[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Cataloging Module: a few questions

Tue Oct 30 16:57:34 EDT 2007

Hi - I can answer a couple of these (see below, in blue)

Some say the world will end in fire and ice.  Others say it will be segfaults.

  _____  

From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Bilodeau, Robert
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 4:16 PM
To: open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Cataloging Module: a few questions

Hi to all,

we've been testing some functionnalities of the Evergreen Cataloging module especially in the creation and management of bibliographic records,

and through this process, some questions were raised, 

here are a few (we don't want to bury you with all our questions!) of them :

When you're creating a lot of original bibliographic records, 

we believe it would be useful to have the copy/paste function capable of copying more than one subfield. 

It is currently limited to only one subfield. Are you planning to extend this function beyond a single subfield?

Is it possible to import a MARC file containing hundreds of bibliographic records into Evergreen? 

Sometimes, we're collecting MARC records coming from a large collection and we're mass editing the records (deleting fields, adding fields, translating note fields into French, etc.) before the integration of all the records into the catalog.

[sk] As with the interface for importing authority records, an interface for importing large numbers of bib records is under development.  I believe this is slated for 1.2.x (possibly 1.2.4), though I'm not entirely sure.

While working in the Cataloging module, is it possible to delete a bibliographic record?

We were unable to find this function.

[sk] There may be another way to do so, but one way to delete a bibliographic record is to delete the last copy attached to it. 

The Validate button (or SHIFT+F10) seems to check the linking of the bibliographic fields that are controlled by authority records (1XX, , 6XX, 7XX, , etc) to the corresponding authority records. Can we add (through creation or import) or edit an authority record? 

I know there is currently not an interface allowing the edition of authority records, but how do you proceed with the management of your authority files?

[sk] An interface for importing updated authority records is under development now - again, I believe this is slated for a 1.2.x release.

Just out of curiosity, if there is a change in the spelling in the 1xx field of the authority record, will the system make this change appear to all the corresponding fields of the bibliographic records? 

Is there a local field that retains all the edition history of the record (user and date) once it is in the catalog?

Is there a way to get right through the bibliographic record without transiting first through a search in the catalog?

For example, with the TCN, one could access immediately to the bibliographic record and begin the edition work.

 [sk] Yes; under the "Cataloging" menu in the Staff Client, there is the "Retrieve record by TCN" option; also Shift+F3 brings up the TCN search.  This will bring up the record in the "OPAC view" unless the user has selected the MARC View or MARC Edit view as their default view instead, which can be done by viewing a record, then selecting: Actions for this Record->MARC View (or MARC Edit), then selecting Actions for this Record->Set Bottom Interface as Default

Regards,

and thanks for answering

  Robert BILODEAU

  Bibliothécaire

  Responsable du service du catalogage

  Services techniques -- Service des bibliothèques

  Université du Québec à Montréal

  Téléphone: (514) 987-3000, poste 3516

  Télécopieur: (514) 987-0285

  bilodeau.robert at uqam.ca <mailto:bilodeau.robert at uqam.ca> 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://list.georgialibraries.org/pipermail/open-ils-general/attachments/20071030/514c21be/attachment-0001.html