Re: [VuFind-General] RDA 264

[Demian K. <dem...@vi...>]

Which version of VuFind are you using? We've included 264 support since release 2.0; if you're using a 2.x version, the problem isn't simply missing support - it's probably some more specific problem with the data. Feel free to send over a sample record if you'd like help troubleshooting. You can also do some experimentation on your own using the getpublishers.bsh BeanShell script if you wish. (I can provide more information on using BeanShell with the import tool if you haven't done this before).

- Demian

From: Shepard, Thomas - 1150 - MITLL [mailto:tsh...@ll...]
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2014 3:55 PM
To: vuf...@li...; vuf...@li...
Cc: Demian Katz
Subject: RDA 264

We recently updated our book collection to accommodate RDA changes. After Backstage processed our book records, we re-importing them into our Symphony catalog, but then discovered that only about half of them can be imported into vufind.

I suspect that the cause is the RDA 264 field. It is used to store publisher data previously located in the 260 field. In addition, there is often a second 264 row that  contains a copyright year (with the copyright sign).

The "Bad Request" errors I see during import are the same kind I've found when I've tried to import fields that did not exist.

Are there plans to update the vufind importer to include the 264 field and possibly others related to RDA?

I have successfully edited schema.xml to add non-marc fields for facets but not sure of the steps in adding marc fields.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Thom Shepard



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