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OCLC Wise with CapiraMobile

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Learn how interact with certain CapiraMobile features if OCLC Wise 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 OCLC WISE ILS of any version.

OCLC Wise filter examples

Material/Format filters

These filters are typically the same medium type codes configured in your ILS for bibliographic records, usually consisting of three alphanumeric characters, all uppercase. These values can be found in the (MDT) Media type table of your Wise Manager. You may need to consult your ILS administrator or OCLC for a full list of these values.

 Note: Multi-faceted material type filters are not supported.

Example display name Value
Books BOO
Audiobooks AUD

Blu-Ray

 BRD
Library of Things KIT
Music CD MCD
eVideo EVI
Reference REF

Index filters

These are typically the same for all OCLC Wise customers. You may use the table below as a complete reference.

Example display name Value
Everything anything
Title title
Author author
Subject subject

Library filters

These filters may vary based on how each library system configures their branch code. For OCLC Wise libraries, these are always four digit numbers. These values can be found in the Branches table of your Wise Manager. You may need to consult your ILS administrator or vendor for a full list of these values.

Example display name Value
All Libraries 0000
Algoma Library 7071
Cedar Point Library 2026
Dowd Main Library 0001
Dowd Branch Library 7000
Zenia Public Library 8000

Sort filters

These filters may vary based on how each library system configures their primary search perspective. You may need to consult your ILS administrator or vendor for a full list of these values.

Example display name Value
Relevancy 4 DESC
Popularity (Ascending) 5 ASC
Popularity (Descending) 5 DESC
Date (Newest) 6 DESC
Date (Oldest) 6 ASC
Author (A-Z) 7 ASC
Author (Z-A) 7 DESC
Title (A-Z) 8 ASC
Title (Z-A) 8 DESC

Audience filters

These filters may vary based on how each library system configures their primary search perspective audience codes. You may need to consult your ILS administrator or vendor for a full list of these values.

Example display name Value
Adult NJ
Youth JN

Collection filters

These filters may vary based on how each library system configures their primary search perspective subject codes. You may need to consult your ILS administrator or vendor for a full list of these values.

Example display name Value
Fiction Fiction
Romance Romance
Local History History
Action & Adventure Action & Adventure
J Fiction Juvenile Fiction
Magic & Fantasy Fantasty
Mystery Mystery & Detective

Carousels

Carousels from Wise are not currently supported. Instead, you can change the action of a button to lead to the stardard screen Action – Website and link out a collection on your library’s website. Refer to Standard screens and Buttons for more information.

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 OCLC Wise:

  • Edition
  • Series
  • ISBN(s)
  • UPS/ISXN