Re: [IUG] Scopes in webpac and alternatives

[Leigh Duncan <leigh dot duncan at wright dot edu>]

Hi Melissa,

We implemented scopes in 2002 and went the "fake bib locations" route.  
It doesn't cause any problems as far as system usage goes, but it does 
require maintenance on my part, as the system coordinator.  Because we 
use the Link Maintenance product to maintain links between bib and item 
locations, our acquisitions and cataloging staff are not required to 
remember any of the new codes.

We initially had the same setup as you--one bib loc for each campus or 
library.  Now we up to 7 bib locs per campus/library.  It requires me to 
keep a massive spreadsheet and to update the Link Maintenance mapping 
table whenever changes are made to the scopes.  Without Link 
Maintenance, I would consider the task impossible.

I did a poster session explaining our scoping setup at the IUG in 
2008--its on the IUG website, and may be helpful.

Best,
Leigh Duncan
Systems Librarian
Wright State University Libraries
Dayton, Ohio 45435

On 11/9/2010 6:14 PM, Melissa Airoldi wrote:
> We want patrons to be able to search for various collections such as 
> Reference and Easy Reading, etc in our webpac.  We have location codes 
> for Reference and Easy Reading collections.
>
> Is there a way besides scopes or featured lists to do this?
>
> If we use scopes:
> None of our bcodes will work for this.  iii recommended that we set up 
> fake bib location codes and link to the item location codes.  There is 
> no way to set up a scope using the real bib location code.
>
> The idea of setting up fake bib locations doesn't sound good to me.  
> Have any of you done this?  What problems did it cause?  I'm not sure 
> that anyone else has ever done something like this.
>
> We currently have one bib location code per campus.  Having three or 
> more fake bib locations per campus will obviously cause confusion in 
> reports and stats and it will be something else for ACQ and CAT staff 
> to remember.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>
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