Garbled Data from 'Add Books' Page

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Garbled Data from 'Add Books' Page

1GraceCollection
Dec 9, 10:36 pm

I believe this an encoding error.

To reproduce:
Select 'Overcat' as source on 'Add Books' page
Search for 9781684032525
Note the first result from National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Libraries

Repeat search using National University of Kyiv as source
Note that data is no longer garbled.

For reference, the information showing for me on Overcat says:
ư þ ı æ ơ £ ư ư æ ʺ ı ł ʻ ð ø : ð ø ʺ ʻ ơ þ ı ʺ æ ơ £ ư ư æ ʺ ı ơ ı þ ơ ı, ø ʻ ư ø ø ʻ ı ð þ ư ı ʻ ı æ ơ £ ư ư æ ʺ ʻ æ œ ư ı ơ ı by ư þ ł ư

( ı ø) : ı þ ʻ ø ư ı ø ʻ ʻ æ æ ø æ ʺ ø , 2022

Paper Book, ISBN 9781684032525

Other Authors: æ æ ø æ ʺ ø ʻ, ʻ ʻ

Whilst the result searching only from Kyiv shows real information in Ukrainian.

(Please note the round brackets in the search result are actually square brackets, if it matters; I couldn't get the formatting to stop turning them into nonsense touchstones)

2kristilabrie
Dec 17, 11:43 am

Interesting, thanks for reporting this! I'm guessing this is some bad cached data or something on Overcat, but let me check with ccatalfo.

(Verified this, by the way.)

3kristilabrie
Dec 17, 11:52 am

Update: we have some improvements to give Overcat very soon, but this likely won't be ready until after the holidays. I'm keeping this bug on my list to check once we push those updates. Thanks for your patience in the meantime.