Setting Language Display

The MARC Language Scoping Display policy table identifies the languages that display as options for limiting (scoping) searches to material published in specific languages. You can set a language to be displayed as a scoping option in the Polaris Find Tool (staff client), in Polaris Power PAC, or both, and set the order in which the languages are displayed. The languages can be identified at the system, library, and branch levels, but the entries are shared by all organizations.

Innovative Interfaces periodically updates the languages available to add to the policy table, after the MARC 21 changes are posted. The MARC language codes are stored in a table that cannot be accessed from the Polaris user interface. SQL scripts are used to update the language codes in the database. Once the database is updated, you can add any MARC language to the table to use in scoping searches. Over 4,000 languages are currently available.

Use the Administration Explorer to display the MARC Language Scoping Display policy table. You cannot display the table from an organization workform. The Modify MARC language scoping display table: Allow permission is required to work with this table.