<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>Hi Steve! Looks neat keep up the good work!
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<BR>Sounds like the open source meeting AT ALA in SF calif. USA was real
<BR>interesting
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<BR>here is what was there...... I was not able to make it but Bette Sharpe did
<BR>attend and will be bringing me back a stash of whatever she could grab....
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<BR>Ed Sharpe
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<BR>LITA Open Source Systems Interest Group Program:
<BR>"Web Tools and Digital Resources: Open Source Then and Now"
<BR>Sunday, June 17, 2001, 8:30am-10:30am
<BR>Marriot Golden Gate Section B
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<BR>Access and services that libraries provide is often limited by the software
<BR>and services that they are able to purchase. But an
<BR>alternative--freely-available open source software--is available to help
<BR>libraries improve and shape services and better meet users' needs. But how
<BR>can librarians get involved in development of these products and contribute
<BR>to the process? This program features open source developers discussing
<BR>their projects: Larry Wall and PERL, Eric Lease Morgan and
<BR><A HREF="mailto:MyLibrary@NCState">MyLibrary@NCState</A>, and Willem Schulton with projects in rural public
<BR>libraries.
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<BR>Speakers:
<BR>1. Willem Scholten, Executive Director, Waitt Family Foundation Technology
<BR>Resource Center, Seattle, WA
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<BR>2. Eric Lease Morgan, Networked Resources Development Librarian, North
<BR>Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC 27695-7111
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<BR>3. Larry Wall, PERL Inventor and author, c/o O'Reilly & Associates,
<BR>Sebastopol, CA 95472
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj: <B>[Koha] More MARC development</B>
<BR>Date: 6/18/01 12:38:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time
<BR>From: tonnesen@cmsd.bc.ca (Tonnesen Steve)
<BR>Sender: koha-admin@lists.katipo.co.nz
<BR>Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:tonnesen@cmsd.bc.ca">tonnesen@cmsd.bc.ca</A> (Tonnesen Steve)
<BR>To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz (Koha Open Source Library System)
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<BR>My MARC editor has come a little farther along. It is now possible to add
<BR>new fields and subfields, edit existing subfield values, and delete
<BR>subfield entries.
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<BR>Still to be done:
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<BR>- the interface needs some major improvements
<BR>- the code needs to be broken down into modules of some sort.
<BR>- no way to add a subfield if all of the existing subfields are
<BR> deleted... workaround is probably to delete the tag when the last
<BR> subfield is deleted, so that the tag has to be recreated with an
<BR> initial subfield.
<BR>- Lots of work actually tying this code into Koha somehow. This includes
<BR> running alongside the existing database layout, as well as tying into
<BR> things like catalogue searching, etc.
<BR>- Setting up standard locations for Koha data that may not be covered by
<BR> MARC (ie withdrawn, lost, itemtype).
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<BR>I've parsed all of the MARC21 field and subfield descriptions so they all
<BR>show up in the interface as well. I gather that this is the part that
<BR>will likely change in different versions of MARC though? It would be
<BR>fairly simple to modify the field and subfield definitions based on a
<BR>preference setting for the version of MARC (MARC21, UKMARC, NZMARC,
<BR>MARSMARC, etc.).
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<BR>Note that the data on my test site is free to edit and play with. It's
<BR>actually running on my laptop, and is a copy of a library's data. Wreck
<BR>it at your leisure, I can restore it quickly if it gets really bad. :)
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<BR>Demo is at:
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<BR>http://142.28.224.11/cgi-bin/koha/acqui.simple/viewmarc.pl
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