[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Cataloging enhancements for Evergreen

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

Hi Peter,

I'm intrigued by your use of IdeaTorrent to capture enhancement requests
from your members.  I'd love to hear how that is working for you and
understand your workflow.  At what point does a good idea become something
you will actually pursue as a development project?  And what do you do next?
 Do you have a team that is doing your own development or are you working
with a 3rd party?  How do you interact with the core developers of Evergreen
throughout this process?

Lori

We've been looking into something like this for RSCEL or maybe the larger
community..

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Peter Plett (Project Sitka) <
pplett at sitka.bclibraries.ca> wrote:

> Hi Kathy (and list),
>
>  * The ability to detect and inform the user when items don't load because
>> of
>> a duplicate barcode.
>>
>
> On behalf of Sitka, I am beginning work on implementing this during the
> coming month...
>
> Also see http://ideas.sitka.bclibraries.ca/ideatorrent/idea/35/ for a
> description, proposed solution(s) forthcoming.
>
> First post on list,
> Peter.
>
> Peter Michael Plett
> Sitka Implementation Team - Development/Data Migration
>
>
> Quoting Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org>:
>
>  Hi all,
>>
>> Some of you may have seen the RFP that MassLNC posted to this list last
>> month for cataloging enhancements for Evergreen. MassLNC has recently been
>> in discussions with Equinox to proceed with general cataloging
>> improvements
>> as well as enchancements to the MARC batch import and overlay utility. We
>> would be interested in partnering with other organizations that may also
>> benefit from these enhancements.
>>
>> The description of the enhancements are as follows:
>>
>> General cataloging enhancements
>> * The ability to enter call number, barcode number and all copy
>> information
>> on the same screen.
>> * The inclusion of a "Fast Item Add" link next to the (View MARC) link in
>> the staff client record summary display area (similar to the Fast Item Add
>> link that displays in the MARC record editor). This link will spawn the
>> combined Volume/Copy/Creator/Item Attribute Editor, with the workstation
>> library chosen as the owning library.
>> * When searching for records in the staff client, the ability to
>> immediately
>> land on the bibliographic record instead of the search results screen when
>> there is only one matching search result in the system.
>> * Delimiting the call number so that the prefix resides in a separate
>> field.
>> This prefix can display with the call number in the OPAC and in spine
>> labels.
>> * When adding items, the ability to include the classification scheme and
>> call number prefix in the copy template.
>> * The creation of a parts structure to store volume information for items
>> in
>> a multi-volume set and to allow users to place holds on these specific
>> parts. In essence, users will be able to place a hold on disc 2 of Lost
>> season 3, and, as long as the parts information is entered uniformly, the
>> system should be able to target any copy of that disc, even if it is using
>> a
>> different call number.
>>
>> Batch import & overlay improvements:
>> * The ability to configure multiple record matching rules to match on one
>> or
>> more MARC fields using Boolean logic.
>> * User interface improvements to support importing items as part of the
>> batch load, including an option in the user interface to configure the
>> system to import items without overlaying the MARC record.
>> * The ability to detect and inform the user when items don't load because
>> of
>> a duplicate barcode.
>> * The ability to import failure messages that display in the queue and to
>> print, e-mail or export these messages from the queue.
>> * A mechanism that will examine the encoding levels of the record being
>> imported and of the existing record. This mechanism will determine whether
>> to overlay this record based on those encoding levels.
>>
>> If your library is interested in being a development partner on either of
>> these projects, please e-mail me directly at klussier at masslnc.org.
>>
>> Thanks all and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>> Kathy Lussier
>> Project Coordinator
>> Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
>> (508) 756-0172
>> (508) 755-3721 (fax)
>> klussier at masslnc.org
>> IM: kmlussier (AOL & Yahoo)
>> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>


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