LP#1272074 Release notes (with pictures!) of fixed fields MARC editor enhancements

Signed-off-by: Lebbeous Fogle-Weekley <lebbeous@esilibrary.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Wells <dbw2@calvin.edu>

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+= Enhancements to Evergreen's MARC Editor Concerning Fixed Fields =
+
+
+This work is a combination of two features. One provides suggested
+values in a right-click context menus for fixed field values based on
+the 'type' of the record being edited. The other provides a wizard to
+help specifically with the Physical Characteristics of the record, i.e.
+the 007 field.
+
+== Right-Click Context Menus ==
+
+Users will be able to right-click on the value control for fixed fields
+in the MARC Editor, and Evergreen will provide a menu from which the
+user can select a possible value. This will work for fixed fields where
+Evergreen already contains information from the Library of Congress's
+MARC 21 standard.
+
+Example:
+
+image::media/ffer-right-click.png["Right-clicking the BLvl field"]
+
+Evergreen already comes loaded with information from the Library of
+Congress's MARC 21 standard on possible values for some fixed fields.
+
+The following table shows which fixed fields for which 'Record Types'
+have values already loaded into Evergreen.
+
+---------------------------------------------------------
+
+ Fixed Field |          Record Types
+-------------+-----------------------------------
+ Audn        | {BKS,COM,REC,SCO,SER,VIS}
+ BLvl        | {BKS,COM,MAP,MIX,REC,SCO,SER,VIS}
+ Form        | {BKS,MAP,MIX,REC,SCO,SER,VIS}
+ Lang        | {BKS,COM,MAP,MIX,REC,SCO,SER,VIS}
+ LitF        | {BKS}
+ Type        | {BKS,COM,MAP,MIX,REC,SCO,SER,VIS}
+
+
+---------------------------------------------------------
+
+A 'Record Type' is itself a combination of the 'Type of Record' (fixed
+field name: Type) and 'Bibliographic Level' (fixed field name: BLvl)
+elements of the MARC leader (positions 06 and 07 respectively). You can
+see a record's Record Type in the MARC Editor as shown in
+this screenshot:
+
+'Record Type':
+
+image::media/ffer-record-type.png["This Record Type is REC"]
+
+A user may add values to these fixed fields as well as to other fixed
+fields through the MARC Coded Value Maps interface found under the Admin
+-> Server Administration menu in the staff client. These are grouped by
+Record Attribute Types (a superset of fixed fields) which have labels
+such as 'Alph', 'Biog', 'Videorecording format', and 'Language'.
+
+From LOC Fixed Fields documentation, 'Alph' is 'Original alphabet or
+script of title', 'Biog' is 'Biography', 'Videorecording format' is from
+the 007 field, 'Language' is positions 35-37 of the 008, and so on.
+Other Record Attribute Types such as 'Author' are, of course, not fixed
+fields at all.
+
+When users add new values here, the right-click context menus of the
+fixed fields in the MARC Editor will include those values.
+
+All values added for any fixed field in the Coded Value Map will display
+for any 'Record Type' that uses that fixed field.
+
+Users of the MARC Editor always retain the option of leaving a fixed
+field blank, entering the special values # or |, or entering a value not
+provided by the right-click context menu.
+
+== Physical Characteristics Wizard ==
+
+By right-clicking on an existing or new 007 field in the MARC Editor, users
+will be able to enter a wizard that leads them step-by-step through the
+positions in that 007 field, telling them the significance of the current
+position and providing a drop-down list of possible values.
+
+Launching the Physical Characteristics Wizard:
+
+image::media/ffer-open-wizard.png["Launching the Physical Characteristics Wizard"]
+
+Choosing the Category of Material:
+
+image::media/ffer-007-00.png["Choosing the Category of Material"]
+
+Choosing a value for a later position:
+
+image::media/ffer-007-smd.png["Choosing a value for a later position"]
+
+
+////
+vim: ft=asciidoc
+////
+
+

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