Why aren't copy notes visible in the TPAC? Elaine J. Elaine Hardy PINES Bibliographic Projects and Metadata Manager Georgia Public Library Service, A Unit of the University System of Georgia 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304 404.235-7128 404.235-7201, fax [email protected] www.georgialibraries.org http://www.georgialibraries.org/pines/
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Justin Hopkins Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 4:00 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] How are you handling "Donated by"? Several of our libraries who are being migrated into Missouri Evergreen are interested in preserving information about who donated an item when they come over into Evergreen. I understand that we can move this type of information into copy notes, but this is less than ideal for a couple of reasons: 1) Copy notes aren't especially accessible in the staff client, 2) Copy notes don't appear at all in the TPAC, and 3) Even in the JSPAC where they do appear they are not index and therefor not searchable. I have created a report to display copy notes, so the data is there and they can report on them but they aren't able to display that information to the public. In general EG doesn't seem very well suited to displaying custom/local item level information. Does anyone have thoughts or tips on this? Have you dealt with this issue in your group/library? Regards, Justin Hopkins IT & Web Services Coordinator 573-808-2309 [email protected]
