See my comments in blue<BR><BR><B><I>Amzari Abu Bakar <amzari79@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <div>Hi everybody,<BR><BR>I have a little background in cataloging. I am an<BR>ex-librarian (in charge in Library Automation). Thus,<BR>my concern on ability of the system esp. Koha. For<BR>almost a year I have been following Koha, do a part<BR>time testing, finding the best way of implementing<BR>Koha in different environment. (Maybe if libraries in<BR>Malaysia want an Open Source Solution, I can recommend<BR>Koha).<BR><BR>I am following current discussions on cataloging<BR>materials in different character set (e.g: Chinese<BR>pinyin). It's come to my attention that tags 880 have<BR>something todo with this (by the way, I am still<BR>learning cataloging). My concern is, how to catalog<BR>Arabic Materials. My question as follows (Assume these<BR>questions from beginner level
cataloger):<BR><BR>1. What should I add in my MARC structure, Links to<BR>other fields and etc? <BR>2. Must I modify Koha scripts in order to enable<BR>presentation different character set? ( I have tried<BR>copying arabic word, put on tag 245 and I have<BR>problems of displaying these character. Character not<BR>show up properly, even though I set my browser<BR>Encoding to Arabic character set).</div> <div><STRONG><FONT color=#40007f>You have to change the encoding from ISO to utf-8 in the web browser files in koha. </FONT></STRONG><BR>3. Can I directly catalog in native language (eg:<BR>Arabic) in tags other than tag 880-Not using<BR>transliteration. Example tag 245. If can, how? -Maybe<BR>related to question no.2 (In this case patrons have to<BR>search using arabic words).<BR><BR>Thanks in advance for your kind response.<BR><BR>Amzari Abu Bakar<BR>Lecturer<BR>International Islamic University Malaysia.<BR><BR>--- koha-request@lists.katipo.co.nz wrote:<BR><BR>> Send Koha
mailing list submissions to<BR>> koha@lists.katipo.co.nz<BR>> <BR>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web,<BR>> visit<BR>> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha<BR>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body<BR>> 'help' to<BR>> koha-request@lists.katipo.co.nz<BR>> <BR>> You can reach the person managing the list at<BR>> koha-owner@lists.katipo.co.nz<BR>> <BR>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it<BR>> is more specific<BR>> than "Re: Contents of Koha digest..."<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Today's Topics:<BR>> <BR>> 1. Re: Re: [Koha-win32] Re: [Koha] Tag 880 (Carol<BR>> Ku)<BR>> <BR>> <BR>><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 1<BR>> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:08:59 -0800 (PST)<BR>> From: Carol Ku <CAROLCOOL01@YAHOO.COM><BR>> Subject: Re: Re: [Koha-win32] Re: [Koha] Tag 880<BR>> To: Joshua Ferraro
<JMF@LIBLIME.COM><BR>> Cc: Koha Mailing List <KOHA@LISTS.KATIPO.CO.NZ>,<BR>> Koha Windows<BR>> <KOHA-WIN32@NONGNU.ORG>, "Steven F. Baljkas"<BR>> <BALJKAS@MTS.NET><BR>> Message-ID:<BR>> <20060225190859.61521.qmail@web54510.mail.yahoo.com><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR>> <BR>> So if we were to download books directly from other<BR>> libraries... it may involve lots of record code<BR>> editing, as all the Chinese info in other libraries<BR>> will be entered into tag 880. <BR>> <BR>> e.g. 100 Author name in pinyin<BR>> 245 Author name in pinyin<BR>> 880 $6100 Author name in chinese<BR>> 880 $6245 Title name in Chinese<BR>> <BR>> With the MARC record downloaded, I wonder if I can<BR>> swap the information in tag 880 $6100 with that of<BR>> tag 100, so that when I upload the record into Koha,<BR>> OPAC will display the author name in Chinese instead<BR>> of pinyin.<BR>> <BR>> I
suspect MARCEdit will not be able to recognize<BR>> the $6 link. So I cannot designate the info at tag<BR>> 100 to be swapped with info at tag 880$100 and not<BR>> say 880$245.<BR>> <BR>> Anyway, Joshua, you have been of a great help. <BR>> Thank you.<BR>> <BR>> Carol<BR>> Joshua Ferraro <JMF@LIBLIME.COM>wrote:<BR>> On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 09:39:43AM -0800, Carol Ku<BR>> wrote:<BR>> > Joshua:<BR>> > You are wonderful!!! You mention you used the Koha<BR>> MARC edit in catalogue,<BR>> > that means you manually enter the Chinese books in<BR>> koha catalogue, and not<BR>> > download the record from some libraries?<BR>> Yep, that's right. So long as you have UTF-8 set up<BR>> correctly, you can input<BR>> as well as display any utf-8 you want in Koha.<BR>> <BR>> Now, let me warn you that the Koha MARC editor is<BR>> still not perfect<BR>> and I would still recommend you use an external MARC<BR>> editor
if that<BR>> has been your cataloging practice thusfar. You<BR>> should be able to set<BR>> it up to handle a repeatable 900, 945, etc. tag,<BR>> with the appropriate<BR>> subfields to handle the transcriptions (don't limit<BR>> yourself to just<BR>> the title/author, feel free to include any others<BR>> you want). So long<BR>> as you set up your MARC Framework to handle the 9XX<BR>> fields and link<BR>> to them via the search points (ie 245a will need a<BR>> 'search also'<BR>> entry for '945a','945c' (and you might as well put<BR>> '245c' in there<BR>> while you're at it)), it will work without having to<BR>> use Koha's<BR>> editor. If you need more specific implementation<BR>> details let me <BR>> know.<BR>> <BR>> > Pardon me if this question appears to be silly.<BR>> But your input is <BR>> > very helpful still.<BR>> No question is silly :-). I'm glad I could be of<BR>> some help.<BR>> <BR>>
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