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

[Nigel Titley]

Understood.

I'm sure that a Real Librarian (tm) will answer at some point.

Thanks anyway

Nigel

On 21/07/2023 13:20, Jonathan Druart wrote:
> 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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