[Evergreen-catalogers] Series statement/added entry issue

[Mike Rylander]

Hi SImone,

The series links in the OPAC are not as smart today as you're giving
them credit for, unfortunately.  They are simply series:seriestitle
"keyword" searches against the content of the 800 or 490 (though it's
not quite that simple, as they're processed by the MARC21toMODS32
xslt, and pulled from the MODS relateItem element where the type
attribute is "series" -- see:
https://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/mods-mapping-3-2.html#relateditem
for the details).  So it depends on other records in the series
matching each other in specific ways.

Perhaps it would be better to generate a browse link from the linked
authority record instead, if one exists in the record, but that will
require discussion of exactly how to fit it into the current
infrastructure, and development of the code to do what's decided.

HTH,

--
Mike Rylander
Research and Development Manager
Equinox Open Library Initiative
1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
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personal: mrylander at gmail.com
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On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 11:29 AM Simone Rauscher via
Evergreen-catalogers <evergreen-catalogers at list.evergreen-ils.org>
wrote:
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> Hi,
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> Just wondering if anyone is having the same issue as us:
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> We have noticed that the 490 $a and 8XX $a/$t fields need to be identical in order to pull the rest of the titles in a series in the OPAC (if they connected by a series authority record).
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> For example, the following series statement (490 $a) is different from the series added entry (800 $t):
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> =490 1\$aA 44 Scotland Street novel ;$v17
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> =800 1\$aMcCall Smith, Alexander,$d1948-$t44 Scotland Street series. $0(NEC)438363
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> If you click on the Series hyperlink in the OPAC, that database search does not pull the rest of the titles in the series, even though it is linked via the $0(NEC)438363 authority.
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> The statement ($a) and the entry ($t) have to be completely identical to pull all the results under the authority record. For example, this will work:
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> =490 1\$a44 Scotland Street series ;$v17
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> =800 1\$aMcCall Smith, Alexander,$d1948-$t44 Scotland Street series. $0(NEC)438363
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> But according to cataloguing rules, it is incorrect to do it this way, the 490 should be what is displayed physically on the item, not what the authority record says.
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> Technically you should be able to put something completely different in 490 $a and still have it link to the authority in the 8XX via the $0 to pull the rest of the titles in the series by searching the OPAC/clicking on that hyperlink, but currently this doesn’t seem to be working.
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> Does anyone have any ideas why or how to fix?
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> Simone Rauscher (she/her)
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> Cataloguing and Collections Coordinator
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> Grimsby Public Library
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> 905-309-2063
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> srauscher at grimsby.ca
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