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TLC (The Library Corporation) LS2, CARL & CARL-X with CapiraMobile

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Learn how interact with certain CapiraMobile features if The Library Corporation LS2, CARL or CARL-X 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 TLC ILS products LS2, CARL or CARL-X.

TLC (The Library Corporation) LS2, CARL & CARL-X filter examples

Material/Format filters

These filters may vary based on how each library system chooses to catalog their materials. On your TLC OPAC, the available options here are typically found under the formats facet filter. The VALUE field must match exactly to choices found under the formats facet, but the display name you input can be anything you want.

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

A list of TLC OPAC Format Filters. More examples in the table below.

Example display name Value
Audiobook on CD Audiobook on CD
Books Book
DVDs and Blu-Ray Blu-Ray DVD
eBook eBook
Video Games Game
Large Print Large Print
Music CD Music CD

Index filters

These are typically the same for all TLC products and customers. You may use the table below as a reference.

Example display name Value
Everything AnyField
Title Title
Author Author
Series Series
Subject Subject
Note Note
ISBN ISBN
UPC UPC
Call Number CallNumber

Library filters

These filters may vary based on how each library system chooses to configure their locations, but these are usually numbers.

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 TLC products and customers. You may use the table below as a reference.

Example display name Value
Relevance Relevancy
Newly Added NewlyAdded
Publication Date PubDate
Borrower Rating Rating
Author Author
Title Title
Call Number CallNumber

Audience filters

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

Example display name Value
Adult/General Adult/General
Children Juvenile

Collection filters

These filters may vary based on how each library system chooses to catalog their records. On your TLC OPAC, the available options here are typically found under the collections facet filter. The VALUE field must match exactly to choices found under the formats facet, but the display name you input can be anything you want.

A list of TLC OPAC Collection Filters. More examples in the table below.

Example display name Value
Adult New Readers Adult New Readers
Biographies Biographies
Fiction Fiction
Library of Things Library of Things
Local History Local History
Musical Instrument Musical Instrument
Language Learning World Languages

Carousels

To add a carousel to your app:

  1. Create a dynamic RSS list with the desired parameters for your carousel.
  2. Copy the list ID from the end of the resulting URL.
  3. Enter the list ID as the ILS Record Set Code in the CapiraMobile Staff Dashboard.

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 TLC-LS2/CARL/CARL-X:

  • Lexile Values
  • Edition
  • Series
  • Call Number
  • Collection
  • ISBN(s)
  • UPS/ISXN