[Evergreen-catalogers] OPAC "format" field

[Galen Charlton]

Hi,

On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Hardy, Elaine
<ehardy at georgialibraries.org> wrote:
> Wouldn't you need to add the 007/01 (specific material designation) to
> distinguish videodisc (d) and video cartridge (c)?

Yes, indeed.  In a pre-TPAC context, however, implementing this would
entail some more work to make it look at the MODS <form
authority="smd"> element in addition to the <typeOfResource> element.
The former draws from the 007/00-01 while the latter draws only from
the Leader/06-07.

Recent version of Evergreen define a 'vr_format' attribute that's
based on the 007/04 for videos, and that would be even more specific
than the video SMD.

However, having easy access to the SMDs for templating and search
filtering could be handy; it would be straightforward to add attribute
definitions for the SMD for all categories of materials, or to add a
definition that captures the 007/00-01.

Regards,

Galen
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