[Koha] [Koha-devel] Where would I put the OpenLibrary ID in the MARC record

Jonathan Druart jonathan.druart at bugs.koha-community.org
Sat Jul 22 00:20:34 NZST 2023


No idea, I'm really just a programmer ;)

Le ven. 21 juil. 2023 à 14:06, Nigel Titley <nigel at titley.com> a écrit :
>
> Thanks for the response... makes sense to use the ISBN and it explains
> the observed behaviour.
>
> I've had a look at the code. One of these days I'll blow the dust off my
> JS manuals and see if I can do something to extend the code (JS isn't my
> favourite language and I've probably not written any for about 15 years).
>
> Is my supposition about where it would go in the MARC record correct?
>
> Thanks
>
> Nigel
>
> On 21/07/2023 12:29, Jonathan Druart wrote:
> > Looks like it's only using the ISBN. The code is in
> > koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/js/openlibrary.js
> >
> > https://gitlab.com/koha-community/Koha/-/blob/master/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/js/openlibrary.js#L19
> >
> > and opac-results:
> > 899             [% IF OpenLibraryCovers
> > %]KOHA.OpenLibrary.GetCoverFromIsbn();[% END %]
> >
> >
> > Le ven. 21 juil. 2023 à 13:03, Nigel Titley <nigel at titley.com> a écrit :
> >>
> >> Furthur on this and reading a bit more into MARC it looks like the
> >> information would go into MARC Field 024 with a source of 8. If there
> >> was a defined Standard Identifier for Openlibrary then the source would
> >> be 7 with the defined Standard Identifier for Openlibrary, but there isn't.
> >>
> >> I'm straying into Real Librarian Territory here and I'm starting to feel
> >> a little lost (I'm really just a programmer). If the person who wrote
> >> the code for fetching covers from Openlibrary is around I'd be grateful
> >> if they could confirm/deny what their code does (or even point me to
> >> where I could look it up myself). To this end I've copied in the Koha
> >> Development community.
> >>
> >> Or I may be barking up an entirely wrong tree. In which case feel free
> >> to say "Down boy, down".
> >>
> >> Nigel
> >>
> >> On 20/07/2023 23:20, Nigel Titley wrote:
> >>> Just to give an example of an OpenLibrary record that I created earlier
> >>> today
> >>>
> >>> https://openlibrary.org/books/OL49198571M/Analogue_Men#details
> >>>
> >>> If at all possible I'd like to be able to display the cover using the
> >>> OLID (OL49198571M) but I'm not sure where to put it.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
> >>> Nigel
> >>>
> >>> On 20/07/2023 22:43, Nigel Titley wrote:
> >>>> Gentlefolk
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm using the Openlibrary cover facility to display covers in my OPAC
> >>>> and it generally works very well (in the case where the cover doesn't
> >>>> exist in Openlibrary I scan and upload it). However, if the Biblio
> >>>> record doesn't have an ISBN or LCCN the cover lookup fails
> >>>> (obviously). Is there any way of recording the Openlibrary ID (OLID)
> >>>> in a Biblio record so that the cover lookup will work, even if there
> >>>> is no ISBN or LCCN?
> >>>>
> >>>> I've done a (fairly cursory) scan of the documentation but can't find
> >>>> and reference to where I should put the OLID so that Koha will look up
> >>>> the cover even if there is no ISBN or LCCN. Of course the facility may
> >>>> not exist, in which case I'd be grateful for confirmation from Someone
> >>>> Who Knows.
> >>>>
> >>>> Many thanks
> >>>>
> >>>> Nigel Titley
> >>>>
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