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ISBN Retrieval
is a new cataloging feature in ResourceMate® 3.0. With
it, you can get detailed and professional cataloging
data in Z39.50 format from trusted sites, such as the
Library of Congress, Archives of Canada and more! All you
need
to do is type or scan in an ISBN number then click
a button. Information that is found will be retrieved
and can be edited or imported right into the
library.
Note: ISBN
Retrieval requires your organization to register and
have its technical support up-to-date.
The ISBN Retrieval
Feature has some distinct advantages over regular cataloging:
- saves
you time and keystrokes as you can avoid entering
all the data for an item just by inputting an ISBN
number and letting ResourceMate® do a quick search
for you.
- it makes
cataloging more enjoyable for volunteers
- helps
find dewey and subject information for non-libarians
- brings
in professional data
from well-respected sources
NEW: As
of update 3.0.0.27, you are able to search multiple
libraries for your cataloging data! ISBN Retrieval can
be configured so that you can add libraries that will
be searched. You'll now get an even better chance at
finding your cataloging information! And don't forget,
more sites are being added all the time.
You'll
find ISBN Retrieval as a standard
feature in ResourceMate® 3.0 Regular, 3.0 Regular
Multi, 3.0 Plus or 3.0 Plus Multi. To search
the various library sites you will also need internet
access on the computer
that
runs ResourceMate®.
HOW
IT WORKS
The basics
of using ISBN Retrieval are really quite simple. Let's
say we want to retrieve the cataloging data for a book
titled, "The Horse and His Boy". In ResourceMate® we
would go to File Menu and select Items (or we could just click
on the Items button).
Now in the
Items Screen, we click on the New button
at the bottom of the screen. We now get a blank cataloging
record. At the top of the Main tab we see an ISBN field.
The ISBN of this book is "0020444109", and
we'll enter it in here. Once entered, we click on the
ISBN Retrieval
button.
We
wait a few seconds as ISBN Retrieval does it's search,
then it pops up this window with the information it
has
found.
NOTE: Although
ISBN Retrieval has a very high rate of success in finding
information, there is no 100% guarantee that all your
items will be available (ie. not every single book
is cataloged at a Z39.50 source).
We can now
double check that the information is what we were looking
for, or make any changes that you may
want to make. Once it is to your liking, click Okay
to Import. Your blank record is now filled in with the cataloging
information. You can then add any additional information
(ex. Purchased Price - there is no way any of our sites
could know how much you actually paid for the item).
Save the record and you're done with the item.
There is also
some configuration you can do to make the retrieved information
fit into your library information better. In the Utilities
Menu, go to Preferences and look in the LOC Import folder
what you will see the following screen:
Preferences
here include options on how to fill
your call number fields and what to fill them with
(ie. Dewey Decimal Number or LOC Number, and if you
want to add in Author's Last name).
There are
also two ways to configure the libraries that you
wish ISBN Retrieval to search. By pressing the Setup... button
beside the ISBN
Retrieval button, or by going
to Utilities and selecting ISBN
Retrieval Library Configuration, the following
window will appear:
In this
window you can select which libraries will be searched
by ISBN Retrieval and in which order
you would like the libraries searched. Adding more
libraries can slightly increase your search
time, but can greatly increase your chances of items
being found. A few seconds to manage this screen
will create an ideal search condition that you can
use for every ISBN Retrieval you do with the option
of easily customizing it per search if necessary.
More Information For ResourceMate® sales information feel free to call
1-800-815-8370 or email: sales@resourcemate.com
For Customer
Support on your existing ResourceMate installation,
call 1-800-815-8370 or email: info@resourcemate.com |
