[Koha-bugs] [Bug 32937] New: copyright symbol

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=32937

            Bug ID: 32937
           Summary: copyright symbol
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           Product: Koha
           Version: 21.11
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5 - low
         Component: Searching
          Assignee: koha-bugs at lists.koha-community.org
          Reporter: ashley.day at rcm.ac.uk
        QA Contact: testopia at bugs.koha-community.org

Our library includes the copyright symbol when cataloguing the publication date
(264$c) according to RDA 2.11.1.3. 

Searching dates as free text (not using the advanced date search) is an issue
for us in both the opac and staff interface. Koha is not pulling all possible
results because we are using the copyright symbol in the record. I've been
advised that Koha treats ©2023 and 2023 as two different words.

Of course when adding the copyright symbol to the date to the general search,
the correct number of results are shown. 

We don't want to require a user to know alt codes to produce a copyright
symbol, and many students simply are not going to use an advanced date search.

Is it possible for KOHA to have the ability to ignore a copyright symbol in
264c for free text searching and return search results based on the date alone?

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