Question

How do the item material type field and the OPAC material filter correspond?

Answer

The material types relate to completely different sources:

- The drop down menu in item field material type (z30-material-type) uses the table $data_tab/tab25.lng
- The information for the OPAC material filter is defined in html file
$alephe_root/www_f_eng/find-include-filter
<td class="td2" id="small" valign="top">
<select name="filter_request_4" size 3>
<option value="">all</option>
<option value="BK" $$7300-S"BK">Books</option>
<option value="SE" $$7300-S"SE">Serials (Journals)</option>
<option value="MU" $$7300-S"MU">Music</option>
<option value="MP" $$7300-S"MP">Maps</option>
<option value="CF" $$7300-S"CF">Computer Files</option>
<option value="VM" $$7300-S"VM">Visual Materials</option>
<option value="MX" $$7300-S"MX">Mixed Materials</option>

This information corresponds to the bibliographic field FMT in the cataloging record.

Category: System Management (500)

• Article last edited: 10/8/2013