[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] holds and fixed fields

[Jason Etheridge]

> Can anyone tell me where to find information about (or even explain how) MARC fixed fields are used in targeting a Meta-record hold? Specifically, which fields does Evergreen "look" at (Type, Form, Lang, etc.)?

Kathryn,

First, fixed fields could be used as part of the "fingerprinting" that
associates records into a metarecord, but I don't believe they are
with the stock configuration.

Second, fixed fields get looked at when you choose one or more
holdable formats for a metarecord hold.  It looks at Type, Form, and
Lang, and pulls these descriptors from each of the records found in
the metarecord.

However, I think it restricts Lang to the language of the record that
was used as an entry point for placing a hold, but I'm not 100% sure.

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