[IUG] OPAC display of item records linked to holdings

["Leslie O'Brien" <lobrien at vt dot edu>]

We link item records to serial holdings records using the "Link existing 
items" function.  This causes the linked item records to display behind the 
holdings record in the OPAC--the user has to click on the "View items" link 
to see the item records associated with that title.  Sometimes, however, we 
deliberately do not link an item record to the holdings record because we 
want it to display from the bib screen. Items that are at the bindery are 
treated this way.

It seems that since we migrated to WebPacPRO, we are seeing different 
behavior.  If any of the existing item records is not linked to the 
holdings record, all of the linked item records are now displaying from the 
bib.  In this example, http://addison.vt.edu/record=b2122277  item records 
for volumes 1999-2005 are linked to the holdings, volume 2006 is not, but 
they all display from the bib record.   Before WPP, only the 2006 volume 
displayed from the bib screen.

I haven't found anything in the manual to describe this issue.  When we 
migrated to WPP, at least one of our wwwoptions for holdings displays was 
overwritten, so I'm wondering if this is a similar case.  Can anyone refer 
me to a wwwoption or setting that might control this feature?

thanks,
Leslie O'Brien
Virginia Tech  

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