[Wactclc-primo] [Wactclc-alma] Changing material type in Primo

[Daniel Moore]

Hey Elena,

You can change the label in Primo itself from 'Other' to something else.
This will be global across Primo. Main Menu --> Discovery --> Labels -->
Filter by label code "mediatype.other".

-Dan

On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 4:47 PM Elena Bianco <Elena.Bianco at skagit.edu>
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> So, we have a large collection of art and most of them, when they
> transferred over from Millennium, transferred over as if they were not art,
> but books. The information in the LDR 6 for Type of Record was incorrect. I
> am trying to figure out a normalization rule to change over all of these
> records so that the material type in Primo shows up correctly, and I think
> I can figure that one out by searching to see if there are any other
> normalization rules that change out the LDR information in records, so I’m
> not worried about that yet.
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> However, how the item displays in Primo is really stumping me. I
> experimented with changing the LDR information in Alma on one of the pieces
> and it shows up in Alma as Visual material now, but in Primo it shows up as
> “Other.” Is there a way to change that in Primo to be more descriptive and
> to say Visual Material? Also, is there any way I can change the icon in
> Primo that will indicate an artwork, instead of that generic paper icon
> that is there? Thanks for any ideas…
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> Elena Bianco, Systems & Technical Services Librarian
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> Skagit Valley College
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> 2405 E. College Way
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> Mount Vernon, WA 98273
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> (360)416-7624
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Regards,

Dan Moore
Systems and Collections Librarian
Edmonds Community College Library
dan.moore at edcc.edu / daniel.moore at email.edcc.edu
(425) 640-1526
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