[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Full author date on individual titles?

[Tony Bandy]

Hi Galen, folks,

Thanks for the update!  

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Here's a search that should show a bit better:


1.  Search our Blanchester Library for books from John Sandford

http://blanchester.cool-cat.org/eg/opac/results?fi%3Aformat=&query=Sandford%2C+John.&qtype=author&locg=111

The results are mixed, but if you look at the hit for "Uncaged" you will see:

Sandford, John, 1944 February 23-


2.  Now if I select that particular title:

http://blanchester.cool-cat.org/eg/opac/record/930326?query=Sandford%2C%20John.;qtype=author;locg=111

The results are:

Sandford, John, 1944-   Cook, Michele.  

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I'm not a cataloger, so maybe the full date is a nonstandard use?  I checked the authors.tt2 file(s), but wasn't sure--thinking maybe it might be something else?  I checked the bugs list as well, but didn't see anything directly related...

Thanks for any ideas as you have a moment!

--Tony

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-----Original Message-----
From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Galen Charlton
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 3:19 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group <open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Full author date on individual titles?

Hi,

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 12:19 PM, Tony Bandy <tonyb at ohionet.org> wrote:
> On our Evergreen 2.7.2 system, when we search for an author, say Ernie 
> Pyle, the results list includes a full birthdate in this format:
>
> Author--YEAR—Month—Day
>
> However, when looking at individual title results, the format is only this:
>
> Author--YEAR

Could you send links to search results and title details showing the problem?  I tried doing an author search for "Ernie Pyle" in your catalog, and am not seeing hits that include the author's full birthdate (which aren't commonly found in name headings).

Regards,

Galen
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