Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Metarecords and copy numbers

2011-09-15 Thread Mike Rylander
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Kevin Kierans wrote: > Meta-records > > Before we migrated to Evergreen we painfully separated our paperbacks and > hardcovers into separate bib records.  Until then we'd attached paperbacks > and hardcovers to the same bib record because, all things considered (th

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Metarecords and copy numbers

2011-09-14 Thread Kevin Kierans
Meta-records Before we migrated to Evergreen we painfully separated our paperbacks and hardcovers into separate bib records. Until then we'd attached paperbacks and hardcovers to the same bib record because, all things considered (the hold queue and patron satisfaction), this made sense. But

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Metarecords and copy numbers

2011-09-12 Thread Mike Rylander
On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 11:47 PM, Dan Scott wrote: > On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 10:20 PM, Elizabeth Thomsen wrote: >> Thank, Elaine, this is a helpful explanation. >> >> One of the problems I see with placing hold on metarecords involves the >> standard formats.  I like that you can place a single h

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Metarecords and copy numbers

2011-09-11 Thread Elizabeth Thomsen
Thanks, Dan, this is interesting, and I can see why this feature might not be so helpful in your situation. Holds are a big part of our business here, a large number of which are placed by patrons from home who don't really care if their local library owns the book as long as it arrives at their p

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Metarecords and copy numbers

2011-09-11 Thread Dan Scott
On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 10:20 PM, Elizabeth Thomsen wrote: > Thank, Elaine, this is a helpful explanation. > > One of the problems I see with placing hold on metarecords involves the > standard formats.  I like that you can place a single hold on all formats > of Great Expectations (or whatever) o

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Metarecords and copy numbers

2011-09-11 Thread Elizabeth Thomsen
Thomsen > Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 10:54 PM > To: Evergreen Discussion Group > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Metarecords and copy numbers > > Thanks, Ben, sorry I missed that bug ticket! I'm now subscribed. > > As for people being interesting in Group Formats and Edit

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Metarecords and copy numbers

2011-09-11 Thread Hardy, Elaine
: Saturday, September 10, 2011 10:54 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Metarecords and copy numbers Thanks, Ben, sorry I missed that bug ticket! I'm now subscribed. As for people being interesting in Group Formats and Editions, I feel like this is an underused an

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Metarecords and copy numbers

2011-09-10 Thread Elizabeth Thomsen
Thanks, Ben, sorry I missed that bug ticket! I'm now subscribed. As for people being interesting in Group Formats and Editions, I feel like this is an underused and underpromoted feature of the Evergreen catalog. The grouping algorithm is not perfect, but it seems to work really well, and the be

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Metarecords and copy numbers

2011-09-10 Thread Ben Shum
To follow up, I found the bug ticket on this particular issue described. I guess I was the original person who reported it to the community back in January 2011 when we were first testing Evergreen 2.0. See here for bug details: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/707757 Good to know th

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Metarecords and copy numbers

2011-09-10 Thread Elizabeth Thomsen
Thanks, Ben! I never thought that it might have been a 2.0 thing, and wondered how I could never noticed this before. I realize now that my favorite Evergreen sites have all upgraded since I last looked at this. On the topic of grouping records and the language of FRBR, check out j.weinheimer's

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Metarecords and copy numbers

2011-09-10 Thread Ben Shum
Hi Elizabeth, Unfortunately, I can confirm that this bug is known to exist for awhile now. It started when some new code was added to the OPAC in 2.0 to display copy info in the results summary page. I can't remember if there's an active bug ticket on the issue yet but will check Launchpad la

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Metarecords and copy numbers

2011-09-10 Thread Elizabeth Thomsen
We really like the option to group formats and editions, and the way it allows users to place a single hold on multiple different bib records. It's one of my favorite features in Evergreen. I have a question about the way the metarecords display in the results list. In our own training system an