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

[Hardy, Elaine]

Unfortunately, this is causing problems with mismatched cover art. UPCs
are reused more often than ISBNs. 

Elaine

J. Elaine Hardy
PINES & Collaborative Projects Manager
Georgia Public Library Service
1800 Century Place, Ste 150
Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304

404.235-7128
404.235-7201, fax
ehardy at georgialibraries.org
www.georgialibraries.org
www.georgialibraries.org/pines


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[mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
Michael Schell
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 4:09 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Using Syndetics DVD covers in TPAC (EG
2.4)

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+patte
>> rson&qtype=keyword&locg=1&sort=
>>
>> Does anyone have any hints on how to get this working?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Michael.
>
>