Media Types and Advanced Editors
Each Item is assigned a media type that reflects the physical nature of the Item to which the record relates. Media types can include various types of traditional book, cassettes, discs, training materials and a wide range of other actual physical Items, or even virtual Items such as electronic files.
Each media type however, is individually configured within the Lookup Manager with a range of additional information that will implicity affect the way in which the Item is processed within the database. Some of this information relates to the way in which the Item may be circulated within the Pergamon circulations system, but also includes the name of any advanced editor that is available.
MU Users
The MU release of Pergamon does not allow access to Media Advanced Editors. The rest of this article can be ignored.
If the media type selected specifies that an advanced editor is available, it can be accessed by selecting the [Advanced Editor] command button at the base of the dialog. If an advanced editor is not specified, the button will not be visible. On selection of the Advanced Editor button, the current Item information is temporarily replaced with a special set of fields that are unique to that type of Item.
A book for example, may provide the ability to record the contents information; A DVD may provide the ability to record the various scenes that are present on the disc; while a music record for an MP3 file may provide the ability to record the introduction, play and fade durations.
