[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Using Syndetics DVD covers in TPAC (EG 2.4)

[Michael Schell]

Ben,

Thanks for the quick response.  Thats exactly the info I was looking for!

Cheers,

Michael

On 2014-02-06 3:32 PM, Ben Shum wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> So, it wasn't until recently in Evergreen 2.5's development that the
> catalog added the ability to recognize UPC codes for Syndetics.
> Previously to this, it only worked with ISBNs.  You can read more
> about this change in the 2.5 Release Notes:
> http://evergreen-ils.org/documentation/release/RELEASE_NOTES_2_5.html#_opac_2
>
> So, 2.4 will not be able to access those covers via UPC.  You will
> need to have (or upgrade to) a 2.5 system instead.
>
> -- Ben
>
> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Michael Schell <mschell at fepl.ca> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Our consortium is testing cover images supplied by Bowker/Syndetics in our
>> catalogue.  We have been able to get the book jackets to show using the
>> setup from the documentation but covers for movies dont show up when UPC
>> data is in the 024 field.  Only DVDs  that have ISBN data in the 020 field
>> show.  Here is a link to our test server if it helps.
>> http://68.71.19.14/eg/opac/results?fi%3Aitem_type=g&query=james+patterson&qtype=keyword&locg=1&sort=
>>
>> Does anyone have any hints on how to get this working?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Michael.
>
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