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- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 08:56:37 PDT
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- From: Debbie Hackleman <hacklemd@CCMAIL.ORST.EDU>
- Subject: Linking Analytics on ADVANCE
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- This is in response to the comment from Stanislas concerning
- linking analytics. This has been a serious problem for
- Oregon State University since we got on the system several
- years ago. We have attempted to use the Bound With option
- in the item records. While it is possible to link with this
- option, there are numerous difficulties. The option was
- apparently designed to be used only for books which are
- bound together. Trying to use it for analytic linking
- requires (at least from our observations) that lines 6, 7,
- and 8 should display in the parent item and the analytic
- item. Currently only line 6 is lifted from one record and
- displayed on the Detailed Display of the other. This means
- that to retain all call number information that copy and
- volume information must be entered into line 6 of the serial
- item records. This (besides being incorrect inputting)
- causes a mess in the call number search since every volume
- and copy number is listed when you browse through the call
- number index.
-
- There are difficulties with analytics since there are two
- kinds--those that are several titles bound in one physical
- volume and those that are separate titles which are
- individual physical volumes of a serial. I discussed this
- with Eloise when the GEAC team was here last November and
- thought that we agreed the solution was probably a matter of
- displaying lines 6, 7, and 8 instead of just line 6. As
- far as I know nothing further has happened on this issue.
-
- As I said, this is a major barcoding and circulation problem
- for OSU. We discussed a similar fix to the one Stanislas
- has come up with (using a note to direct people to do
- another search to locate the Circulation information) and
- decided not to pursue it because we didn't think the public
- would do the extra search. Also, this is a situation which
- should receive attention from GEAC. User friendly systems
- should not require users to do extra searches to get the
- information that they want concerning one book.
-
- I'd be happy to discuss this further with people interested
- in analytics linking and formulating a strategy to get GEAC
- to resolve this issue.
-
- Debbie Hackleman (503) 737-2949
-