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

[Hardy, Elaine]

I mentioned it as a heads up for people and not an Evergreen issue. I had
two instances this week where re-use of the UPC has caused mismatches
Syndetics had to correct. We are also seeing instances where the UPC on a
book causes incorrect artwork. (Best mismatch ever, by the way: Gone with
the wind with the cover art for Desire unchained) But, if we have more
cover art for visual materials and sound recordings, it will be better for
patrons and staff. 

Some solution to the memecache problem would be good. We don't see often
where the corrected artwork isn't refreshed but it does happen. Usually,
we've been able to wait a few hours to 24 hours for the  cache to clear
and the artwork corrected. 



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

-----Original Message-----
From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
[mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
Ben Shum
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 9:34 AM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Using Syndetics DVD covers in TPAC (EG
2.4)

That sounds more like a Syndetics problem or cataloging issue with use of
the UPCs than an Evergreen issue with the feature.

I know Jeff and I have spoken a few times about having different
prioritization of deciding which fields get used if available for matching
purposes.  Additionally one of the many wishlist things I dream about
would be some sort of hard refresh button that goes and clears any stored
Syndetics image that was retrieved erroneously and update it with a new
match.  This would be super helpful for after Syndetics fixes a mismatch
on their end, or we edit our records to put the right identifier in place
since memcache keeps the originally retrieved image "forever" and doesn't
update it till forced to.

-- Ben

On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Hardy, Elaine
<ehardy at georgialibraries.org> wrote:
> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
> [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+patt
>>> e
>>> rson&qtype=keyword&locg=1&sort=
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any hints on how to get this working?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Michael.
>>
>>
>



--
Benjamin Shum
Evergreen Systems Manager
Bibliomation, Inc.
24 Wooster Ave.
Waterbury, CT 06708
203-577-4070, ext. 113