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

[Mary Llewellyn]

Hi Kathy, 

Thanks for this. Maybe this is the key we've been missing. 

Mary

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On Jun 9, 2011, at 8:28 AM, "Kathy Lussier" <klussier at masslnc.org> wrote:

> 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
>> 
>> 
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