Check coverage dates on physical holdings by link resolver
When there is no full-text match for an electronic title, the link resolver can bring back a bib record for physical holdings. However, since the coverage in the 866 field is not being checked, this shows records which do not match the dates desired sent by the the open URL.
Please consider implementing a check on the coverage dates of physical holdings to make things less confusing for patrons.
Jenny
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Jared Cowing
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One more note: we may have an architecture library joining our Network Zone shortly. Architecture remains a discipline fairly reliant on print serials, and they often use indexes like Avery to find specific articles and then would go to their institution's link resolver to see if the article is held either in print or online. Currently they would be shown that certain articles are held in print when they are in fact not (possibly dissuading them from attempting ILL). This enhancement would significantly aid researchers in that discipline by more clearly directing them to ILL, print stacks or online full text as appropriate.
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Jared Cowing
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One thing ExL has mentioned in response to comparable CERV/NERS ideas is that many institutions rely heavily on free-text holdings summaries instead of using enumeration/chronology fields. I don't think this needs to be a barrier, if a print journal's holdings has enumeration/chronology info then the link resolver can be smarter about which holdings to show, and if there only free-text holdings (harder to parse) then it can fall back to what it does presently.
One more note: the link resolver for Worldcat Discovery (for Worldshare users) does handle this as desired, it only shows print serial options when the article in question falls within the range that is held in print. Granted, you have to upload your print holdings in KBART format to make this work (it doesn't read your holdings records). Even so, I think if WorldCat can make it work, so can Alma/Primo.