Hi Heather!
Thanks so much for your answer! (I was hoping you would answer because
you're so knowledgable!)
If I understand correctly, $3 is indeed used to specify the library for
which the link is used, and it is possible to omit $u (as you said, it
dates back to when stuff would maybe be on cdroms).
I tried this in Koha
856 40 $3 Local periodical computer
and the staff interface and OPAC still showed a link. This may be
because of ind1= 4. I tried with different access methods, including
ind1 = 7 and 'file' in $2; Koha always shows a link, clickable, but that
leads nowhere.
I also noticed that in the worldcat example for 'Encyclopedia of
children and childhood', what I assume is in the $z (e.g. '(Unlimited
Concurrent Users)') is not included in the clickable part of the link.
Whereas in Koha, if you put something in $z, it will be clickable.
I understand it's a very fringe case that 856 would be used for
electronic resources that are not online (no $u). But to me, only
$a/$d/$f, $u and $y should be in the clickable part of the link. The
rest should be regular text. And if there is no $a/$d/$f or $u, there
should be no link at all (not even the 'Click here').
Maybe I will file a bug in bugzilla and see what others say, unless
someone else on the mailing list has an opinion.
Thank you again!
Caroline
On 2022-05-17 17:16, Hernandez, Heather H wrote:
Hi, Caroline--
It's the way that it's supposed to work--if you look at this record on
WorldCat.org:
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51900244
You'll see a link that says, "Flint Campus only," etc.--all the links
have text indicating authorized users only (text that's been put into
the 856 $z).
It's supposed to work like that because many places have electronic
resources that are available only to authorized users of particular
networks. It dates back to when some resources would even be on
CDRoms mounted on particular computers/drives that only authorized
users could access.
For the resource you're describing, if it were my library, I'd do
something like:
856 40 $3 Research Center access $u http://... $z Requires staff login
They might want, e.g.:
856 40 $3 Local periodical computer
856 40 $3 In-library access only
You can use only the $3 if you want, too--we only use that field, and
it will display in place of "Click here to access," e.g.:
Details for: A dream of seven decades San Francisco's Aquatic Park / ›
SF Maritime NHP Research Center catalog (bywatersolutions.com)
<https://keys.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=35047>
I try to always put something into the $3, because "Click here to
access" is antiquated, when so many users are tapping on their phones,
and in the situation like you describe where not everyone is
authorized to access.
Cheerio!
--h2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ms. Heather Hernandez (she, her, hers) Technical Services Librarian
Library catalog: https://keys.bywatersolutions.com/ San Francisco
Maritime National Historical Park Research Center 2 Marina Blvd.,
Bldg. E, 3rd floor, San Francisco, CA 94123-1284 415-561-7032 (office
generally M-W, telecommuting Th-F) heather_hernan...@nps.gov <https://webmail.lmi.net/src/compose.php?send_to=heather_hernandez%40nps.gov>
--
Caroline Cyr La Rose, M.S.I.
Bibliothécaire | Responsable de produit
Tél. : 1-833-465-4276, poste 221
caroline.cyr-la-r...@inlibro.com <mailto:caroline.cyr-la-r...@inlibro.com>
INLiBRO | Spécialistes en technologies documentaires | www.inLibro.com
<http://www.inLibro.com>
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