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Innovative Polaris with CapiraMobile

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Learn how interact with certain CapiraMobile features if Innovative Polaris 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.

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 Innovative Polaris of any version.

Innovative Polaris filter examples

Material/Format filters

These filters are typically the same for all Polaris customers. These values are passed to to the TOM (type of material) Polaris CCL limiter (ex: TOM=bks). You may need to consult your ILS administrator or vendor for a full list of these values.

Example display name Value
Large Print lpt
Books bks
DVDs dvd
Downloads and Streaming elr
Games, Puzzles, Devices art
Audiobooks abk
Music mcd

Index filters

These are typically the same for all Innovative Polaris products and customers, you may use the table below as a complete reference.

Example display name Value
Any Field KW
Title TI
Author AU
Subject SU
General notes NOTE
Publisher PUB
Genre GENRE
Series SE
ISBN ISBN
ISSN ISSN
LCCN LCCN
Publisher No. PN

Library filters

These filters may vary based on how each library system chooses to configure their locations, but these are usually numbers. You may need to consult your ILS administrator or vendor for a full list of these values.

Example display name Value
All Locations 1
Algoma Library 3
Cedar Point Library 4
Dowd Main Library 7
Dowd Branch Library 8
Zenia Public Library 23

Sort filters

These are typically the same for all Polaris products and customers, you may use the table below as a reference.

Example display name Value
Relevance RELEVANCE
Most Popular MP
Author AU
Title TI
Call Number CALL
Publication date PD
Author then Title AU_TI
Author then Publication date AU_PD
Title then Author TI_AU
Title then Publication date TI_PD
Title then Format TI_TOM
Publication date then Author PD_AU
Publication date then Title PD_TI
Call number then Author CALL_AU
Call number then Title CALL_TI
Call number then Publication Date CALL_PD

Audience filters

These filters may vary based on how each library system chooses to configure their records and configure their OPAC. You may need to consult your ILS administrator or vendor for a full list of these values.

Example display name Value
All Audiences _all_
Adolescent d
Adult e
Juvenile j

Collection filters

These filters may vary based on how each library system chooses to configure their records and configure their OPAC. Polaris Collections are typically numeric. You may need to consult your ILS administrator or vendor for a full list of these values.

Example display name Value
Overdrive Items 60
Non-Fiction 23
Fiction 5
Movies 12
Historical Collection 88
High Demand Items 3
Reading Club 31

Carousels

More information coming soon.

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 Innovative Polaris:

  • Edition
  • Series
  • OCLC Number
  • Call Number
  • Audience
  • ISBN(s)
  • UPS/ISXN