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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi Alejandro,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We have been trying to figure out getting Koha
Authorities to work for ourselves and some of our customers. A number of
things seem to be in the system but not working properly. It looks like it
maybe worked in a previous version (does Paul P know?). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Most of the UK libraries expect to be able to use
an authority file and many are happy to build and maintain an authority file if
needed. We have tried loading authority files but at version 3.0.x the
indexing has often not worked and even when we get that to work, the script to
link bib to authorities does not work. In these cases if you manually edit
a bib record it will then check and link to correct authorities, but if you then
rerun the script to link them it breaks the link again :-( </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We have also found that the See From and other
authority linking seems to not work at all although there is mention of being
able to create these structures. A while ago I looked some of this up on
bugzilla and found some indication that the major developers thought that it
might not need fixing as nobody used it much. I guess nobody will use it
if it is broken :-) A cynic might think it got in the way of a sponsored
development.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I appreciate this is not a detailed description of
the problems or solutions but I wanted to say that lots of people would use
authorities if it worked reliably. We have also come across customers who
are interested in multi-lingual authority/thesaurus.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Is there much interest in getting authorities
working to at least the level of the documentation or as implied by the
migration tools on the system?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ian</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>PTFS Europe</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>(not a librarian but worked with library systems
for 15 years)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=altiraboschi@gmail.com href="mailto:altiraboschi@gmail.com">Alejandro
Tiraboschi</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=koha@lists.katipo.co.nz
href="mailto:koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">koha@lists.katipo.co.nz</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 18, 2009 12:47
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Koha] Authorities
help</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Authorities are great, but I think that don't work well in
Koha. See below my post on May 5 (nobody answer).
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Bye, Alejandro Tiraboschi.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>"</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px"
class=Apple-style-span>
<DIV>Hi: I have a question related with searching when koha has authorities
enabled.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>In the OPAC </DIV>
<DIV><A style="COLOR: rgb(42,93,176)"
href="http://biblio.bmayor.famaf.unc.edu.ar"
target=_blank>http://biblio.bmayor.famaf.unc.edu.ar</A> (<A
style="COLOR: rgb(42,93,176)" href="http://biblio.bmayor.unc.edu.ar"
target=_blank>http://biblio.bmayor.unc.edu.ar</A> in the near
future)</DIV>
<DIV>you can <SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><SPAN> </SPAN><FONT
color=#6633ff><A
style="COLOR: rgb(42,93,176); FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
href="http://biblio.bmayor.famaf.unc.edu.ar/cgi-bin/koha/opac-authorities-home.pl"
target=_blank>Browse by Subject</A> <SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">(switch
previously to english) for example "POESIA" and you get some authority
records, in particular</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><A style="COLOR: rgb(42,93,176); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"
href="http://biblio.bmayor.famaf.unc.edu.ar/cgi-bin/koha/opac-authoritiesdetail.pl?authid=4488"
target=_blank>$aPOESIA<BR> <I>used for/see
from:</I> GENERO LIRICO<BR> <I>used
for/see from:</I> GENERO
POETICO<BR> <I>see also:</I> GENEROS
LITERARIOS<BR> <I>see
also:</I> VERSIFICACION<BR> <I>see
also:</I> CLASIFICACION DE LOS
VERSOS<BR> <I>see
also:</I> CLASIFICACION DE LAS ESTROFAS</A></DIV>
<DIV><I><BR></I></DIV>
<DIV><I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal">The biblios linked to/from this
authority are 212. If you search "poesia" in the usual way (without using
authorities) you get a lot of records (including those 212) and it is
ok. The problem is, in my opinion, when you search for a "non used
term", for example "GENERO LIRICO", because you get a <SPAN
style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">No Result found!<SPAN
style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">. I think the
correct answer should be, at least, that you get all the records that link to
the authority record "POESIA". If not, the autorithy system has no sense (o
very little) for the OPAC user.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal">My question
is: </SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV><I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal">Do Koha work in this way or is a
problem of missconfiguration? </SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV>complementary:</DIV>
<DIV>Is it possible to configure/modify Koha/Zebra in such way that the usual
search works with the non used terms? </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Bye. Thanks in advance. </DIV>
<DIV>"</DIV></SPAN><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Chris Nighswonger
<SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:cnighswonger@foundations.edu">cnighswonger@foundations.edu</A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
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class=gmail_quote>Hi Kathy,<BR>
<DIV class=im><BR>On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 9:38 PM, <A
href="mailto:kdr@ckls.org">kdr@ckls.org</A> <<A
href="mailto:kdr@ckls.org">kdr@ckls.org</A>> wrote:<BR>> The Koha set
up is somewhat clunky, but is at least a beginning in trying<BR>> to make
things standardized. The first improvement I would suggest is the<BR>>
ability to import LC authority headings into Koha...<BR><BR></DIV>I think
this is a great enhancement idea. Something similar to the<BR>marc import
tool or possibly similar to the z3950 biblio search.<BR>Would you mind
opening an enhancement request at <A href="http://bugs.koha.org"
target=_blank>http://bugs.koha.org</A><BR>so that we can keep track of it
and possibly garner some sponsorship<BR>for it?<BR><BR>Kind
Regards,<BR><FONT color=#888888>Chris<BR></FONT>
<DIV class=im><BR>Christopher Nighswonger<BR>Faculty Member<BR>Network &
Systems Director<BR>Foundations Bible College & Seminary<BR><A
href="http://www.foundations.edu"
target=_blank>www.foundations.edu</A><BR><A href="http://www.fbcradio.org"
target=_blank>www.fbcradio.org</A><BR><BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>
<DIV class=h5>> Original Message:<BR>> -----------------<BR>> From:
scott <A href="mailto:scott@sedc.k12.ut.us">scott@sedc.k12.ut.us</A><BR>>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:05:07 -0600<BR>> To: <A
href="mailto:koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">koha@lists.katipo.co.nz</A><BR>>
Subject: [Koha] Authorities help<BR>><BR>><BR>> What are the
authorities for? I cant find a explanation for them, I am<BR>> trying to
edit the 100 $a field, i figured out how to add authorities,<BR>> do a
search for that authority to stick it in the 100$a field, but whats<BR>>
the point? I could just turn them off, would it have a great affect
on<BR>> things?<BR>><BR>> Thanks. For those that
reply.<BR>><BR>><BR>> -Scott<BR>><BR>><BR>>
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