Message-Id: <02Sep17.144710mdt.115309@gateway.just.gov.ab.ca> Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 14:49:34 -0600 From: "Bernice Polvi" <Bernice.Polvi@just.gov.ab.ca> Subject: [lawvoyage] Re: [VOYAGER-L]: 2001.1 Software bug/MFHDs
In response to this question, we were told during migration that EISI
builds MFHDs from the item records with a separate MFHD created for each
unique combination of Location, Call Number, and Copy number. In our case,
we are 2 organizations with 56 locations. Consider that, with multiple
copies and the number of MFHDs does add up very quickly.
Bernice
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>>> Angela R Jones <ajones@ksu.edu> 09/17/02 09:57AM >>>
Just curious, but how does your library happen to have 150 MFHDs attached
to a single bib? The most we have is probably ten or so.
As I said, I'm just curious and was wondering what circumstances led to
that.
Angela
Angela Jones
Science Cataloger/Copy Cataloging Team Leader
Hale Library
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
(785) 532-0617
ajones@ksu.edu
On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, Edie Dixon wrote:
> As someone who has not yet converted, I am dismayed that you were told a
> work around rather than "we will fix this right away" It is not good PR
> to have found a bug, duly reported it, nad then be told you'll need to
> do some work arounds that make no sense to do, were the software working
> properly.
>
> We've always been told that there are no limits to things like number of
> locations and number of bib records and numbers of
> any-record-you-can-name. Clearly, if the software can't display what
> you input, there *are* limits.
>
> I wouldn't do any work arounds out of principle -- I'd insist on a fix,
> and in short order. You aren't the only site with more that 126
> holdings.
>
>
>
> Bernice Polvi wrote:
> >
> > We are currently implementing Voyager and have been informed that
there is a newly discovered bug in the 2001.1 version in which records
which have more than 126 MFHDs will not display in Web Voyage (you get a
message saying there are no holdings). We have some records which have
over 150 MFHDs. The holdings will display in Cataloging, but not in the
web cat.
> >
> > Has anyone else encountered this bug and how have are you dealing with
it? We are told that we have 2 options -
> >
> > 1. to manually combine the MFHDs for a single location into one MFHD
on a case-by-case basis, or
> > 2. having EISI merge the MFHDs globally, so that copy numbers would
not be used to create multiple MFHDs.
> >
> > or obviously doing nothing and waiting for the fix. If we merge the
records now, is it possible to separate them again later? As I don't like
either of the 2 options (can the records be separated later? and the
possible complications of not using copy numbers) I am leaning towards
doing nothing, modifying the message on Web Voyage and hoping the fix will
be soon. I am interested in hearing how others are dealing with this
issue.
> >
> > Bernice
> >
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