Re: Fwd: WebLink to holdings

[Kimberly Parker <kimberly.parker@yale.edu>]

I could go back to SilverPlatter and see if this is something modifiable,
but don't want to do that if it would then mess up other units that catalog
conference proceedings as books.  

Also, it may have nothing to do with SP, just be the way the individual
databases refer to conference proceedings.

Finally, are some units conference proceedings sometimes cataloged with
ISSNs, but as cat separately or analytics?  If so, would you really want
patrons producing a rather long list of records they would have to wade
through to reach the one they want?

Things for us to think about!
--Kim

At 09:51 AM 9/1/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Another caveat:  for papers in conference proceedings an ISBN number is
>transmitted.  We generally catalog our conference proceedings as serials,
>so the search finds no entries.
>
>Andy 
>
>At 01:33 PM 8/27/98 -0400, Kimberly Parker wrote:
>>For SilverPlatter version 4.0 (the java one) --
>>
>>>WebLink to holdings for Yale
>>>University has been set up. You should now see a 'Check for Holdings'
>>>button within records. Clicking on this button will open a separate browser
>>>window that is searching your OPAC. 
>>
>>I tested this myself and it seems to be working.  A word of warning.  If
>>the patrons leave the WebPac window open (and it is a separate browser
>>window, so it can be left open if desired), it is sometimes a little
>>confusing to determine whether what's on the screen was from a previous
>>search or if WebPac is churning on the new search.  The only clue is an
>>active hourglass if WebPac is still working.  Also, the search is an ISSN
>>search, and if there are no holdings, will return a fairly opaque WebPac
>>null-search results message that begins: No Entries Found for Search [ ISSN
>>= 1001-6538 ].
>>
>>Also the usual caveats about WebPac still apply -- no circ info, no
>>holdings info.
>>
>>--Kim
>>
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