Display More Note (5XX) Fields
Note fields include useful information that is meant to be displayed to users. This information helps users decide if the resource described is relevant to their needs.
A subtitle that appears only on the cover of a book might only appear in a 500 note. A note might specify that a resource is a reprint of an earlier publication or give the original title of a translation, just to name a few examples.
Most notes are repeatable, so all instances of these MARC fields should display when there are multiple. Currently, only the first 505 (Contents note) displays.
MARC 500 General note
MARC 504 Bibliography, etc. note
MARC 505 Contents note
(subsequent instances)
MARC 511 Participant or performer note
MARC 518 Date/time and place of event note
MARC 534 Original version note
MARC 546 Language note
MARC 550 Issuing body note
What other note fields are important to your users?
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Julie Knutsen commented
This would be very helpful
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Becky commented
The (5XX) field is greatly beneficial! Thank you!!
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Vanessa Schwegman commented
Our catalogers agree wholeheartedly with this suggestion, and I found this request because we were about to add it ourselves.
Our cataloging team gave me the following information that I'll share:
"If you can only persuade Vega to show three additional tags, I think that the 500, 520, and 700 tags are the most important.
500 - general notes (most important as varied information is placed in 500 field, including sequel notes, publishing histories, oddity notes, etc.)
501 - with note (used when multiple titles are bound together as they sometimes are in Juvenile Early Readers)
505 - formatted contents (table of contents)
510 - citation/reference notes
511 - participant or performer note (especially important for AV)
520 - summary (already included?)
521 - target audience note (including MPAA ratings)
538 - system details note (system requirements, especially important for AV)
540 - terms governing use and reproduction note (legality notes)
546 - language note
586 - awards note (some readers may be seeking LAMBDA, Caldecott award winners, etc.)
590 - local note (not frequently used at MCPL but helpful to see when present)
700 - add entry -- personal name (contributors and their relators, VERY important)
710 - added entry -- corporate name (corporate contributors like production studios, etc., especially important for video games)
856 - electronic location and access (links, should display no matter what indicators are selected) -
Dustin Ludeman commented
It's been 15 months since this idea was introduced to the Idea Exchange, to overwhelming support.
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Lisa Bondy commented
As a cataloger, it is disappointing not to see much of our "work" displayed in Vega records. It would benefit patrons to have note field information in Vega records to determine if the material is the item that best matches their needs.
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Elaine Sloan commented
REQUEST: Note fields include useful information that is meant to be displayed to users. This information helps users decide if the resource described is relevant to their needs.
A subtitle that appears only on the cover of a book might only appear in a 500 note. A note might specify that a resource is a reprint of an earlier publication or give the original title of a translation, just to name a few examples.
Most notes are repeatable, so all instances of these MARC fields should display when there are multiple. Currently, only the first 505 (Contents note) and the 520 fields display.
FEATURE DETAILS
Job Story: As a Vega User, I can view all notes from the bibliographic 5xx metadata for a give edition of a work.
Acceptance Criteria:
Index and display all 5xx field data from MARC instance records in the details popup of editions table.
Data will appear under a Notes heading in order.From original idea: https://ideas.iii.com/forums/951766-vega-discover/suggestions/46841806-display-more-note-5xx-fields
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Mary Horman commented
Absolutely need need need 505 (contents), 511 (Participants), 521 (Where we put parental advisory notes if we have them), 540 (Where we put the "home use only note in DVD's),546 (Language note, where we currently put closed captioning note). Would also like 504 (bib and index) and 532(where we would ideally like to put closed captioning)
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Margaret Rose O'Keefe commented
Having subsequent instances of the MARC 505 Contents note display in Vega is critical for music CDs - we have multiple support tickets from our libraries asking why the full contents are not displaying. This should be pulled out as a MUST HAVE, and the rest of these can be optional based on what most libraries want.
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Celia Mulder commented
I've also had people ask to see the original release dates for movies, particularly Criterion Collection editions. This lives in the 500 field.
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Margaret Rose O'Keefe commented
We have a lot of older records that only have info in the 511 fields and not the 7xx fields. While we realize that's not accurate, we would appreciate having the 511 field indexed so that those records can be retrieved in searches too. We would also like the 505 fields and 500 fields indexed too.
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Celia Mulder commented
I would like to see the 532: Accessibility Note field displayed. This is where we include whether a DVD or Blu-ray has a described audio track for visually impaired users. Since we house the county's Library for the Blind and Print Disabled services, we do have a significant user base who is looking for described audio.
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smithde2@btpl.org commented
500 fields provide more information about a record without the patron having to click through edition information links. For example, a graphic novel series with 42 volumes (all on one bib), the 505 field would reflect the volume information up front. Otherwise, it looks like a single volume in Vega until you click on "edition information" and then the carrot to expand view. Even by clicking on "find a copy," it only shows the most recent volume.
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Alannah d'Ailly commented
We are accustomed to having these fields indexed. They are not being indexed in Discover.
We use 5XX fields for content notes like others have mentioned but also to note that a book has a 'local author' and more recently we have identified 'decodable book' (for readers with dyslexia) by putting these words in the 500 so they can be easily retrieved. We frequently search for words that are used locally in the 500 fields. For us this is 'local enhanced content.'
Not only can we not see the 5XX fields when we view a Discover record, they are not being indexed.
Could we please see the cataloguing we invest in for better discoverability displayed in Discover? Syndetics/Novelist is not the only enriched content that we care about.
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[Deleted User] commented
We have a lot of older records that only have info in the 511 fields and not the 7xx fields. While we realize that's not accurate, we would appreciate having the 511 field indexed so that those records can be retrieved in searches too. We would also like the 505 fields and 500 fields indexed too.
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Luke Patterson commented
This is important for our consortium
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Chrysanna Beazley commented
We agree, we have also suggested 506s need adding- Restrictions on access notes - this field needs to be included with the censors exact wording on restrictions. Present on DVD, Blu-Ray and book records.
WE have suggested 510, 541, 561,563 and 590's too. -
Bill Taylor commented
I would also suggest the 526 note - suggested reading level for kids' books. Vega displays some of this data from Syndetics, but if there is other data in the bib record it could take advantage of that also.
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Sarah Kasprzak commented
We have also been asking for this. In particular 500, 511, 540 and 546.
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Beth Neunaber commented
Additionally, many of the 5xx fields are repeatable, and they all need to be visible. i.e. the 521, target audience is highly important for people looking for not only age but reading level and or grade level.
I concur with Dustin's presentation of the need for the 5xx field to display.
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Elaine Sloan commented
Even if these 5xx fields were only displayed once a specific edition of an item was chosen from a rollup, they should still be displayed. These notes are vital for access, selection, and general information of customers searching for the material that will fit their needs, and can be necessary to differentiate between versions of works with the same title.