Include the 776 field in ISBN matching when deduping books
Deduping of books would be improved if the deduping algorithm included the 776 field in ISBN matching. Currently, the algorithm only checks the 020 field for ISBN. In many cases, an electronic version of a book has the print ISBN in the 776 field, which would allow for a match of the electronic 776 to the print 020. The February VE release included an improvement that allowed the 776 field to be used when matching journal ISSNs, but it is still not being used when matching book ISBNs.
This is already supported - was added in Primo VE May release notes
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Katie Utschig, SWITCH Library Consortium commented
Yes, I agree!
Request to include 776 $z as a match criteria for ISBN in deduping algorithm.
Currently, deduping successfully merges electronic and print when a 022 $a (ISSN) in one record matches a 776 $x (Other version ISSN) in another record.
This same functionality for ISBN (i.e. matching an 020 $a with a 776 $z) would be wonderful.
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Stacey van Groll commented
Hi Katie - Is this for Primo VE? I'd suggest to put in the Primo Idea Exchange marked as Primo VE if this is the case. And I agree it should be added, and I've done this previously for ISBN 776 z to our Primo via Back Office rules.
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Manu Schwendener commented
+1