[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] cataloguing e-resources/e-books without abarcode

[Gordana Vitez]

Hi Dan,
 
Thank you for pointing this link to us!
 
So, it's as easy as getting the marc (or creating it), adding the 856 with a $9NIAGARA and that item will appear in our OPAC without having to bother with an item. 
 
I went ahead and gave it a try and it worked! 
 
But then, I think I found a bug... :-(
 
When I look at the same record in our staffpac, the $9 makes the link in the 856 field disappear. One could argue that it's just annoying, since staff can look at the marc, but it would be nice if the link did show up in the staffpac.
 
We're on 2.0.7. Is there something else I might be doing wrong?
 
Thanks!
Gordana
 


>>> Dan Scott <dan at coffeecode.net> 11/21/2011 4:43 PM >>>
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 04:15:22PM -0500, Gordana Vitez wrote:
> Hi there,
>  
> I've tried searching the mail archive but I don't think I'm using the right keywords to come up with the info I need.
>  
> We're trying to add e-resources to our collection...things like gov docs that are only available online now...and right now, we're giving these items autogenerated or negative barcodes. 
>  
> Is there a way to make these items visible in the opac without having to give fake barcodes? 

"Located URIs" might be what you're thinking of:
http://docs.evergreen-ils.org/1.6/draft/html/electronicresourcesvisible.html 
These let you scope the visibility of the e-resource to a particular
library or set of libraries.

Alternately, you can make the bib records transcendant if they should be
visible to all libraries in your consortium:
http://docs.evergreen-ils.org/2.0/draft/html/electronicresourcesvisible.html 

(Curiously the 2.0 docs document the older method - transcendance -
whereas the 1.6 docs document the newer method - located URIs)
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