again.

 

Jim

 

From: Open-ils-general 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Daniel 
Wells
Sent: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 11:05 AM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group <open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org>
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OpenSearch - Relevance

 

Hello Jim,

 

I think you may have discovered a bug.  By default, the search is already doing 
relevance ranking, so you don't need anything extra there.  However, it seems 
that the search 'class' is being more or less ignored; at least it does not 
trigger a title search in your example.  You are just getting relevance ranked 
'keyword' search.

 

The following variation looks like it will honor the title index:

 

http://evergreen.asburyseminary.edu/opac/extras/opensearch/1.1/ATS/marcxml-full/?ti=Bible+in+Mission
 
<http://evergreen.asburyseminary.edu/opac/extras/opensearch/1.1/ATS/marcxml-full/?ti=Bible+in+Mission=25>
 =25

 

Does this get you closer?

 

Sincerely,

Dan

 

 

On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 10:08 AM, Jim Taylor <jtay...@jtdata.com 
<mailto:jtay...@jtdata.com> > wrote:

I have still been trying but none of these options or anything else I can find 
sorts by relevance like the OPAC.   Is there not any way to do a search and get 
relevant results at the top of the list?

Thanks.

Jim

-Original Message-
From: Open-ils-general 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org 
<mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org> ] On Behalf Of Mike 
Rylander
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2017 4:08 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group <open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org 
<mailto:open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org> >
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OpenSearch - Relevance

Jim,

You might try using the slimpac interface to do some searches and see how to 
build OpenSearch URLs in Evergreen:
http://evergreen.asburyseminary.edu/opac/en-US/extras/slimpac/start.html
-- that interface sits directly on top of OpenSearch, and just uses an XSLT to 
transform the ATOM output to HTML.

Since you've looked at opensearch.org <http://opensearch.org> , you probably 
know about OSD files.  Yours is at 
http://evergreen.asburyseminary.edu/opac/extras/opensearch/1.1/ATS/-/osd.xml
and it can help you construct URLs as well.

Note, if you're searching for a specific phrase, you can enclose it in double 
quotes to make sure you get the title you are looking for.

Finally, OpenSearch uses the same backend for searching as the OPAC, you'll 
just need to construct the URLs a little differently.

HTH,

--
Mike Rylander
 | President
 | Equinox Open Library Initiative
 | phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
 | email:  mi...@equinoxinitiative.org <mailto:mi...@equinoxinitiative.org> 
 | web:  http://equinoxinitiative.org


On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Jim Taylor <jtay...@jtdata.com 
<mailto:jtay...@jtdata.com> > wrote:
> Hoping someone can tell me how to get useful results from opensearch.
> I submit a search such as the following…
>
>
>
> http://evergreen.asburyseminary.edu/opac/extras/opensearch/1.1/ATS/mar
> cxml-full/title/Bible+in+Mission?count=25
>
>
>
> but I have to go to the 5th page to find this title.   Is there a way to
> tell opensearch to sort by relevance?
>
>
>
> I’ve looked at opensearch.org <http://opensearch.org>  but not seeing 
> anything helpful and
> can’t find anything the Evergreen documentation that applies…may just
> not be doing the right search of course.
>
>
>
> Open to other suggestions as well.  I have tried
>
>
>
>
> http://evergreen.asburyseminary.edu/opac/extras//browse/mods/title/ASL 
> <http://evergreen.asburyseminary.edu/opac/extras/browse/mods/title/ASL> 
> AN/Bible%20in%20Mission?count=20
>
>
>
> and it works much faster unless there are no results and then it can
> take about 45 seconds to get a response.  The results seem far more
> appropriate but not as good as what is returned in the OPAC and the 45
> second delay for no results is a non-starter for that approach.
>
>
>
> Are there any other options or ways to make the above work better and
> faster?   Any way to return the OPAC search results in an XML format?
>
>
>
> Any other suggestions or links to documentation for the above that
> might shine some light in my vast dark cavern of ignorance?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
> Jim



 

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OpenSearch - Relevance

[Jim Taylor]

I have still been trying but none of these options or anything else I can find 
sorts by relevance like the OPAC.   Is there not any way to do a search and get 
relevant results at the top of the list?

Thanks.

Jim

-Original Message-
From: Open-ils-general 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Mike 
Rylander
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2017 4:08 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group <open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org>
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OpenSearch - Relevance

Jim,

You might try using the slimpac interface to do some searches and see how to 
build OpenSearch URLs in Evergreen:
http://evergreen.asburyseminary.edu/opac/en-US/extras/slimpac/start.html
-- that interface sits directly on top of OpenSearch, and just uses an XSLT to 
transform the ATOM output to HTML.

Since you've looked at opensearch.org, you probably know about OSD files.  
Yours is at 
http://evergreen.asburyseminary.edu/opac/extras/opensearch/1.1/ATS/-/osd.xml
and it can help you construct URLs as well.

Note, if you're searching for a specific phrase, you can enclose it in double 
quotes to make sure you get the title you are looking for.

Finally, OpenSearch uses the same backend for searching as the OPAC, you'll 
just need to construct the URLs a little differently.

HTH,

--
Mike Rylander
 | President
 | Equinox Open Library Initiative
 | phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
 | email:  mi...@equinoxinitiative.org
 | web:  http://equinoxinitiative.org


On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Jim Taylor <jtay...@jtdata.com> wrote:
> Hoping someone can tell me how to get useful results from opensearch.  
> I submit a search such as the following…
>
>
>
> http://evergreen.asburyseminary.edu/opac/extras/opensearch/1.1/ATS/mar
> cxml-full/title/Bible+in+Mission?count=25
>
>
>
> but I have to go to the 5th page to find this title.   Is there a way to
> tell opensearch to sort by relevance?
>
>
>
> I’ve looked at opensearch.org but not seeing anything helpful and 
> can’t find anything the Evergreen documentation that applies…may just 
> not be doing the right search of course.
>
>
>
> Open to other suggestions as well.  I have tried
>
>
>
>
> http://evergreen.asburyseminary.edu/opac/extras//browse/mods/title/ASL
> AN/Bible%20in%20Mission?count=20
>
>
>
> and it works much faster unless there are no results and then it can 
> take about 45 seconds to get a response.  The results seem far more 
> appropriate but not as good as what is returned in the OPAC and the 45 
> second delay for no results is a non-starter for that approach.
>
>
>
> Are there any other options or ways to make the above work better and
> faster?   Any way to return the OPAC search results in an XML format?
>
>
>
> Any other suggestions or links to documentation for the above that 
> might shine some light in my vast dark cavern of ignorance?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
> Jim

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Question about a small library without a catalog to migrate

[Jim Taylor]

I normally do more behind-the-scenes stuff so may display a bit (or a lot)
of ignorance here but.

 

Making sure you have set data rules up-front is a given of course but then.

 

If there is someone who can do a bit of scripting . I am reasonably certain
you can do item creation (including barcode?) on import of bib records.I
tend to be lazy so I would write a script that takes the scanned ISBN off of
a book (or type if not) and retrieves the MARC and retrieves the
Classification info,  gives you the option to pick the correct record and
adjust the classification info, if needed, and creates the needed tags and
subfields from provided defaults for the item record, including the barcode.
You can then have everything done in a few short steps and apply the barcode
at the same time with a minimal amount of typing and book handling.

 

Again, may be missing something obvious but maybe this will help.

 

Jim

 

From: Open-ils-general
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
Schooff, Rose (LVA)
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 12:50 PM
To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Question about a small library without a catalog
to migrate

 

 

Up until now we have only dealt with libraries that had established
catalogs.  I now have a very small library that only has a card catalog and
their books are not barcoded.

 

Where do I start?  I know the new librarian has started with weeding and
that is always my first suggested step.

 

Do we barcode the books first or as they are added to the Virginia Evergreen
Libraries catalog?

 

I would think they would register patrons as they borrow books.

 

Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

 

- 

Rose M. Schooff

Technology Consultant

Library Development and Networking

The Library of Virginia

800 E. Broad Street

Richmond, VA  23219

804-692-3772

804-310-7901

 

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Aged_Circulation

[Jim Taylor]

Thank you very much.  This is very helpful.  Wish I could have found it in the 
documentation and not bothered anyone.  One day I will figure out how to find 
stuff in the documentation 

 

Jim

 

-Original Message-
From: Open-ils-general 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Jason 
Stephenson
Sent: Friday, September 1, 2017 4:15 PM
To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Aged_Circulation

 

On 09/01/2017 04:50 PM, Jim Taylor wrote:

> Okay.  Thanks.

> 

>  

> 

> So there is no duplication?   Everything in aged_circulation was once in

> circulation and is moved, not copied, to aged_circulation?  It just 

> loses some of the info?  Or is it copied and everything in 

> aged_circulation is still in circulation, assuming one hasn’t deleted 

> rows in circulation?

 

There is no duplication. The action.aged_circulation is for statistical 
reporting while breaking the link to the patron who had the item checked out.

 

Circulations get moved under three circumstances in stock Evergreen:

 

1. A patron is deleted. This moves all of the patron's circulations from 
action.circulation to action.aged_circulation

 

2. A row or row(s) in action.circulation are deleted. The 
action.age_circ_on_delete trigger moves deleted action.circulations to 
action.aged_circulation.

 

3. The action.purge_circulations function is run. This function is meant to be 
run periodically to enforce patron privacy. It's behavior is controlled by two 
internal flags: history.circ.retention_age and history.circ.retention_count. 
The purge_circulations function is often run from cron via the 
purge_circulations.srfsh script. NOTE: This function will take a *long* time to 
run for the first time on a system that has had much activity. The srfsh script 
will likely time out before the database function finishes and nothing will get 
moved.

 

If you have not been doing 2 or 3, then the aged_circulation entries you see 
are likely because of 1.

 

You can delete rows from action.aged_circulation if you wish. Keep in mind that 
this could lead to the loss of statistical information depending on what 
reports you use.

 

HtH,

Jason

> 

>  

> 

> Jim

> 

>  

> 

> *From:* Open-ils-general

> [ <mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org> 
> mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf 

> Of *Rogan Hamby

> *Sent:* Friday, September 1, 2017 1:54 PM

> *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group

> < <mailto:open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org> 
> open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org>

> *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Aged_Circulation

> 

>  

> 

> Hi Jim, Benjamin,

> 

>  

> 

> There are a number of differences that touch on aged versus not-aged 

> circulations.  It's certainly true that circulations can be moved out 

> of action.circulation to keep that table size down and that can be 

> useful when we discuss things like tablespaces and Postgres.

> 

>  

> 

> However, to me the major difference is that the action.circulation 

> table attaches back to the actor.usr table, i.e. there is a link 

> between the patron and the circulation.  That link goes bye bye when a 

> circ is moved to action.aged_circulation.  Some patron information is 

> recorded in aged circulations for future statistical reporting 

> purposes such as the user's post code, home org unit, profile group 

> and birth year but the patron themselves is no longer identifiable.  

> Obviously, this can be of significant value for patron privacy.

> 

>  

> 

> 

>  

> 

> Rogan Hamby

> 

> Data and Project Analyst

> 

> Equinox Open Library Initiative

> 

> phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)

> 

> email:   <mailto:ro...@equinoxinitiative.org> ro...@equinoxinitiative.org 

> < <mailto:ro...@equinoxinitiative.org> mailto:ro...@equinoxinitiative.org>

> 

> web:   <http://EquinoxInitiative.org> http://EquinoxInitiative.org

> 

>  

> 

> On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Murphy, Benjamin 

> < <mailto:benjamin.mur...@ncdcr.gov%20%3cmailto:benjamin.mur...@ncdcr.gov> 
> benjamin.mur...@ncdcr.gov <mailto:benjamin.mur...@ncdcr.gov>> wrote:

> 

> I’d love to see this as well if it exists.

> 

>  

> 

> Benjamin

> 

>  

> 

> Benjamin Murphy

> 

> Manager, NC Cardinal Program

> 

> NC Dept. of Natural and Cultural Resources

> 

> 919.807.7424 < <tel:(919)%20807-7424> tel:(919)%20807-7424>

> 

>  <mailto:benjamin.mur...@ncdcr.gov> benjamin.mur...@ncdcr.gov < 
> <mailto:benjamin.

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Aged_Circulation

[Jim Taylor]

Okay.  Thanks.

 

So there is no duplication?   Everything in aged_circulation was once in 
circulation and is moved, not copied, to aged_circulation?  It just loses some 
of the info?  Or is it copied and everything in aged_circulation is still in 
circulation, assuming one hasn’t deleted rows in circulation?

 

Jim

 

From: Open-ils-general 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Rogan 
Hamby
Sent: Friday, September 1, 2017 1:54 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group <open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org>
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Aged_Circulation

 

Hi Jim, Benjamin,

 

There are a number of differences that touch on aged versus not-aged 
circulations.  It's certainly true that circulations can be moved out of 
action.circulation to keep that table size down and that can be useful when we 
discuss things like tablespaces and Postgres.

 

However, to me the major difference is that the action.circulation table 
attaches back to the actor.usr table, i.e. there is a link between the patron 
and the circulation.  That link goes bye bye when a circ is moved to 
action.aged_circulation.  Some patron information is recorded in aged 
circulations for future statistical reporting purposes such as the user's post 
code, home org unit, profile group and birth year but the patron themselves is 
no longer identifiable.  Obviously, this can be of significant value for patron 
privacy.

 




 

Rogan Hamby

Data and Project Analyst 

Equinox Open Library Initiative

phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)

email:  ro...@equinoxinitiative.org <mailto:ro...@equinoxinitiative.org> 

web:  http://EquinoxInitiative.org

 

On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Murphy, Benjamin <benjamin.mur...@ncdcr.gov 
<mailto:benjamin.mur...@ncdcr.gov> > wrote:

I’d love to see this as well if it exists.

 

Benjamin

 

Benjamin Murphy

Manager, NC Cardinal Program

NC Dept. of Natural and Cultural Resources

919.807.7424 <tel:(919)%20807-7424> 

 <mailto:benjamin.mur...@ncdcr.gov> benjamin.mur...@ncdcr.gov

 

Mail: 4640 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699 | Office: 109 East Jones St. 
Raleigh, NC 27601

 

Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina 
Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.

 

 

 

From: Jim Taylor [mailto:jtay...@jtdata.com <mailto:jtay...@jtdata.com> ] 
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 12:20 PM
To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group' <open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org 
<mailto:open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org> >
Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Aged_Circulation

 

I am looking for a link to documentation that explains the purpose of each 
table.  I have found the schema documentation but nothing that explains the 
purpose.   Currently I am trying to determine the relationship of 
aged_circulation to circulation.   Since circulation contains records that are 
older than aged_circulation I assume it isn’t what the name might imply?

 

 

Thank you.

 

Jim

 

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Aged_Circulation

[Jim Taylor]

I am looking for a link to documentation that explains the purpose of each 
table.  I have found the schema documentation but nothing that explains the 
purpose.   Currently I am trying to determine the relationship of 
aged_circulation to circulation.   Since circulation contains records that are 
older than aged_circulation I assume it isn’t what the name might imply?

 

 

Thank you.

 

Jim

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OpenSearch - Relevance

[Jim Taylor]

Thanks.

-Original Message-
From: Open-ils-general 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Mike 
Rylander
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2017 4:08 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group <open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org>
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OpenSearch - Relevance

Jim,

You might try using the slimpac interface to do some searches and see how to 
build OpenSearch URLs in Evergreen:
http://evergreen.asburyseminary.edu/opac/en-US/extras/slimpac/start.html
-- that interface sits directly on top of OpenSearch, and just uses an XSLT to 
transform the ATOM output to HTML.

Since you've looked at opensearch.org, you probably know about OSD files.  
Yours is at 
http://evergreen.asburyseminary.edu/opac/extras/opensearch/1.1/ATS/-/osd.xml
and it can help you construct URLs as well.

Note, if you're searching for a specific phrase, you can enclose it in double 
quotes to make sure you get the title you are looking for.

Finally, OpenSearch uses the same backend for searching as the OPAC, you'll 
just need to construct the URLs a little differently.

HTH,

--
Mike Rylander
 | President
 | Equinox Open Library Initiative
 | phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
 | email:  mi...@equinoxinitiative.org
 | web:  http://equinoxinitiative.org


On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Jim Taylor <jtay...@jtdata.com> wrote:
> Hoping someone can tell me how to get useful results from opensearch.  
> I submit a search such as the following…
>
>
>
> http://evergreen.asburyseminary.edu/opac/extras/opensearch/1.1/ATS/mar
> cxml-full/title/Bible+in+Mission?count=25
>
>
>
> but I have to go to the 5th page to find this title.   Is there a way to
> tell opensearch to sort by relevance?
>
>
>
> I’ve looked at opensearch.org but not seeing anything helpful and 
> can’t find anything the Evergreen documentation that applies…may just 
> not be doing the right search of course.
>
>
>
> Open to other suggestions as well.  I have tried
>
>
>
>
> http://evergreen.asburyseminary.edu/opac/extras//browse/mods/title/ASL
> AN/Bible%20in%20Mission?count=20
>
>
>
> and it works much faster unless there are no results and then it can 
> take about 45 seconds to get a response.  The results seem far more 
> appropriate but not as good as what is returned in the OPAC and the 45 
> second delay for no results is a non-starter for that approach.
>
>
>
> Are there any other options or ways to make the above work better and
> faster?   Any way to return the OPAC search results in an XML format?
>
>
>
> Any other suggestions or links to documentation for the above that 
> might shine some light in my vast dark cavern of ignorance?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
> Jim

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OpenSearch - Relevance

[Jim Taylor]

Hoping someone can tell me how to get useful results from opensearch.  I submit 
a search such as the following…

 

http://evergreen.asburyseminary.edu/opac/extras/opensearch/1.1/ATS/marcxml-full/title/Bible+in+Mission?count=25

 

but I have to go to the 5th page to find this title.   Is there a way to tell 
opensearch to sort by relevance?  

 

I’ve looked at opensearch.org but not seeing anything helpful and can’t find 
anything the Evergreen documentation that applies…may just not be doing the 
right search of course.

 

Open to other suggestions as well.  I have tried

 


http://evergreen.asburyseminary.edu/opac/extras//browse/mods/title/ASLAN/Bible%20in%20Mission?count=20
 

 

 

and it works much faster unless there are no results and then it can take about 
45 seconds to get a response.  The results seem far more appropriate but not as 
good as what is returned in the OPAC and the 45 second delay for no results is 
a non-starter for that approach.

 

Are there any other options or ways to make the above work better and faster?   
Any way to return the OPAC search results in an XML format?

 

Any other suggestions or links to documentation for the above that might shine 
some light in my vast dark cavern of ignorance?

 

Thanks.

 

 

Jim

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen International 2017 Pre-conference Proposals

[Jim Taylor]

Assuming I am not the only interested party.  If I am, maybe someone would be 
willing to take a little time and help me sort through some of the process.   
In regards to the question though…

 

Basically walking through the process from the beginning.  I am not wanting 
this to be a programming class but rather one on how to interact with the 
project. 

 

Acquiring credentials ( probably needs very little attention…the WIKI covers 
this very well.)

Recommended tools for working with GitHub.  (Again, not hard to connect but 
maybe there are better tools than some of us have found)

The big thing, at least for me, is how one navigates the project after PULLING 
it.   So many threads it is a bit overwhelming.   

An overview of the project so if I wanted to make changes to a particular area 
I could have a reasonable chance of finding it.

Making and Submitting changes.

 

Jim

 

 

 

From: Open-ils-general 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Rogan 
Hamby
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 11:51 AM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group 
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen International 2017 Pre-conference 
Proposals

 

This is something (as a general topic) that was discussed at the Hack-A-Way 
quite a bit.  Assuming you'd be an interested p party in attending I'm curious 
what you would see as topics that could be covered versus what skills should be 
prerequisites.

 

 

 

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Donald Butterworth 
 
> wrote:

Any chance we could offer "Evergreen Programming 101" for programmers who want 
to begin contributing code, but don't want to get in over their head? 

 

On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Garry Collum  > wrote:

Hi all,

 

The 2017 Evergreen International Conference Committee is seeking proposals for 
3 hour long pre-conference workshops to take place on Wednesday April 5th, 2017.

 

A few weeks ago the committee performed a survey to see what types of programs 
people would be interested in attending.  The results of the survey included 
the following:

 

 SQL (PostgreSQL)

 

 Reports

 

 Using Acquisitions

 

 Using Serials

 

 Holds configuration.

 

 Cataloging clean-up/deduplication

 

 Linked data

 

 How to use git

 

 How to contribute documentation

 

 Action triggers, how, what, when

 

 Cataloging in a consortia environment

 

 Web client in depth

 

 

Selected presenters will be offered complimentary conference registration.

 

The original deadline for submission of proposals for pre-conference workshops 
was November 24, 2016.  Because of my error of posting the notice only to the 
developer's listserv, I would like to extend that deadline to December 8, 2016.

 

Please contact Garry Collum at (garry.col...@kentonlibrary.org 
 ) or Anna Goben at 
(ago...@library.in.gov  ) with any questions.

 

 

 

Please submit proposals to eg-conf-progr...@list.evergreen-ils.org 
 .

 

 

 

 Garry Collum

 

 Kenton County Public Library





-- 

Don Butterworth
Collection Management Librarian /
Faculty Associate
B.L. Fisher Library
Asbury Theological Seminary
don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu  
(859) 858-2227  





 

-- 

--

Rogan R. Hamby, Data and Project Analyst

Equinox - Open Your Library

ro...@esilibrary.com  

1-877-OPEN-ILS | www.esilibrary.com  

 

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Programmatic Merging of Bibliographic Records

[Jim Taylor]

Thanks for this as well.   I have a list I produced but guessing your process 
is even more thorough than mine so will take a look. 

 

Yes.  I probably annoy the librarians sometimes with all the previewing/testing 
I request before making batch changes but so far there hasn’t been much weeping 
and gnashing of teeth when all is said and done so hopefully I will continue 
the trend J

 

Thanks again.

 

Jim

 

From: Open-ils-general 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Rogan 
Hamby
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 2:04 PM
To: swills beyond-print.com; Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Programmatic Merging of Bibliographic Records

 

Hi Jim,

 

It is available.  To be clear I helped create the de-duplication algorithm but 
the actual coding was done by Galen Charlton of  Equinox.  You can find it 
here:  

 

http://git.esilibrary.com/?p=migration-tools.git;h=300a04108fc6a3d14424c6d365329be334114f7d

 

The full scope of the script goes a bit beyond the original question as it also 
does de-duplication before the merging.  The merging work is done by the 
merge_record_assets function that Jason referenced.  

 

Whatever method you use I heartily recommend doing so on a testing system and 
having catalogers look over the results first.

You may have already done all the due diligence but I say it for anyone reading 
along as well.  I've never had problems with 

this method and heard back from others with positive success with it as well 
but I also heard from at least one whose data 

was apparently different enough that it was not a clean merge.  Caveat usor, 
let the user beware.

 

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 2:36 PM, swills beyond-print.com 
<swi...@beyond-print.com> wrote:

Rogan Hamby shared his work with me.  It's a set of SQL procedures that product 
a 'best bib' and then identifies the less interesting duplicate and it seems to 
work well.  I modified it so that it produces the candidates but doesn't 
actually do the merge since we like to have that personal touch up in Maine.  
I'm not sure if it is in Evergreen Repos or not?

Rogan, can you help and thanks again.

Steve Wills

On April 25, 2016 at 2:24 PM Jim Taylor <jtay...@jtdata.com> wrote:

I raised the question at the conference regarding the ability to merge records 
outside the program interface and was told there was a procedure/function that 
would allow this to be done.  Does anyone know where I can find this function?  
 My searching has availed me naught.  I found something under the Vandelay 
tables but not sure it is what I am needing as the above mentioned function is 
supposed to take two tcn numbers.

 

Thanks.

 

Jim


 





 

-- 

--

Rogan R. Hamby, Data and Project Analyst

Equinox - Open Your Library

 <mailto:ro...@esilibrary.com> ro...@esilibrary.com

1-877-OPEN-ILS | www.esilibrary.com

 

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Programmatic Merging of Bibliographic Records

[Jim Taylor]

Yes.   I have a list of about 8,000 duplicates gained via some comparison
scripting I did and was looking for a way to submit the two numbers and have
the merge happen like it would if I did the merge through the interface.

 

Thanks.

 

Jim

 

From: Open-ils-general
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
Janet Schrader
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 1:35 PM
To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group'
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Programmatic Merging of Bibliographic
Records

 

Jim,

 

Do you mean something other than record buckets? You can put bib records in
a bucket and then select to merge them. The records open tiled vertically
and you select the lead (retained) one. In this interface you can edit the
record if you want to include something from the merged record in the
retained record. If you edit using the flat text editor you can copy and
drag the data from one record to another. The merged record will then show
as deleted. Merging records this way links the TCN, although the retained
record doesn't display it.

 

 

Janet

 

Janet Schrader

Bibliographic Services Supervisor

C/W MARS Inc.

67 Millbrook Street, Suite 201

Worcester, MA 01606

Tel: 508-755-3323 ext. 325

Fax: 508-757-7801

 <mailto:jschra...@cwmars.org> jschra...@cwmars.org

 

 

From: Open-ils-general
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Jim
Taylor
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 2:25 PM
To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group'
<open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org>
Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Programmatic Merging of Bibliographic Records

 

I raised the question at the conference regarding the ability to merge
records outside the program interface and was told there was a
procedure/function that would allow this to be done.  Does anyone know where
I can find this function?   My searching has availed me naught.  I found
something under the Vandelay tables but not sure it is what I am needing as
the above mentioned function is supposed to take two tcn numbers.

 

Thanks.

 

Jim

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Programmatic Merging of Bibliographic Records

[Jim Taylor]

I raised the question at the conference regarding the ability to merge
records outside the program interface and was told there was a
procedure/function that would allow this to be done.  Does anyone know where
I can find this function?   My searching has availed me naught.  I found
something under the Vandelay tables but not sure it is what I am needing as
the above mentioned function is supposed to take two tcn numbers.

 

Thanks.

 

Jim

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Conference - Thanks

[Jim Taylor]

Just wanted to say a big THANK YOU!!! to everyone involved in the
conference.   I am very appreciative of those who shared their expertise
through presenting and answering questions directly as well as making this
noob feel welcome to the Evergreen community.   So, once again, THANK YOU!!!

 

Jim

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Equality NC

[Jim Taylor]

Okay.   Just seems like a door has been opened…

 

Jim

 

From: Open-ils-general 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Grace 
Dunbar
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 9:29 AM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Equality NC

 

An individual may be free to attempt to raise funds at the conference but they 
may not solicit.  IOW, you can say, hey, I'm going to be there and I'm going to 
be taking money for the International Alpaca Fund - I'll be wearing an Alpaca 
shirt, come find me if you love Alpacas.  You may not, however, directly 
solicit people at the conference for any kind of fundraising.  This means you 
cannot approach or harass people to request they donate to your fundraising 
cause.  Attendees may not use an exhibit booth, sponsored event, or a 
presentation to promote their political/fundraising activity.

 

Also, for the record, Amy and Kathy requested permission from the local 
conference group as well as the EOB Conference Committee prior to sending that 
email.  Any activities at the Evergreen Conference have the potential for being 
interpreted as being endorsed by the Evergreen Project, therefore, the 
Conference Committee and the EOB have the final say as to what constitutes an 
appropriate activity at the conference.  As Amy and Kathy's cause is directly 
related to the recently released position statement put forth by the EOB on 
behalf of the project, and is in clear support of our Code of Conduct, it is 
acceptable.  Though, to be clear, what they are doing is still not endorsed as 
a conference activity, and they may not use the Evergreen logo or insinuate 
that their fundraiser is endorsed by the project.

 

I hope that helps clarify.

Grace

 

On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 10:12 AM, Rogan Hamby <rha...@esilibrary.com> wrote:

/* begin comments not affiliated with any other entity including my employer

 

I don't read it that way.  Amy was clear that she was speaking for herself and 
Kathy as individuals,' not for the conference committee.  I have a vague memory 
of some fund raising at a past event for some cause also but that memory may be 
faulty since I can't remember which or for what.  

 

For myself I see this as very much in line with the project as the project put 
out a related statement.  It really would be up to the project not the 
conference committee since the conference committee implements the conference 
each year but it's the project's conference.

 

end comments not affiliated with any other entity including my employer */

 

 

On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 10:02 AM, Jim Taylor <jtay...@jtdata.com> wrote:

Does this mean that fund-raising, for any cause, is now officially authorized 
at the conference?   Also, is the list now open for use in promoting whatever 
agenda we wish, in addition to Evergreen business?  This is what I am 
understanding from the recent posts but wanted to get an official word so I 
don’t misuse the list.

 

Jim

 

From: Open-ils-general 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Amy 
Terlaga
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 7:58 AM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Equality NC

 

Hi all--

Going to the Evergreen conference next week?


Kathy Lussier from MassLNC and Amy Terlaga from Bibliomation will be collecting 
donations from anyone at the conference interested in giving to Equality NC.

Equality NC is dedicated to securing equal rights and justice for lesbian, gay, 
bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) North Carolinians.  For more info, see 
http://equalitync.org/.

We'll be wearing rainbow ribbons on our shirts for easy spotting.  Cash only.  
This is to make it easy for you to donate.  Due to the political nature of 
their work, donations are not tax-deductible. We'll add it all up and make one 
donation to the organization the day after the conference

Kathy and Amy are acting as individuals and are not affiliated with the 
Conference Organizing Committee.

-- 

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+

Amy Terlaga

Director of Member Services

Bibliomation, Inc.

24 Wooster Avenue

Waterbury, CT  06708

(203)577-4070 x101 <tel:%28203%29577-4070%20x101> 

terl...@biblio.org





 

-- 

--

Rogan R. Hamby, Data and Project Analyst

Equinox - Open Your Library

ro...@esilibrary.com

1-877-OPEN-ILS | www.esilibrary.com

 





 

-- 

Grace Dunbar, Vice President

Equinox - Open Your Library
gdun...@esilibrary.com   
1-877-OPEN-ILS  |  www.esilibrary.com  

 

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Equality NC

[Jim Taylor]

Does this mean that fund-raising, for any cause, is now officially authorized 
at the conference?   Also, is the list now open for use in promoting whatever 
agenda we wish, in addition to Evergreen business?  This is what I am 
understanding from the recent posts but wanted to get an official word so I 
don’t misuse the list.

 

Jim

 

From: Open-ils-general 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Amy 
Terlaga
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 7:58 AM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Equality NC

 

Hi all--

Going to the Evergreen conference next week?


Kathy Lussier from MassLNC and Amy Terlaga from Bibliomation will be collecting 
donations from anyone at the conference interested in giving to Equality NC.

Equality NC is dedicated to securing equal rights and justice for lesbian, gay, 
bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) North Carolinians.  For more info, see 
http://equalitync.org/.

We'll be wearing rainbow ribbons on our shirts for easy spotting.  Cash only.  
This is to make it easy for you to donate.  Due to the political nature of 
their work, donations are not tax-deductible. We'll add it all up and make one 
donation to the organization the day after the conference

Kathy and Amy are acting as individuals and are not affiliated with the 
Conference Organizing Committee.

-- 

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+

Amy Terlaga

Director of Member Services

Bibliomation, Inc.

24 Wooster Avenue

Waterbury, CT  06708

(203)577-4070 x101

terl...@biblio.org

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Did you migrate from III?

[Jim Taylor]

Did not move from III but I used MarcEdit to transform to MARCXML.  Its API 
capabilities allows one to use a scripting language to access many of its 
functions so I could tweak the records as needed as well as the conversion 
needed for the import into Evergreen. 

Jim

-Original Message-
From: Open-ils-general 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Glen 
Modell
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 7:54 AM
To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Did you migrate from III?

Hello, this is Glen at the Ann Arbor District Library.  We are not an Evergreen 
site but are exploring it.  I'd like to hear from anyone who migrated to 
Evergreen from Innovative Interfaces.  I'm experimenting with bib record 
migration and I'm curious as to whether anyone was able to use the xmlOpac from 
III to get pre-packaged marcXML or whether you have have other suggestions.  
Thanks.  --  Glen.

*
Glen Modell
Library Automation Specialist
Ann Arbor District Library
734-327-8322
mode...@aadl.org

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Evergreen Test Writing Day

[Jim Taylor]

Is there a link to a document somewhere that explains "Test Writing Day"?   
What is the purpose, what happens, how does one get involved, etc.?   I assume 
the name is somewhat self-explanatory but the extended discussion here makes me 
think my first guess was wrong.  I browsed the top level of the web site but 
didn't see anything.

Thanks. 

Jim

-Original Message-
From: Open-ils-general 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy 
Lussier
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 11:47 AM
To: Evergreen Development Discussion List; 
open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Evergreen Test Writing Day

Hi all,

Just to add some clarification on the dates, test-writing day is scheduled for 
today, November 17 and the point release is scheduled for tomorrow, November 18.

I clarified the dates in IRC earlier when I realized there was confusion on the 
dates, but I neglected to send a follow-up email to the lists.

Liam, I don't know how you want to proceed on re-scheduling or not, but I think 
it's fine to continue today.

Kathy

On 11/17/2015 12:30 PM, liam.wha...@bc.libraries.coop wrote:
> Because I scheduled the current Test Writing Day to take place on the 
> same day as the Monthly Maintenance, I will postpone test writing day 
> until next week.
>
> Here is a Doodle poll to help choose the new date:
>
> http://doodle.com/poll/6mbgkn22d29y25r3
>
> I will add this new date to the Evergreen community calendar by the 
> end of Friday this week.
>
> Liam
>
> Quoting Jason Stephenson :
>
>> Quoting Kathy Lussier :
>>
>>> Jason, do you think there will be much of a conflict with release 
>>> day if we hold off on merging any of the tests until after tomorrow?
>>> The patches from the August test writing day weren't merged until 
>>> last week, and, I don't see why it would be a problem waiting a few 
>>> days to merge this batch.
>>
>> For monthly releases, I doubt that it would be a huge deal. I don't 
>> think the tests would normally get back ported to the release branches.
>>
>> I just recall that 2.9.0 release day was a bit of a pain because 
>> people kept pushing documentation commits after I had already started 
>> working on the release.
>>
>> I still think it would be a good idea to have test writing day or any 
>> other day involving code or documentation to fall on days other than 
>> release days.
>>
>> It is tough enough to get releases together without the added 
>> distractions.
>>
>> (Particularly difficult for me since our release schedule seems to 
>> fall on the day after my consortium's Executive and/or Membership 
>> meetings, so I have a day full of meeting the day before the 
>> release.)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jason
>> --
>> Jason Stephenson
>> Assistant Director for Technology Services Merrimack Valley Library 
>> Consortium
>> 4 High ST, Suite 175
>> North Andover, MA 01845
>> Phone: 978-557-5891
>> Email: jstephen...@mvlc.org
>
>
>

--
Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
kluss...@masslnc.org
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Evergreen Test Writing Day

[Jim Taylor]

Thanks.

-Original Message-
From: Open-ils-general 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of 
liam.wha...@bc.libraries.coop
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 12:56 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Evergreen Test Writing Day

Here is quick blurb on the Wiki with a couple of links for more reading if you 
are interested.

http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=dev:test_writing_day

Liam

uoting Jim Taylor <jtay...@jtdata.com>:

> Is there a link to a document somewhere that explains "Test Writing  
> Day"?   What is the purpose, what happens, how does one get  
> involved, etc.?   I assume the name is somewhat self-explanatory but  
> the extended discussion here makes me think my first guess was wrong.  
> I browsed the top level of the web site but didn't see anything.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Open-ils-general
> [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf 
> Of Kathy Lussier
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 11:47 AM
> To: Evergreen Development Discussion List; 
> open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Evergreen Test Writing 
> Day
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just to add some clarification on the dates, test-writing day is 
> scheduled for today, November 17 and the point release is scheduled 
> for tomorrow, November 18.
>
> I clarified the dates in IRC earlier when I realized there was 
> confusion on the dates, but I neglected to send a follow-up email to 
> the lists.
>
> Liam, I don't know how you want to proceed on re-scheduling or not, 
> but I think it's fine to continue today.
>
> Kathy
>
> On 11/17/2015 12:30 PM, liam.wha...@bc.libraries.coop wrote:
>> Because I scheduled the current Test Writing Day to take place on the 
>> same day as the Monthly Maintenance, I will postpone test writing day 
>> until next week.
>>
>> Here is a Doodle poll to help choose the new date:
>>
>> http://doodle.com/poll/6mbgkn22d29y25r3
>>
>> I will add this new date to the Evergreen community calendar by the 
>> end of Friday this week.
>>
>> Liam
>>
>> Quoting Jason Stephenson <jstephen...@mvlc.org>:
>>
>>> Quoting Kathy Lussier <kluss...@masslnc.org>:
>>>
>>>> Jason, do you think there will be much of a conflict with release 
>>>> day if we hold off on merging any of the tests until after tomorrow?
>>>> The patches from the August test writing day weren't merged until 
>>>> last week, and, I don't see why it would be a problem waiting a few 
>>>> days to merge this batch.
>>>
>>> For monthly releases, I doubt that it would be a huge deal. I don't 
>>> think the tests would normally get back ported to the release branches.
>>>
>>> I just recall that 2.9.0 release day was a bit of a pain because 
>>> people kept pushing documentation commits after I had already 
>>> started working on the release.
>>>
>>> I still think it would be a good idea to have test writing day or 
>>> any other day involving code or documentation to fall on days other 
>>> than release days.
>>>
>>> It is tough enough to get releases together without the added 
>>> distractions.
>>>
>>> (Particularly difficult for me since our release schedule seems to 
>>> fall on the day after my consortium's Executive and/or Membership 
>>> meetings, so I have a day full of meeting the day before the
>>> release.)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Jason
>>> --
>>> Jason Stephenson
>>> Assistant Director for Technology Services Merrimack Valley Library 
>>> Consortium
>>> 4 High ST, Suite 175
>>> North Andover, MA 01845
>>> Phone: 978-557-5891
>>> Email: jstephen...@mvlc.org
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> Kathy Lussier
> Project Coordinator
> Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
> (508) 343-0128
> kluss...@masslnc.org
> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Browse Indexes - 710

[Jim Taylor]

Appreciate the reply….oddly our 700 (non-t) tags didn’t need any work.

 

I made the 710 (non-t) tags work by adding

 



creator



 

since it looks like it requires a role for the index but the 700’s seems to 
indicate the same thing but they work without a role.

 

Needless to say it is a bit confusing from where I stand.

 

So your 710’s with a  subfield “t” show in your Author browse index without any 
tweaking?

 

Jim

 

From: Open-ils-general 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Blake 
Henderson
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2015 4:45 PM
To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Browse Indexes - 710

 

Jim,

We had this same issue. Be design, the mods32 xlst from LOC contains this line:



(we addressed the 700 instead of the 710 but the solution is probably the same)

We updated that line in the xlst to:



This makes it match the stock Evergreen indexes even with the presence of the 
subfield "t".

Furthermore, we wanted to include the 700t in our title index. So we created an 
index:

INSERT INTO config.metabib_field ( field_class, name, label, format, xpath, 
search_field, authority_xpath, browse_field, browse_sort_xpath ) VALUES 
('title', 'alternative_700t','Title Alternative (700t)', 'marcxml', 
$$//marc:datafield[@tag='700']/marc:subfield[@code="t"]$$, TRUE, null, TRUE, 
null);

Hope this helps!



-Blake-
Conducting Magic
MOBIUS
573-234-4513
877-312-3517

On 10/8/2015 4:23 PM, Jim Taylor wrote:

I am wondering if there is anyone using the Browse Indexes and, if so, have you 
verified that the 710’s with a subfield “t” and without (they are handled 
differently) are working.  As far as I can tell they will not work as 
configured in Evergreen right out of the box.   I have gotten the 710, without 
a “t”, to work, with a little tweaking, but still no luck with the 710 with a 
“t”.  I am reasonably sure this isn’t limited to the 710’s but am working 
down the list trying to make sure all the indexes are working and are 
configured correctly and this is the current problem.

 

So, if, you know, your 710 browse indexes work and you are willing to share the 
mod32 xslt  from the config.xml_transform table I would greatly appreciate it.  
Unless you know of some other reason the indexes aren’t working by default…I 
supposed Evergreen could be configured by default to not have the 710’s work 
but that doesn’t seem likely since they are part of the mod2 transformation and 
the index configuration seems appropriate???

 

In any event, any information that could point me in the right direction would 
be appreciated.  Thank you.

 

Jim

 

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OpenSearch Question

[Jim Taylor]

Before I give up, after much searching and reading, and assume the answer is
No.Is there a way to restrict a search like the one below to a particular
library or library Node?

 

 
http://evergreen.server.xxx/opac/extras/opensearch/1.1/-/marcxml-full/title/
faith+hope+love?count=100

 

Thanks.

 

Jim

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OpenSearch Question

[Jim Taylor]

Just to report back on my experience.the shortname is the only thing that
works for me, which is fine and preferred and it does seem to include the
Children which is also preferred.  I had tried something along this line
before but apparently got something out of order.  All is good now.

 

Thanks again to all for responding and putting me back on a productive path.

 

Jim

 

From: Open-ils-general
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
Kathy Lussier
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 3:52 PM
To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OpenSearch Question

 

Hi Jim,

I think if you can do so in this format:

http://evergreen.server.xxx/opac/extras/opensearch/1.1/ORGID/marcxml-full/ti
tle/faith+hope+love?count=100
http://evergreen.server.xxx/opac/extras/opensearch/1.1/-/marcxml-full/title
/faith+hope+love?count=100 

where ORGID is the id of the org unit you are restricting to.

It seemed to work on one of our systems.

Kathy

On 06/19/2015 04:37 PM, Jim Taylor wrote:

Before I give up, after much searching and reading, and assume the answer is
No.Is there a way to restrict a search like the one below to a particular
library or library Node?

 

 
http://evergreen.server.xxx/opac/extras/opensearch/1.1/-/marcxml-full/title/
faith+hope+love?count=100

 

Thanks.

 

Jim





-- 
Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
kluss...@masslnc.org
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] undo-ing copy location edits

[Jim Taylor]

Entirely possible…I believe Symphony can do that so already have an example.   
One thing they didn’t account for, at the time anyway, was what happens if you 
change an item after that.   Say you decide to pull it from Fossils and put it 
in “Really Old Guys” instead.  What happens?  Surprisingly, everybody in the 
group discussion at a conference seemed to think I was silly for even being 
concerned even though they admitted it might be  a problem.   Just something, 
seemingly obvious, but , apparently not,  to take into account if you pursue 
development of such a feature.

 

 

Jim

 

From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Dan 
Scott
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 9:52 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] undo-ing copy location edits

 

On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 10:13 PM, Holly Brennan haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us wrote:

We just started using a shelving location of ‘Display’ for items that have been 
pulled from their normal locations in order to be… you guessed it… on display. 
(Currently it’s *Fossils*)

 

Using a copy bucket to change the locations is SO much easier than it was with 
our former ILS. We love that. So, of course, it made me greedy. What if it was 
just as easy to return items to their former locations?

 

I thought, what if, when we’re done with the display, we could click a button 
to change the location of the items from ‘Display’ back to the 7 or so 
locations where the individual items regularly live. That would be cool. No, 
MAGIC.

 

If we held onto the copy bucket with all these items, it seems possible (to 
me). The change could be a temporary location change. Something like, Please 
change to this new location, but remember your old one, because you’re going 
back there someday. 

 

Has anyone else dreamed of this? Any developers want to chime in whether it’s 
possible?

 

Yep, dreamed of it long ago for a slightly different context: putting items on 
reserve (which could change their location and call number, too).

One possibility that now leaps to mind is to make use of the auditor tables 
that track every change to a given copy and call number (and many other 
entities in the database... at least until those auditor tables are purged). We 
could whip up a batch action along the lines of Reset copy location to 
previous location pretty easily, I think.

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Import MFHD Records

[Jim Taylor]

I am trying to move some serials from one system to Evergreen and everything
I find seems to imply, if not outright say, I can import MFHD records but I
cannot find anything that explains the process and not finding anything in
Evergreen itself so thought I would throw myself on the mercy of the list.If
I have the following, can I import the BIB and the MFHD info into Evergreen?
If so, can you point me to documentation that explains the process or at
least point me in the right direction?   Thanks.

 

Jim Taylor

 

 

 

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