[Evergreen-catalogers] matching on Vandelay

[Tina Ji]

Hi all,

I wonder whether anyone ever encountered the issue I experienced on  
Vandelay or is able to shed some light on the process behind the scene.

This is my most recent example. I loaded a total of 495 records into a  
queue with MatchSet on 035$a + 856$9. On Inspect Queue there were 440  
records with match. I browsed the list. All matches were single match.

I chose to import all records with Merge On Single Match checkbox  
selected. After importing was done, on Inspect Queue, 424 records were  
imported. Among the non-imported records, there were 7 records showing  
with 2 matches and the rest no match.

It looks to me records were re-matched during the importing process,  
which I think is good.

I am concerned of the matching result difference. Given the short  
interval between the loading and importing and the MatchSet on 856$9  
(limiting to records owned by one library), it is highly unlikely that  
changes in the database could cause the difference. I checked the 7  
double matches. None of the records was created after the queue was  
created and all matches were correct.


So my assumption is the matching during the importing process was not  
accurate.

It would be very helpful if someone can shed some light on how  
Vandelay handles the matching.

Regards,
Tina




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Tina Ji
1-888-848-9250 ext 1014
Support Specialist
BC Libraries Co-operative