[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Searchable Copy Notes

[Jason Etheridge]

There's also infrastructure for not-in-MARC bib notes, if that's worth
fleshing out.

-- Jason

On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 1:14 PM, scott.thomas at sparkpa.org <
scott.thomas at sparkpa.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>   We are trying to gauge community support for creating, in the staff
> client, a keyword search interface for Copy Notes. We are a statewide
> consortium. Since bib records are shared, we do not allow our members to
> use Local Notes tags like 590 for very localized information like “In
> memory of Jim Jones” or “Donated by Harry Haynes.” The problem is that
> descendants of Mr. Jones and Mr. Haynes himself might come in and demand to
> know what items come up, and we have no way of doing that (other than
> reports which cannot easily be run by front-line staff). Would anyone else
> like to see a search interface for Copy Notes? Also, what kind of
> information do other libraries and consortia place in Copy Notes?
>
> Thank you,
> Scott
>
>
>
> Scott Thomas
>
> Executive Director
>
> *PaILS / SPARK*
>
> (717) 873-9461
>
> scott.thomas at sparkpa.org
>
> [image: Description: Description: Training | SPARK – Pennsylvania's
> Statewide Library System] <http://www.palibrary.org/pails/>
>
>
>



-- 
Jason Etheridge
| Community and Migration Manager
| Equinox Software - Open Your Library
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