From: Lebbeous Fogle-Weekley Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:02:02 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Release notes (with pictures!) of fixed fields MARC editor enhancements X-Git-Url: https://old-git.evergreen-ils.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=788780483dcbadeea43cc86672f504f188742aaf;p=working%2FEvergreen.git Release notes (with pictures!) of fixed fields MARC editor enhancements Signed-off-by: Lebbeous Fogle-Weekley --- diff --git a/docs/RELEASE_NOTES_NEXT/Cataloging/fixed_fields_enhancements.txt b/docs/RELEASE_NOTES_NEXT/Cataloging/fixed_fields_enhancements.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1ef3859140 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/RELEASE_NOTES_NEXT/Cataloging/fixed_fields_enhancements.txt @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ += 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 +//// + + diff --git a/docs/media/ffer-007-00.png b/docs/media/ffer-007-00.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..27de4d26c0 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/media/ffer-007-00.png differ diff --git a/docs/media/ffer-007-smd.png b/docs/media/ffer-007-smd.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1efc027dea Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/media/ffer-007-smd.png differ diff --git a/docs/media/ffer-open-wizard.png b/docs/media/ffer-open-wizard.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6458035d30 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/media/ffer-open-wizard.png differ diff --git a/docs/media/ffer-record-type.png b/docs/media/ffer-record-type.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ecdeff518b Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/media/ffer-record-type.png differ diff --git a/docs/media/ffer-right-click.png b/docs/media/ffer-right-click.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8b6105121f Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/media/ffer-right-click.png differ