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    What is the difference between the 0350 and the 035A indexes?

    • Product: Voyager
    • Product Version: 6.5.3

    Question

    What is the difference between the 0350 and the 035A indexes?

    Answer

    There are two indexes in Voyager relating to the 035 subfield a: the 0350 index and the 035A index.

    0350 index 035A index
    System number for deduping (035a) System number (035a)
    Includes text in field in normalized heading (e.g., OCOLC) Ignores text / removes text in normalized heading
    Text factored in for matching and de-duping Only digits/number factored in for matching and de-duping - may lead to false matches if records in database from multiple sources

    Additional Information

    Use 0350 System number for deduping (035a) in System Administration > Cataloging > Bibliographic Duplicate Detection.

    Example

    Existing record in database: 035 $a (OCoLC) 123456789
    Incoming record: 035 $a (CStRLIN) 123456789

    If you are ... then ... because ... 
    matching on 035A index incoming record will match existing record only the digits/numbers are part of normalized headings and will match.
    matching on 0350 index incoming record will not match existing record source text (OCoLC and CStRLIN) are part of normalized headings and will not match.

    • Article last edited: 29-Aug-2018