[Evergreen-catalogers] [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Incorrect label for Item Type filter in advanced search

[Mike Rylander]

Elaine,

A simple grep of the source suggests that you want to change (or, more
likely, ask Chris Sharp to change ... ;) ) the opac.dtd for en-US.  The
entity in question is called "opac.search.electronic".

--miker

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Hardy, Elaine <ehardy at georgialibraries.org
> wrote:

> There is an incorrect label in the Basic *Item Type* search filter list
> PINES would like to change. Electronic Resources is used in the *Basic*list:
> ****
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> ** **
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> ****
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> However, that is not really a choice in the MARC Type codes (see
> http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bdleader.html or
> http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/fixedfield/type.shtm  If you switch to *
> Advanced*, Electronic Resources becomes what it should be in *Basic* –
> Computer file:****
>
> ** **
>
> ****
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> The codes for MARC Type, which this field appears to index from, do not
> include “electronic resources”. Current cataloging practice for electronic
> resources is to code for the most significant aspect of the resource. For
> example, if a textual resource, the record will be coded a for language
> material; if it is an e-audio, it will be coded I or j. As a result, e-book
> or e-audio titles will not likely be coded m for computer files and will
> therefore not retrieve in a search filter for Electronic Resources. ****
>
> ** **
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> Having electronic resources as a filter label here is misleading and PINES
> would like to change the label if at all possible. We would like to know if
> it is just a simple label change somewhere in the code we can make, or if
> it is a bug we need to report? ****
>
> ** **
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> Elaine Hardy****
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>
> J. Elaine Hardy
> PINES Bibliographic Projects & Metadata Manager
> Georgia Public Library Service
> 1800 Century Place, Ste 150
> Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304
>
> 404.235-7128
> 404.235-7201, fax
> ehardy at georgialibraries.org
> www.georgialibraries.org
> www.georgialibraries.org/pines
>
>
> ****
>



-- 
Mike Rylander
 | Director of Research and Development
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