Ebooks on Ipads should not have request button and update the language

[carolyncole]

I had a slack discussion with Joan M. today about these items. She asked the catalog should not show the request button and that the language be updated

Joan M  3:16 PM
Yes the request should be removed and I'd prefer the language to say: 
To access this ebook, please visit the circulation desk at the ?? Library to checkout an iPad.

An example record is: https://catalog.princeton.edu/requests/9976174773506421?mfhd=22170509880006421&source=pulsearch

[hectorcorrea]

How do we know that a book is only available via Library iPads? Is that specified in the MARC record that we get from Alma, available via the Alma API, or another mechanism?

[mzelesky]

I see this AVE field on this record: AVE 8| 53887401550006421 e| Available n| Available only on a library iPad. Click here for information about iPad lending at Princeton University Library u| publishing_base_url undefined?u.ignore_date_coverage=true&rft.mms_id=9976174773506421

[mzelesky]

I think that would mean it's also in the files from the publishing job.

[hectorcorrea]

So if AVE subfield n contains "only on a library iPad" then that's good enough?

[mzelesky]

Really, it looks to me like iPads should be in a different location than books.

[mzelesky]

There is a location 'ltop' under several libraries that is used for laptops. I would suggest that iPads are put in the same location as other computer equipment, then it can be a location-based rule.

[mzelesky]

Really, there shouldn't be a portfolio (or AVE field) at all. The reason a portfolio was created was because the indicators of the 856 field indicated that the libguide link was a full-text link.

[christinach]

@mzelesky does this mean that you will update the ipad records in alma to have location 'ltop' ? This location is also included in the fulflllment_unit as 'media' in the ALma locations https://github.com/pulibrary/bibdata/issues/1646#issuecomment-915584313.

[christinach]

@mzelesky is this a data issue and the portfolio will be removed from the record?

[mzelesky]

It means I think a larger conversation is needed about iPads and how they are represented in Alma. Solving the immediate request issue sounds like it may fix the immediate issue, but lead to more work down the road.

[christinach]

Thank you @mzelesky !

[christinach]

@mzelesky can you create a ticket in the alma-config and link it here? Thank you!

[mzelesky]

See https://github.com/PrincetonUniversityLibrary/alma-config/issues/67.