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!
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