Search by normalized ISBN number - in Inventory (thin thread, dedicated search option)

Goal/Purpose: Library staff need to search Inventory by ISBN both with or without dashes and/or spaces and retrieve ISBN entered either with or without dashes/spaces.

Use cases: Staff member scans UPC code on back cover to enter ISBN (contains dashes) – this should retrieve the record whether the string is entered with or without dashes.

Staff member enters digits only to search--this should retrieve the record whether the string is entered with or without dashes.

FOLIO displays the ISBN number in the Instance record. The ISBN number is one of the main elements when ordering a resource, match of incoming records and more.

The ISBN element is in Inventory defined as a resource identifier number set by a resource identifier type labelled ISBN/Invalid ISBN in a reference table in the Settings > Inventory > Instance.

Documentation:
Slide deck: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zsgykxOAKSdjikm8Lg56lamAv9u6o7ms1dTIHx1SDnI/edit#slide=id.p

Out of scope for MVP:
Work on relationship between 10/13 digit ISBNs - Implementation to search on calculated ISBN will be addressed post-MVP; while this has some not intended complications for Special collections. Requirements to be discussed further post-mvp..

ISBN utility code library: https://github.com/folio-org/folio-isbn-util

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