[Koha-bugs] [Bug 20751] Marc21: Show i for 776

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20751

Heather <heather_hernandez at nps.gov> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Heather <heather_hernandez at nps.gov> ---
The 76X-78X Linking Entry Fields in MARC21 (including the 776 field) require
that $i contain "Relationship Information," i.e., "Online version," or "Large
print version," or "Print version."  Explanation with usage examples here:
https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd76x78x.html

There are more examples and explanations of usage in OCLC's Bibliographic
Formats & Standards:
https://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/7xx/76x-78x.html

So libraries that catalog according to these standards have records that
conform to them--my library has LOTS of records that conform to these
standards.  So if the $i is not displaying, there is no indication of the
relationship between the record displayed and what it's linking to.  ByWater
Solutions in its training videos suggests changing/using the $t to indicate
relationship, but this isn't practical for us (too many records involved) and
we can't catalog this way since it doesn't conform to the MARC21 standards that
we follow & that we must use in OCLC.

In addition, many older records (including Library of Congress records) only
have a $i with relationship information and the $w with record numbers--the $t
for title information is not required and wasn't always included until OCLC
created a macro for pulling the information from the linked record.

So it would be wonderful if Koha could also conform to these standards to
display the relationship information using the subfield, $i, that the standards
use to display/store the relationship information.  Koha even calls the $i
"Display text" in the Bibliographic Frameworks, so if I have it checked to
display in the staff client & opac, I would love it to display.

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