Axiell Quria Ideas

Navigating from an item or an ISBN to the matching manifestation(s) is sometimes hard, particularly when there are many expressions and manifestations connected to a work. When searching for an ISBN or item barcode in Collections or Items, or clicking through from other Collections menus such as Shelf list, Reservations or W/E/M, one is brought to the main page of the work. The limited information shown gives no indication of what manifestation the chosen ISBN or item is part of, and the manifestations are sorted seemingly at random.

This means one must edit manifestations one at a time to access item information or ISBN details. This is time-consuming work, and will increase the chances of incorrect cataloguing, picking, editing and merging.

As an example, I will use The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, as listed in the large Viken High School catalogue. Searching for a given ISBN or item code, or clicking the title (attachments 1 & 2), leads to the Work page, which lists 45 different English book manifestations (attachment 3). Selecting the correct or corresponding manifestation in this list is next to impossible, given the limited information listed.

Is it possible to add a visualization of the manifestetion(s) from which one has navigated, or to somehow make this connection more obvious?

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