[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Overlaying MARC bib records in batch file upload

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi Steven,

I forgot to mention that we also only check off the option overlay exact
matches. Somebody else on the list may have more information about this,
but, if I remember correctly, the option to overlay when "exactly 1 match is
found" is only looking at one specific matchpoint. If you are selecting this
option, it may be preventing the overlays from happening if the records
aren't matching on that matchpoint.

Kathy

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org 
> [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] 
> On Behalf Of Jason Stephenson
> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 3:51 PM
> To: open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Overlaying MARC bib records 
> in batch file upload
> 
> Quoting Steven Pisani <spisani at biblio.org>:
> 
> > Thanks, Kathy-- we actually explored that method, but found 
> that the overlay
> > did not work for us and the target bib record remained 
> unchanged.   We would
> > really prefer doing it that way, since the action takes 
> place within 
> > the single queue instead of following up with the overlay 
> via Z39.50.  
> > We'll keep trying to see if there is something in the sequence of 
> > steps that we are missing.
> 
> When I've done a few imports that failed to overlay, I've 
> gone back and merged the records using buckets. Not ideal, 
> but it works.
> 
> The trouble with Vandelay is that it is extremely picky that 
> you do things "just so."
> 
> Jason
> 
>