Learn how interact with certain CapiraMobile features if SirsiDynix Symphony is your connected ILS.
Overview
Each ILS product offers different features with respect to APIs used by third parties like OCLC in order to get data. In addition, each library can often customize their ILS setup, which makes it difficult to have a one-size-fits-all guide for some features. For these reasons, OCLC is often unable to help configure this information directly and library staff will need to discuss available options and values with their ILS administrator and/or vendor.
Carousels
To add a carousel to your app:
- Use the Info Desk function to create a list of records to include in your carousel.
- Enter the name of the Info Desk as the ILS Record Set Code in the CapiraMobile Staff Dashboard.
Note: All record sets used for carousels should only include bibliographic records, not item records.
Enhanced metadata display fields
Some additional metadata fields are available to be enabled. These fields will display in the app's search results, not in an item's details. For more information, see Enhanced metadata display. The following additional fields can be enabled when using SirsiDynix Symphony:
- Accelerated Reader
- Edition
- Series
- OCLC Number
- Call Number
- Audience
- Collection
- ISBN(s)
- UPS/ISXN
Hold options
The features below are allowed by the ILS, but may vary depending on your library's implementation.
- Cancel a hold
- Modify hold pickup location
- Suspend/resume a hold
- User can select suspend/resume date
Search filters
Libraries can choose to configure any filters if supported by their ILS. It is not mandatory to use all filters or groups configured in your ILS, which allows each library to determine their ideal setup for patrons.
If no search filter is chosen by a user, or no options are displayed, the default is ALL.
- The default search material/format used if no option is provided or none is selected by a user is All Materials.
- The default search library/location used if no option is provided or none is selected by a user is All Libraries/Scopes.
- The default search index used if no option is provided or none is selected by a user is Keyword/Everything.
- The default sort options used if no option is provided or none is selected by a user is dependent on your ILS, but it is usually Relevancy.
- The default audience used if no option is provided or none is selected by a user is dependent on your ILS, but it is usually All Audiences.
- The default collection used if no option is provided or none is selected by a user is dependent on your ILS, but it is usually Everything.
Search filter examples
These apply to libraries running SirsiDynix Symphony. To learn how to add a filter, see Search filters.
- SirsiDynix Symphony filter examples
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Material/Format filters
These filters are typically the same material codes configured in your ILS for the itemType field. You may need to consult your ILS administrator or vendor for a full list of these values.
| Example display name |
Value |
| Books |
itemType:BOOK |
| Video Games |
itemType:VIDEOGAME |
| Playaways |
itemType:PLAYAWAY |
| Audiobook CDs |
itemType:ACDBOOK or itemType:AUDIOBOOK |
| Large Print |
itemType:LARGEPRINT |
| DVDs |
itemType:DVD |
| Blu-Rays |
itemType:BLURAY |
Index filters
These are typically the same for all Sirsi products and customers. You may use the table below as a reference.
Note: The general filter is intended to search all bibliographic record fields for the phrase provided, however it tends to return results that do not have the search phrase in its Title or Author field and may be confusing for users.
| Example display name |
Value |
| Keyword |
GENERAL |
| Title |
TITLE |
| Author |
AUTHOR |
| Series |
SERIES |
| Subject |
SUBJECT |
| Periodical Title |
PERTITLE |
| Medical Subject |
MESH |
| Publication Year |
publicationYear |
Library filters
These filters will vary based on how each library system chooses to configure their library policy filters, but these are usually upper-case words.
| Example display name |
Example Value |
| Acton Memorial Library |
ACTON |
| Algoma Library |
ALGOMA |
| Cedar Point Library |
CEDARP |
| Dowd Main Library |
DOWD-MAIN |
| Dowd Branch Library |
DOWD-BR |
| Zenia Public Library |
ZENIAPL |
Sort filters
The Sirsi Web Services API does not currently support the ability to sort results.
Audience filters
SirsiDynix typically allows configurations of multiple itemCategory fields (itemCategory1, itemCategory2, etc). Each library is different, and the values require you to specify the itemCategory and the value for Sirsi to limit by. The value should be in the format of <field>:<code>.
| Example display name |
Example Value |
| Adult |
itemCategorya:ADULT |
| Children |
itemCategory4:JUV |
| Teens |
itemCategory2:TEEN |
Collection filters
SirsiDynix typically allows configurations of multiple itemCategory fields (itemCategory1, itemCategory2, etc), or the location policy field. Each library system is different, and the values require you to specify the itemCategory / location and the value for Sirsi to limit by. The value should be in the format of <field>:<code>.
| Example display name |
Example Value |
| New Materials |
itemCategory3:NEW-MATERIAL |
| Special and Rare Books |
location:SPECIAL |
| Criterion Collection |
itemCategory1:CRITERION |
| Items On Order |
location:ON-LOCATION |
