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- Record identifiers such as ISBN or OCLC are sent to book cover providers, which return an image that is displayed in the Primo search results.
- Most covers come from Google, followed by Syndetics.
- Records that are part of Scanned Key Content via DRS deposits have book covers chosen by staff. These take precedence over covers provided by other sources.
- For any journals that are supported by Browzine, we use the cover images from Browzine, which are based on an ISSN match.
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Sample message to Google when the error is on their end
We display book covers from Google in our catalog. A user has reported an error. Subject: book cover for wrong book
When we send this identifier to Google:
(insert direct link)
Google returns the wrong image and/or title.The correct title for this work is: an image for a different book. The image Google is providing shows the book title "XXX." But the identifier (insert type and number here, e.g. OCLC 1234) is for an entirely different resource: "YYY."
Syndetics Troubleshooting
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