We load bibs for downloadable ebooks and audiobooks for a group of
libraries. Our current system allows us to load item information without an
item barcode and the system generates a dummy barcode as it loads the item.
Can Evergreen do that? My first test didn't work: no barcode = no item. I
was wo
Mary,
I load the MARC records in a source specific to the downloadable
service, eg. Overdrive or Safari Books Online. These sources have the
transcendant [sic] flag set to TRUE. This allows the bibs to appear in
the catalog without having copies attached.
HtH,
Jason Stepenson
MVLC
Quoti
We purchase MARC records along with the items we add to our collection.
Our vendors are currently putting the bar code number in 852 subfield p.
Our tech services dept. reports that when they import new records via
MARC Batch Import we sometimes get holdings and sometimes we don't.
They assure me t
I work in the IT department for Quality Books Inc, a small press book vendor
for public and school libraries. We have a growing number of customers who are
utilizing Evergreen. As a book seller, we are always interested in trying to
avoid selling a book to a library that the library already ho
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 10:06:46AM -0500, Kermit Krug wrote:
> I work in the IT department for Quality Books Inc, a small press book vendor
> for public and school libraries. We have a growing number of customers who
> are utilizing Evergreen. As a book seller, we are always interested in
> tr
Hi,
I'm struggling with how to make incoming records overlay existing records in
the database using Vandelay within the client. I thought I had it, but it's
not working for me again, at least not consistently.
The TCN in the records I'm testing is the OCLC number. I've tried importing
edited bib
Correcting myself: the 505 loaded into the record. The 520 did not. I don't
understand why not.
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Hi everyone,
Niagara College is working on implementing Summon. We will need to export our
added and deleted records on a regular basis. One of the questions that has
come up is how Evergreen treats deleted records. The questions are:
When you run an export of updated records, are deleted re
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 02:14:01PM -0500, Kermit Krug wrote:
> Dan,
>
> In my meanderings through Evergreen documentation I've discovered the
> existence of OpenSRF, which looks like web services built into Evergreen.
> Could I use one of those to determine the existence of a book in a library'
