[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] KPAC filtering

[Holly Brennan]

Back at work, processing all the notes I took at the conference... Hooray for inspiration!

I understand that the KPAC is set up to filter on  Target Audience (in the 008), which is wonderfully specific but causes problems when MARC records aren't complete (the record won't be included in search results).

So I was thinking, what if I could set up the KPAC to filter based on Shelving Location? Then our search results would be complete, since every item has a shelving location, and it wouldn't be difficult to include all the juvenile shelving locations because they all start with "Children's _____". I would use the shelving location database IDs to filter instead.

The biggest problem I foresee with this thinking is that I want to filter on an unstandardized attribute, instead of a standard coded into MARC. I know that Evergreen is much happier looking at MARC.

So first question is... Is it possible to manipulate the KPAC to filter on something other than Target Audience? Second question would be, Does anyone else find this interesting? I am from a single library, not a consortium, so perhaps this thinking only appeals to me and it truly is easier to use the 008, despite the loss due to incomplete records.

Thanks!

-Holly




Holly Brennan
Library Technology Specialist
Homer Public Library
907-235-3180 (main)
907-435-3154 (direct)
hbrennan at cityofhomer-ak.gov

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