Re: [Koha] Seeking opinions on the OPAC MARC views
Owen asked:
Is the "raw" MARC view the one you prefer for this? As opposed to this one?
http://catalog.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-MARCdetail.pl?biblionu...
I far prefer the raw MARC view. The 952 field is not displayed as a normal MARC field in the "enhanced MARC" field, and if you're trying to troubleshoot a display problem in the OPAC, it's a lot easier to work with the raw MARC. It's probably true that most patrons don't use the MARC display, but on the other hand, I've never gotten a question about it from a patron, so they don't seem to be confused by it, either. The only problem we've run into with the raw MARC view is a bug in the display. Where the MARC displays as a centered pop up, if you close that box, it disables the "back" function in the browser. If you hit "Back" then you can back out of the raw display, but if you close it, you are now stuck in that record and need to do a new search. The html line that generates the centered display is: <a id="MARCviewPop" href="/cgi-bin/koha/opac-showmarc.pl?id=3255" title="MARC" rel="gb_page_center[600,500]">MARC View</a> I just tested in a bunch of other Koha catalogs. Some have the raw MARC as a centered pop-up, some have it as a normal full-page HTML display, and a lot of catalogs don't offer the raw MARC view from the OPAC at all. I don't know which catalogs are using which Koha version, but versions supported by both PTFS and Bywater had the centered pop-up, and both had the "no back button" bug as well. -- Stacy Pober Information Alchemist Manhattan College Library Riverdale, NY 10471 stacy.pober@manhattan.edu
I far prefer the raw MARC view. The 952 field is not displayed as a normal MARC field in the "enhanced MARC" field
See my earlier comment in reply to Kurt:
The above view (opac-MARCdetail.pl) respects the visibility settings you can configure in your MARC framework. So if you edit a tag's subfield structure and set the "hidden" value so that it does not display in the OPAC, it won't.
I'm guessing the visibility of 952 in your framework is set to hide it in the OPAC
I just tested in a bunch of other Koha catalogs. Some have the raw MARC as a centered pop-up, some have it as a normal full-page HTML display, and a lot of catalogs don't offer the raw MARC view from the OPAC at all.
OPAC's with XSLT preferences turned on will have the modal MARC view available in the OPAC. Those that don't will not. I've never seen a properly-functioning Koha OPAC which displayed the "raw" view as a normal full-page HTML display. I'd like to know whose is doing that.
versions supported by both PTFS and Bywater had the centered pop-up, and both had the "no back button" bug as well.
The back button bug is present in all versions, but I don't think anyone has ever filed a bug report in Bugzilla for it--and I hope I would know, it would be assigned to me! -- Owen -- Web Developer Athens County Public Libraries http://www.myacpl.org
Stacy wrote:
I far prefer the raw MARC view. The 952 field is not displayed as a normal MARC field in the "enhanced MARC" field
Owen Leonard wrote:
See my earlier comment in reply to Kurt: The above view (opac-MARCdetail.pl) respects the visibility settings you can configure in your MARC framework. So if you edit a tag's subfield structure and set the "hidden" value so that it does not display in the OPAC, it won't.
I'm guessing the visibility of 952 in your framework is set to hide it in the OPAC
The 952 and the specific subfield designations are visible in the raw MARC view but not in the Expanded MARC View. In the Expanded View, the data in that table presents the assigned public labels for those elements rather than the actual contents of each subfield. For example, where the itype subfield is 952$y, and that's how it shows up in the raw MARC display, the table heading in the Enhanced View shows it as "Koha item type". Stacy wrote:
I just tested in a bunch of other Koha catalogs. Some have the raw MARC as a centered pop-up, some have it as a normal full-page HTML display, and a lot of catalogs don't offer the raw MARC view from the OPAC at all.
Owen Leonard wrote:
OPAC's with XSLT preferences turned on will have the modal MARC view available in the OPAC. Those that don't will not. I've never seen a properly-functioning Koha OPAC which displayed the "raw" view as a normal full-page HTML display. I'd like to know whose is doing that.
Baltimore County Public Schools Online Catalog for Libraries does it. Example: <http://library.bcpss.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-showmarc.pl?id=64977> -- Stacy Pober Information Alchemist Manhattan College Library Riverdale, NY 10471 stacy.pober@manhattan.edu
I've never seen a properly-functioning Koha OPAC which displayed the "raw" view as a normal full-page HTML display. I'd like to know whose is doing that.
Baltimore County Public Schools Online Catalog for Libraries does it. Example: <http://library.bcpss.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-showmarc.pl?id=64977>
For some reason they're missing the JavaScript files required to display the modal MARC window. A mistake, or perhaps they like it better this way? -- Owen -- Web Developer Athens County Public Libraries http://www.myacpl.org
Baltimore County Public Schools Online Catalog for Libraries does it. Example: <http://library.bcpss.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-showmarc.pl?id=64977>
For some reason they're missing the JavaScript files required to display the modal MARC window. A mistake, or perhaps they like it better this way?
A mistake on our part. The required files do not exist in 3.0.x. -- Owen -- Web Developer Athens County Public Libraries http://www.myacpl.org
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