Search function for Other Formats and Edition
We want the 'Other Format and Editions' section to have a search function so that our librarian can add specific other titles to a citation. Currently, we catalogue records for e-books and physical items separately. This means that the other format and edition does not always find appropriate matches. We have listened to the response in our other Ideas Exchange request and responded, and using ISBN doesn't always work. Furthermore, this adds items to related records, not to 'other formats and editions.' Therefore it would be much easier to have a search function within this section to pick which items you would like to show as ‘other formats and editions’, as the current functionality is inconsistent. Furthermore, it would be better if a member of library acquisitions staff or liaison librarian could make a specific decision on what is added. It would also be helpful if this section was displayed in a more obvious manner within the citation record, as a frbrised section rather than on the right hand side bar. Making a clearer definition between related records and other formats and editions.
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Alice Lathbury commented
A search function in this would be very useful for our institution also!
We find the 'Other formats and editions' fails to identify our records of other editions almost every time, rendering it defunct for us.