[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Setting Reading Level in the Vandelay process

[Christine Campbell]

I have to agree with you, Don. As it stands we are going to have to find a
work-around to maintain consistency in our database.

Christine

On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Donald Butterworth <
don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu> wrote:

> Christine and Cathy,
>
> Adding Stat Cat and any other data element found in the copy/item record
> to the Vandelay holding import profiles would be *very* helpful.
>
> Don
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org>wrote:
>
>> Hi Christine,
>>
>> How are you identifying reading levels in your system? Typically, this
>> information would be included in the MARC record, not in the copy
>> information, so you would just need to make sure that the relevant MARC
>> field is included in the records you are importing. I believe it's the 521
>> field, but I'm not a cataloger so I might be a little off on that.
>>
>> However, I was thinking that your library might be using reading level as
>> a copy statistical category? If so, I don't believe there is any way you
>> can set the stat cat in the Vandelay holding import profiles. It would be a
>> nice feature, though.
>>
>> Kathy
>>
>> Kathy Lussier
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>>
>>
>> On 7/17/2013 12:15 PM, Christine Campbell wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I have a question for any libraries that are working with Holding Import
>>> Profiles for batch overlay of records/copies. I can't find a method of
>>> setting a default Reading Level for the created items; how do other
>>> libraries solve this problem?
>>>
>>> Any help welcome,
>>> Christine Campbell
>>>
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>
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