[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Looking for field definitions for item records

[Boggs, John]

Thanks, Elaine! That makes perfect sense, though I wouldn't have come up with that explanation on my own.

Appreciate the link, too.

Regards,

John D. Boggs, PLAN Database Manager
Peninsula Library System
2471 Flores Street
San Mateo, CA  94403-2273
(650)571-6799 x3062
boggs at plsinfo.org


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From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Hardy, Elaine
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 9:57 AM
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Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Looking for field definitions for item records

John,

"circulate as MARC type" allows you to circulate and item using circ rules for a different MARC type than is coded in the MARC record.  This is particularly useful for some of the juvenile kits that consist of a book with an audiobook. These are generally cataloged on book format with the audio as an accompanying item in the 300 field. Since these would have the Type a for language material, you could set this to Type o for kit so that the item would circulate using the kit rules.

Let me know if you need any other attribute explained. There is  a little explanation in out PINES cataloging with procedure manual (way behind == for version 1.4) under Chapter 4 Navigating the copy editor (http://pines.georgialibraries.org/cataloging-policies-and-procedures). I can answer anything specific, though.

Elaine
 
 
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[mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Boggs, John
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 11:46 AM
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Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Looking for field definitions for item records

Thanks, Brian. I'll spend some time with that schema today.

-John
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Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 4:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Looking for field definitions for item records

Hi John,

I have not seen definitive descriptions of the fields, and would be happy if somebody can indicate if this exists.

What I use to find my way around the Evergreen tables is mostly the Evergreen 1.6 schema<http://open-ils.org/documentation/evergreen-schema-1.6.0.1.html>,
which does not have column descriptions but tracing through foreign key relationships (which are very helpfully hyperlinked) helps quite a bit.
To tease out what a particular column gets used for may also require some searching through source code to see where it gets used, but that can become a daunting undertaking.

Brian

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Sent: Friday, October 7, 2011 3:36:58 PM
Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Looking for field definitions for item records

Hi all,

I've searched the documentation, the source code, and Google, and I can't turn up definitions of the various item fields in Evergreen. Some are obvious, like barcode. Others less so (to me), like "circulate as MARC type."

Is there a list anywhere that defines all the various item fields? I'm working on a migration from Millennium and need to figure out what to map to where.

Thanks!

John D. Boggs, PLAN Database Manager
Peninsula Library System
2471 Flores Street
San Mateo, CA  94403-2273
(650)571-6799 x3062
boggs at plsinfo.org<about:blank>