Newsgroups: bit.listserv.notis-l
Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 1992 09:39:13 EDT
From:         Rob Kairis <RKAIRIS@KENTVM.BITNET>
Subject:      MARC Holdings Record OPAC Display Problem

I've been testing some modifications to LCA899, the Volume Holdings conversion
program.  In the process I discovered a peculiar display problem associated
with MARC Holding records.  If an 866 field is continued on the next screen
in the OPAC, only 13 characters remaining in that field are displayed on the
next screen.  For example, the following MARC Holdings record:


 LTGA DONE                                                     AAA6802-001
                                                 NOTIS MARC HOLDINGS       010C
 GA SERL LC    31006192 //r592 ISSN 0085-3720 S/STAT c FREQ a S/T
National Council for the Social Studies.
  Yearbook - National Council for the Social Studies. 1st-   1931- --
<Arlington, Va., etc. : National Council for the Social Sciences, etc.> Nationa
Council for the Social Sciences, 1515 Wilson Blvd., Suite 101, Arlington, VA
22209
 =>001  STATUS: 2L  LOCN: GEAUGA CAMPUS LIBRARY                    COPY:
CALL: |b H62.A1 |c N3                                              ITEMS: 0
   # AAA6802 FMT H DT 09/25/92 R/DT 10/01/92 STAT c RT y E/L 1
 R/STAT ? MTHD ? DT/CAN      G/RTN ? S/RTN     CMPLT ? LEND ? REPOL ? LAN eng

 852:  : |l National Council for the Social Studies Yearbook |z Earlier volumes
(1931-1980) kept in basement storage--ask for at the Reference Desk
 866/1: 0: |6 0 |a v. 1 (1931)
 866/2: 0: |6 0 |a v. 2 (1932)
 866/3: 0: |6 0 |a v. 3 (1933)
 866/4: 0: |6 0 |a v. 4 (1934)
 866/5: 0: |6 0 |a v. 5 (1934) is missing pages 102-106, 108-111, 113-115, 117-
120, and 122-125
 866/6: 0: |6 0 |a v. 7 (1936)-


will display like this in the OPAC:


Screen 1:

 Search Request: T=YEARBOOK NATIONAL                         CATALYST TEST FILE
 SERIAL - Record 1 of 1 Entry Found                             Holdings Detail
 -----------------------------  + Screen 1 of 2  --------------------------010C
 Title:          Yearbook - National Council for the Social Studies

 -------------------------------  Location 1  ---------------------------------
 LOCATION:       GEAUGA CAMPUS LIBRARY
 CALL NUMBER     H62.A1 N3
 STATUS:         Check Shelf

 SHELVED AS:     National Council for the Social Studies Yearbook
 EXCEPTIONS:     Earlier volumes (1931-1980) kept in basement storage--ask for
                   at the Reference Desk
 LIBRARY HAS:    v. 1 (1931)
                 v. 2 (1932)
                 v. 3 (1933)
                 v. 4 (1934)
                 v. 5 (1934) is missing pages 102-106, 108-111, 113-115, 117-
 ------------------------------------------------  Continued on next screen  --
  COMMANDS:          V  View Record      H  Help
                     LO Long View
  O Other Options    F  Forward

 NEXT COMMAND:



Screen 2:

 Search Request: T=YEARBOOK NATIONAL                         CATALYST TEST FILE
 SERIAL - Record 1 of 1 Entry Found                             Holdings Detail
 -----------------------------  + Screen 2 of 2  --------------------------010C
 Title:          Yearbook - National Council for the Social Studies

 -------------------------  Location 1 (continued)  ---------------------------
 LOCATION:       GEAUGA CAMPUS LIBRARY
 CALL NUMBER     H62.A1 N3

 LIBRARY HAS:    120, and 122-
                 v. 7 (1936)-







 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  COMMANDS:          V  View Record      H  Help
                     LO Long View
  O Other Options    B  Back

 NEXT COMMAND:


Notice that only 13 characters out of the remaining part of the second to last
866 field were displayed (125 was missing).

Also, if less than 13 characters remain in the field, then the OPAC grabs
additional characters from the next field:


 Search Request: T=YEARBOOK NATIONAL                         CATALYST TEST FILE
 SERIAL - Record 1 of 1 Entry Found                             Holdings Detail
 -----------------------------  + Screen 2 of 2  --------------------------010C
 Title:          Yearbook - National Council for the Social Studies

 -------------------------  Location 1 (continued)  ---------------------------
 LOCATION:       GEAUGA CAMPUS LIBRARY
 CALL NUMBER     H62.A1 N3

 LIBRARY HAS:    120, 122:2f?:
                 v. 7 (1936)-







 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  COMMANDS:          V  View Record      H  Help
                     LO Long View
  O Other Options    B  Back

 NEXT COMMAND:


:2f?: represents the next field tag length and tag ID.

Has anyone else noticed this?  Is NOTIS fixing this?  Perhaps the most
important question is Does anyone really care?  Just thought I'd ask.


Rob Kairis
Systems Librarian
Kent State University
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU