[Evergreen-catalogers] Searching records containing an 856 $9

[Donald Butterworth]

Thanks Kathy,

How do you keep all this information in you head? If you are taking some
special vitamins I would like to know the brand! ;-)

Don

On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org> wrote:

> Hi Don,
>
> There is a global flag that allows the records to appear in
> consortium-wide searches. More information on that global flag is available
> at http://docs.evergreen-ils.org/2.12/_cataloging_electronic_
> resources_8201_8212_8201_finding_them_in_catalog_searches.html
>
>
> Kathy
>
> On 06/14/2017 09:28 AM, Donald Butterworth wrote:
>
> Catalogers,
>
> You'd think after using Evergreen for 3 years we would have our act
> together when it comes to ebook records. Not.
>
> We have not been using the $9 option in our 856 tags, and it has become
> painfully obvious that we need to, now that two of the smaller libraries in
> our consortium are ready to come online. All of our restricted ebooks are
> showing up in their catalogs, and overwhelming their search results. This
> must change before they go public.
>
> I have been resisting this because whenever a $9 is used, the only way to
> find the bib record is to be logged into a library that already includes
> the $9. We cannot even find the record when logged in at the consortium
> level.
>
> An example:
> AU already has an ebook which they purchased years ago as part of a
> Netlibrary package, that ATS now wants to purchase. Their bib record has an
> 856 tag with the $9AU. I log in at the consortium level, search for the
> title, and find nothing. I log in at my local branch level and find
> nothing. So I import a duplicate bib record. Not good. I should just be
> adding a second 856 tag, and I sure don't want to accidentally wipe out
> their 856 tag with an overlay.
>
> How are the rest of you handling this scenario? Is there a setting that I
> am missing? Is this a bug? Surely it isn't a feature. Making the title
> searchable at the consortium level would solve our problem.
>
> Thanks for your insights!
>
> Don
>
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Don Butterworth
Collection Management Librarian /
Faculty Associate
B.L. Fisher Library
Asbury Theological Seminary
don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu
(859) 858-2227
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