From: Ogg,Dennis <Den...@co...> - 2010-09-10 17:58:08
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Julia, We get information via a locally developed Z39.50 call for holdings information, availability, and some other things. We also do a separate create list and export for check-in records. I don't remember all the details at the moment, but we would certainly be willing to discuss this with you and share our code. I will say that our implementation is based on an older version of VuFind and I can't say how well it would integrate with any of the later versions, although I don't think it would be a big problem. Dennis Dennis Ogg, Interim Coordinator Research and Development Services Colorado State University Libraries Fort Collins, CO 80523-1019 970-491-4071 Dennis.Ogg@ColoState.EDU -----Original Message----- From: Walker, David [mailto:dw...@ca...] Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 10:33 AM To: Julia Bauder; vuf...@li... Subject: [VuFind-Tech] III driver WAS: Multi-volume sets Julia, I wonder if this problem arises from the fact that you don't have call numbers (rather, only volume numbers) for the item records of this journal? Maybe not. http://cat.lib.grinnell.edu/record=b1125141 Regardless, the bigger problem here for journals is that the current Innovative driver is, I believe, only looking for item records (and even then it doesn't appear to grab them all). It doesn't look for summary holdings information, as far as I can tell, which is really the more important information for journals. It's hard to find live VUFind sites with Innovative ILS systems (vendor lock-in will do that to a customer base). But I notice that Colorado State and the Marmot catalog both show summary holdings. http://discovery.library.colostate.edu/Record/.b19388998 http://opac.marmot.org/Record/.b10179951 I'm pretty sure Colorado State is using a locally developed Z39.50-based driver. Perhaps Marmot is using that as well? Anyone want to share it? Using Z39.50 would provide a much cleaner way of getting the data -- both holdings and item records -- over the current screen-scraping method. Although it would also impose some additional installation requirements. --Dave ================== David Walker Library Web Services Manager California State University http://xerxes.calstate.edu ________________________________________ From: Julia Bauder [jul...@gm...] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 5:05 PM To: vuf...@li... Subject: Re: [VuFind-Tech] Multi-volume sets We have the same problem, using the Innovative driver with VuFind 1.0: http://libweb.grinnell.edu/vufind/Record/.b11251414 Mark, it looks like you folks are a SirsiDynix library? If so, the problem isn't limited to a single ILS/driver. Julia Bauder Data Services Librarian Grinnell College Libraries On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Demian Katz <dem...@vi...> wrote: > This may be a function of how your volumes are represented in your ILS and how your ILS driver is behaving. At Villanova, we give separate volumes separate item records, and the Voyager driver gives a reasonable display -- for example: > > https://library.villanova.edu/Find/Record/79880 > > If your situation is different, please share the details and hopefully we can come up with a solution! > > - Demian > ________________________________________ > From: Andrews, Mark J. [man...@cr...] > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 2:53 PM > To: vuf...@li... > Subject: [VuFind-Tech] Multi-volume sets > > Hi, all, > > I have a question from a colleague, viz: > > "My first problem is with holdings information for multi-volume sets, > such as Creighton Law Review or any of the journals. What I see is > that only one item is listed making it look like we only have one > volume. " > > How are other sites dealing with the display of multi-volume sets? > > Thanks and see many of you next week, > > Mark Andrews, Creighton University > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: > > Show off your parallel programming skills. > Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd > _______________________________________________ > Vufind-tech mailing list > Vuf...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vufind-tech > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Automate Storage Tiering Simply Optimize IT performance and efficiency through flexible, powerful, automated storage tiering capabilities. 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