[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Format Selector Search

[Rayner, June]

Thanks Jason

This is helpful.   You're correct that one of the things we need to do is distinguish the video formats.   We don't think there's anything in the fixed fields that covers that either.   So, what if we wanted to have Evergreen search something other than the fixed fields, like a local MARC tag, when it looks for the format selector?   We're trying to find where it gets the data so that we can change the source of the data.

Thanks

June    

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From: open-ils-dev-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-dev-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Jason Etheridge
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 3:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Format Selector Search

> We're trying to change the format selectors that we can use for searches.
> The defaults are Books, Large Print Books, E-books, Audiobooks, Video
> Recordings, Music, and Electronic Resources.    We know where to add
> additional values to the Format Selector drop down, but what we can't find
> is where the search pulls the format from the bib record data for that
> criteria.     Can anyone point us in the right direction?

Hey June,

It's coming from the MARC Item Form and Item Type.

http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/fixedfield/form.shtm
http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/fixedfield/type.shtm

I think there may be something specifically for distinguishing video
formats, but I'm not familiar with it.

Type:
a    | Language material
t    | Manuscript language material
g    | Projected medium
k    | Two-dimensional nonprojectable graphic
r    | Three-dimensional artifact or naturally occurring object
o    | Kit
p    | Mixed materials
e    | Cartographic material
f    | Manuscript cartographic material
c    | Notated music
d    | Manuscript notated music
i    | Nonmusical sound recording
j    | Musical sound recording
m    | Computer file

Form:
a    | Microfilm
b    | Microfiche
c    | Microopaque
d    | Large print
f    | Braille
r    | Regular print reproduction
s    | Electronic

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