[Koha] [ByWater Partners] ISBN search results

[Christopher Davis]

Joy,

Thank you for your help...you offered a great explanation.

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Christopher Davis, MLS
Systems & E-Services Librarian
Uintah County Library
cgdavis at uintah.utah.gov
(435) 789-0091 ext.261
uintahlibrary.org
basinlibraries.org
facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary
instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary


On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 4:00 AM, Joy Nelson <joy at bywatersolutions.com> wrote:
> Hi Christopher,
> The report is modifying the isbns to a specific format - removing dashes,
> adding 978.  This is the reason you cannot find them in the ISBN index.
> Because the data in the index does not match the "pretty" normalized version
> you are seeing in the report.
>
> The keyword search is a much more general search and since part of the isbn
> string is matched in keyword searches, that would explain why you can
> retrieve the records with that kind of search.
>
> Hope this helps,
> joy
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 7:12 PM, Christopher Davis <cgdavis at uintah.utah.gov>
> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> Bear with me, this message is kind of long. I just ran the "List of
>> all normalized ISBNs" report found at
>>
>> <https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/SQL_Reports_Library#List_of_all_normalized_ISBNs>.
>> I then took the results of this report to search for the titles to
>> which the ISBNs belong. When I search for the ISBNs using the ISBN
>> filter on the the staff interface of Koha as well as the OPAC
>> interface, Koha could not find most of the ISBNs; however, when I run
>> a keyword search for the ISBNs, I find many more of them. Why?
>>
>> My current theory is that the ISBN filter search cannot reconcile the
>> normalized ISBN which the "List of all normalized ISBNs" report
>> produces. My theory is more of a "facts which support the theory" kind
>> of theory, so I could be completely off on it. Your thoughts?
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Christopher Davis, MLS
>> Systems & E-Services Librarian
>> Uintah County Library
>> cgdavis at uintah.utah.gov
>> (435) 789-0091 ext.261
>> uintahlibrary.org
>> basinlibraries.org
>> facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary
>> instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary
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