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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Welcome! My experience is with DDC, LC and a unique classification schemes. I would think that you’d use MARC 084 for the BISAC classification. I imagine
that you will have to input the BISAC classification into each record but other than that, it should be fairly straight-forward. If you use MARC 084 for BISAC, you’ll want to map the items to 084.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">The Koha Manual (<a href="http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-4-manual-en/?ch=c18#catprefs">http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-4-manual-en/?ch=c18#catprefs</a>)
1.1.4.2.2 DefaultClassificationSource states that classification sources are as follows:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">ANSCR (Sound Recordings)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Dewey Decimal Classification</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Library of Congress Classification</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">SuDoc Classification (U.S. GPO)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Universal Decimal Classification</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Koha items may be mapped to MARC fields. The Koha Manual (http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-4-manual-en/?ch=x4912#kohamarcmapping) 1.4.6. Classification
Sources states MARC call numbers appear in 050, 074, 082, 084, 086, 090 and 092.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">I hope this helps!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Rachel Hollis, librarian</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Stevens-Henager College, Boise & Nampa Idaho</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:windowtext"> koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Randy Smith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 07, 2011 3:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> koha@lists.katipo.co.nz<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Koha] New to the list-- questions about BISAC</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our library consortium is in the initial stages of moving from Ex Libris to Koha with an entirely new LIS administrator. The administrator we are considering suggested that I join the list as a place to get answers and advice from people
who are using a Koha generated LIS. I am a reference librarian assigned the task of coming up with the right questions to ask as we go through the process of setting up the profile of what we want our Koha system to do. The list moderator suggested I introduce
myself in my first post. Thanks for your patience.<br>
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Now for my first question. We have also decided to drop DDC as a classification system and change to a modification of the BISAC (Book Industry Study Group) headings. For example, instead of "579.17 Dunn" we will have "Medical--Microbiology--Dunn".
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Does anyone have any experience using BISAC instead of DDC when using Koha? What MARC field(s) did you use for classification? Is there any reason to include the BISAC alpha-numeric code that accompanies each term in the MARC field? (in this example MED
052000).<br>
Thanks.<br>
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Randy Smith<br>
Lewiston City Library<br>
208. 743-6519</p>
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