<div dir="ltr"><div><br>If anyone else might be facing this issue, the below are the steps from getting the .bin file from Springer into Importing it into Koha.<br><br>Step 1- Rename .bin into .mrc [No changing internal file structure]<br>
Step 2- Load this file into MarcEdit<br>Step 3- Make all the customizations [Adding, modifying, deleting records] [The structure once loaded into MarcEdit would like like below as example]<br><br></div><div style="margin-left: 120px;">
=LDR 02417cam 2200577Ia 4500<br>=001 ocn184903927<br>=003 OCoLC<br>=005
20100416100144.0<br>=006 m\\\\\\\\d\\\\\\\\<br>
=007 cr\cn|<br>=008 071219s2007\\\\nyuacf\\sb\\\\001\0\eng\d<br>=040
\\$aGW5XE$cGW5XE$dGW5XE$dYDXCP$dTEX<br>=020 \\$a9780387465265<br>=020
\\$a038746526X<br>=029 1\$aAU@$b000042133518<br>=029
1\$aNZ1$b11675905<br>
=029 1\$aAU@$b000043253015<br>
=035 \\$a(OCoLC)184903927<br>=037 \\$a978-0-387-28223-7$bSpringer$nhttp://<a href="http://www.springerlink.com/" target="_blank">www.springerlink.com</a><br>=050
14$aQP368.7$b.K37 2007eb<br>=060 14$a2006 N-753<br>=060 14$aWL
102.8$bK18e 2007<br>
=072 \7$aQP$2lcco<br>=082 04$a612.8/042$222<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div>Step 4- You are sure of all of your changes and are now ready to import into Koha<br>Step 5- On the now finalized modified tmp file, Click on File -> Compile File to MARC<br>
Step 6- The newly generated file would have .mrc extension and CAN be staged and imported into Koha.<br><br><br>Regards,<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Susan Mustafa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:susan.mustafa@gmail.com">susan.mustafa@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div class="im">Dear All,<br><br>Springer has provided me with a .bin file. This file
has marc21 data in it and when I stage it into Koha it works fine.<br>
<br>However I have to modify this marc file and add fields or edit
fields using the [MarcEditor] tool.<br>
<br>Now the problem is, in order to read it correctly INSIDE the
MARCEDITOR, i change the extension from .BIN to .MRC<br><br>This is ok
up to the loading of the data into the MARC Editor.<br><br>Now, I added
some new fields as well as I have edited some fields. Now the issue is
here.<br>
<br>------------<br>After adding/editing fields in this file, I SAVE as
MRC.<br><br>When I try to load this NEW marc file into KOHA using
Staging, it does not go through and it says NaN error.<br><br>I am not
sure what to do now.<br>
<br>I am using Koha 3.0.<br><br></div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr">I forgot to add an example of the first-file data[the .bin] file from Springer and the data after I convert using MarcEditor and Koha can't read it.<br>
<br><br>========BEGINNING ====Works=======<br><br>02417cam 2200577Ia 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007000700055008004100062040003600103020001800139020001500157029002200172029001800194029002200212035002100234037006100255050002500316060001500341060002400356072001300380082001800393049000900411100004800420245020700468260003400675300007400709533024300783504005101026650002501077650002801102650002101130650003001151650002801181650003901209650001901248650004001267650002401307650002401331650002801355650001701383655002901400700002201429776007601451710003401527856014301561856008101704938004001785994001401825 ocn184903927 OCoLC 20100416100144.0 m d cr cn| 071219s2007 nyuacf sb 001 0 eng d aGW5XE cGW5XE dGW5XE dYDXCP dTEX a9780387465265 a038746526X 1 aAU@ b000042133518 1 aNZ1 b11675905 1 aAU@ b000043253015 a(OCoLC)184903927 a978-0-387-28223-7 bSpringer nhttp://<a href="http://www.springerlink.com" target="_blank">www.springerlink.com</a> 14 aQP368.7 b.K37 2007eb 14 a2006 N-753 14 aWL 102.8 bK18e 2007 7 aQP 2lcco 04 a612.8/042 222 aMSDA 1 aKarczmar, A. G. q(Alexander George), d1918- 10 aExploring the vertebrate central cholinergic nervous system h[electronic resource] / cAlexander G. Karczmar ; with contributions by Neelima Chauhan ... [et al.] ; with a foreword ..............................................etc etc etc [Read by <b>NOTEPAD</b>]<br>
<br><br>=========END AFTER SAVE AS .mrc =============Koha can't load it=====Nan error=========<br><br><br>=LDR 02417cam 2200577Ia 4500<br>=001 ocn184903927<br>=003 OCoLC<br>=005 20100416100144.0<br>=006 m\\\\\\\\d\\\\\\\\<br>
=007 cr\cn|<br>=008 071219s2007\\\\nyuacf\\sb\\\\001\0\eng\d<br>=040 \\$aGW5XE$cGW5XE$dGW5XE$dYDXCP$dTEX<br>=020 \\$a9780387465265<br>=020 \\$a038746526X<br>=029 1\$aAU@$b000042133518<br>=029 1\$aNZ1$b11675905<br>
=029 1\$aAU@$b000043253015<br>
=035 \\$a(OCoLC)184903927<br>=037 \\$a978-0-387-28223-7$bSpringer$nhttp://<a href="http://www.springerlink.com" target="_blank">www.springerlink.com</a><br>=050 14$aQP368.7$b.K37 2007eb<br>=060 14$a2006 N-753<br>=060 14$aWL 102.8$bK18e 2007<br>
=072 \7$aQP$2lcco<br>=082 04$a612.8/042$222<br><br><br>etc<br>etc<br>etc<br><br><br>Please help, I am stuck at the moment....<div><div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div>
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