[Evergreen-catalogers] Language filters and original language of a translation

[Mike Rylander]

Hi,

There's actually a way to manage this with configuration, and no need to
modify cataloging.  One could create a separate attribute definition (an
Evergreen thing) specifically for subtitles, just like the item_lang
definition but with different subfields.  You'd gend up with a separate
subtitle filter.

That there's only one filter for language is not a requirement in
Evergreen, but just how the current baseline configuration happens to be
based on the request at the time.  The multi-value attribute feature was
specifically designed as infrastructure so you could do things like this.

HTH,

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On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 3:16 PM Elaine Hardy <ehardy at georgialibraries.org>
wrote:

> A core principle in creating Evergreen was that an ILS should never force
> you to change policies, including cataloging policies. Rather, the ILS
> should adapt for those policies. So I am never happy when I hear that
> correct cataloging has to be changed in order to conform to something
> Evergreen does. Especially something like this -- when supplying more
> information to help user discovery is actually hindering discover.
>
> My gut reaction is to not remove anything that is correct and useful in a
> record. But I say this without knowing how difficult making changes to the
> filter for language is and whether it is possible to make timely changes to
> the filter.
>
> J. Elaine Hardy, PINES and Collaborative Projects Manager
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> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 2:39 PM Janet Schrader <jschrader at cwmars.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> After Jennifer comments at this weeks EG Catalogers webinar I would be
>> remiss if I didn't have a Friday email this week.
>>
>> A few weeks ago CWMARS added some new languages to our list of language
>> limiters. When doing that, we also added more 041 subfields to this record
>> attribute. I wanted to include $j for video recording subtitles. We
>> included $h, language code of original work. Patrons and staff are fine
>> with the subtitles but we ran into complaints about the original language.
>> Now searches for works in French or Persian are retrieving English
>> translations of these works, frustrating patrons.
>>
>> This weeks question is, should we remove 041 $h so the language limiter
>> picks up only works in the searched language?  I thought I had an email
>> somewhere about the best codes to keep in 041 for the language filter as
>> some were "too aggressive" such as including the codes for language of
>> intermediate translations ($k) or language of table of contents ($f).
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Janet
>>
>>
>> Janet Schrader
>>
>> Bibliographic Services Supervisor | CW MARS
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