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Endowments and Dedications

Ruth edited this page Nov 16, 2021 · 1 revision

Development and selectors need to be able to search for and collocate materials purchased on specific funds. We currently display these here: https://libraries.psu.edu/about/give-libraries/endowments/700000010161 and they link to the CAT. While they link to the 541 for search, [long sidebar about how indexes work in the CAT] tl;dr it's actually the 993 which is being folded into a search index called 541. We can improve the matching by searching the 993a, specifically.

We should display the name of the fund in the record with a link to the fund code search. The fund's name should be in the keyword search so that more casual users could find it.

We should also index and use the 995 fields for keyword search only and for display.

Indexing MARC Fields

We do not use indicators, just subfields.

MARC subfield description expected value use for
993a fund code for the acquisition source a string controlled search
993n fund name text keyword search, display
995abcd3n dedication value text keyword search, display

Sample Catkeys

993: 4322824, 33838462, 28901656, 34853690, 8049243, 33179445

995: 33839158, 2872383, 1510037, 3343812

4322824: repeated field

(also 33179445)

993 // a| 700000010161 n| Allison-Shelley Collection Fund
993 // a| 700000010275 n| Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)

33839158: Dedication - basic

995 // a| In Memory of Dr. David S. Bender, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, 43+ Years of Service.

2872383: Dedication - complex

995 // c| Selected to honor a| Mr. Steve Borelli, on the occasion of receiving tenure-promotion; and purchased with funds from the a| Paterno Libraries Endowment; d| 2020. 
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## Display

### Digital Bookplates

Digital Bookplates should be displayed as follows (pseudocode):

Acquired with generous support from the {link to controlled search for 993a}{993n}{/link}


We currently don't use a label for them. This will go at the bottom of the fields for now, but we may get request to move up. _Note: Each row should repeat with a break between, not be joined with a comma, etc._

Note that the book _may or may not_ have a similar 541 field, e.g. https://catalog.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/4322824 but the number may be different than in the endowments link above. It would be pre-Simba data and we just display it like any other text.

### Dedications

Display as text with label **Dedication**. This will go above Administrative History.
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