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Discovery is the University of Alberta Libraries' catalogue interface, built using Blacklight
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Add OCLC number (Marc 035a) to the search index. #2050

Closed ghost closed 3 years ago

ghost commented 4 years ago

This is an issue that has arisen with NEOS Discovery, but the two systems use the same search index. Concordia library uses WorldCat Local, and OCLC does not index our 001 cataloguing key. This means, they can't link directly to an item for hold-placing purposes. They can use the OCLC number, which is indexed in WorldCat Local, but we currently don't index that field. If we index that field, we may be able to come up with a solution for them to build a working place hold link.

Describe the solution you'd like Add something like oclc_number_tesim = 035a to the [Symphony index properties]. Also add the oclc_number_tesim to the Solr search config (can use the same weighting as call number, I think). Then, when the next full reindex happens, records will become searchable by OCLC number in both UAL and NEOS Discovery.

Describe alternatives you've considered We thought about adding this functionality to the place hold system itself, but we're limited by the Symphony API response, which can't search by anything but the 001/catkey.

pgwillia commented 4 years ago

Is this only relevant to materials in the symphony ingest? Not databases, kule or sfx?

ghost commented 4 years ago

That's right, yes. Only Symphony material gets reported to OCLC and gets an OCLC number. It's possible that there could be overlap with some Kule material, but this is mostly a solution to a NEOSDiscovery problem with placing holds, so that shouldn't be a concern.