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Users telling library what they want: holds, reservers and?
by David M. Bucknell 07 Mar '10

07 Mar '10

Hi All, On Koha 2.29 there is a reserve button. On our new installation of 3.0.5 there is not. I have enabled holds, but I haven't been successful in getting anything to show for the user yet. The issue, of course, is how to transmit information about what the user/patron wants to the librarian to make check-out easier. In other words, how do you expect people (users/patrons) to check out materials? Examples would be appreciated. Do your users employ holds to tell the librarian what they want? Thank you, David -- * iteachnet.org, flossed.org, makethewebyours.com, ischoolnet.org * IKN (International Knowledge Networks, Co., Ltd. Thailand) * http://intknowledge.com * Web Ideas, Tools and Sites for Teachers, Schools, Businesses and You. * Cell: +66(0*)84 329 1183; Office: +66(0*)2 980 9464 (*No "0" if calling from overseas.)* ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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Re: [Koha] Inquiry: Batch download e-books from Springer Databaseto KOHA with Marc-Records
by Susan Mustafa 07 Mar '10

07 Mar '10

Hi, Does this mean I have to request a MARC records file from Springer themselves?? Is this normal to ask for? Would they know what I am talking about? On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Irma Birchall <irma(a)calyx.net.au> wrote: > Hi Susan, > > Welcome to Koha. > > When You receive a MARC records file from Springer, save it on your > desktop so that when you "Import marc records" hit the browse button > and retrieve it from your desktop. > See how you go. You might find the manual helpful too:* > > **http://stats.workbuffer.org/manual_en/*<http://stats.workbuffer.org/manual_en/> > * * > Irma > CALYX > > ------------------------------ > *From:* koha-bounces(a)lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto: > koha-bounces(a)lists.katipo.co.nz] *On Behalf Of *Susan Mustafa > *Sent:* Sunday, 7 March 2010 8:22 PM > *To:* Indranil Das Gupta > *Cc:* koha koha > *Subject:* Re: [Koha] Inquiry: Batch download e-books from Springer > Databaseto KOHA with Marc-Records > > Do I need a marc record file? I see "Import marc records", but it asks me > for a file. > > If I require a MARC file, do I need to contact Springer to give me this > file? OR is there another way? > > Thank you, > > > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Susan Mustafa <susan.mustafa(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi Indranil, >> >> How do you import Marc21 records from the Springer DBs?? I am really >> unsure of how to connect Koha + Springer together and how to do "batch >> download"? >> >> Please walk me through the steps or direct me to an article explaining >> this? >> >> Do I need a z39.50 server or how?? :) >> >> Thank you, >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Indranil Das Gupta <indradg(a)gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Hi Susan, >>> >>> 2010/3/7 Susan Mustafa <susan.mustafa(a)gmail.com>: >>> >>> [snipped] >>> >>> > At the moment, our Institute is registered with Springer, for 14k or >>> 15k of >>> > online e-books. My library director has requested me to look into >>> whether >>> > Koha can do automatic batch downloading of all those e-books into our >>> KOHA >>> > system, with "MARC Records" created for them. >>> >>> One of my clients' - West Bengal University of Technology, are >>> subscribed to Springer ebooks for copyright years 2005, 2006 and 2007, >>> approx 13k of ebooks. Never faced any problem with importing the >>> Springer Marc21 records from their site into my client's Koha >>> installation. The DOI links in the Springer Marc file are preserved as >>> the URI sub-tag `u` of 956 of each individual ebook record. >>> >>> So an user browsing the OPAC can click the link and will be taken to >>> the content on Springer site (my client uses campus IP based >>> authentication). >>> >>> > Now honestly, I am new to Koha, so I have no idea if this is feasible >>> or >>> > not, that's why I am asking you guys :) >>> >>> From my experience, it just works, however YMMV >>> >>> hth :) >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Indranil Das Gupta >>> >>> Phone : +91-98300-20971 >>> Blog : http://indradg.randomink.org/blog >>> IRC : indradg on irc://irc.freenode.net >>> Twitter : indradg >>> >>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >>> Please exchange editable Office documents only in ODF Format. No other >>> format is acceptable. Support Open Standards. >>> >>> To get a free editor supporting ODF, please visit >>> http://www.openoffice.org/ >>> >> >> >

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Re: [Koha] Inquiry: Batch download e-books from Springer Database to KOHA with Marc-Records
by Susan Mustafa 07 Mar '10

07 Mar '10

Hi Indranil, How do you import Marc21 records from the Springer DBs?? I am really unsure of how to connect Koha + Springer together and how to do "batch download"? Please walk me through the steps or direct me to an article explaining this? Do I need a z39.50 server or how?? :) Thank you, On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Indranil Das Gupta <indradg(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Susan, > > 2010/3/7 Susan Mustafa <susan.mustafa(a)gmail.com>: > > [snipped] > > > At the moment, our Institute is registered with Springer, for 14k or 15k > of > > online e-books. My library director has requested me to look into > whether > > Koha can do automatic batch downloading of all those e-books into our > KOHA > > system, with "MARC Records" created for them. > > One of my clients' - West Bengal University of Technology, are > subscribed to Springer ebooks for copyright years 2005, 2006 and 2007, > approx 13k of ebooks. Never faced any problem with importing the > Springer Marc21 records from their site into my client's Koha > installation. The DOI links in the Springer Marc file are preserved as > the URI sub-tag `u` of 956 of each individual ebook record. > > So an user browsing the OPAC can click the link and will be taken to > the content on Springer site (my client uses campus IP based > authentication). > > > Now honestly, I am new to Koha, so I have no idea if this is feasible or > > not, that's why I am asking you guys :) > > From my experience, it just works, however YMMV > > hth :) > > > -- > Indranil Das Gupta > > Phone : +91-98300-20971 > Blog : http://indradg.randomink.org/blog > IRC : indradg on irc://irc.freenode.net > Twitter : indradg > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Please exchange editable Office documents only in ODF Format. No other > format is acceptable. Support Open Standards. > > To get a free editor supporting ODF, please visit > http://www.openoffice.org/ >

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Inquiry: Batch download e-books from Springer Database to KOHA with Marc-Records
by Susan Mustafa 07 Mar '10

07 Mar '10

Hi All, I hope someone may have useful information on whether this task is feasible and whether it requires development or not. To explain: At the moment, our Institute is registered with Springer, for 14k or 15k of online e-books. My library director has requested me to look into whether Koha can do automatic batch downloading of all those e-books into our KOHA system, with "MARC Records" created for them. Now honestly, I am new to Koha, so I have no idea if this is feasible or not, that's why I am asking you guys :) Hopefully someone knows of a simple solution to this. Please do tell me if it is built-in functionality of Koha, or I may need to develop an extension from scratch for this. Looking forward to a reply :) Regards,

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Authority search in SEE FROM TRACING (Field 4XX)
by Beda Szukics 07 Mar '10

07 Mar '10

Hi all I try to use authority records. Searching the controlled terms (in 1XX) works fine. (I had to change "Heading-Main" into "Heading" in C4/AuthoritiesMarc.pm to enable it) But I'm not able to search for the "SEE" references (Fields 4XX). My example: The record with: 100 1# - HEADING--PERSONAL NAME a Personal name Davidov, Carol Julevic d Dates associated wit 1838-1889 400 1# - SEE FROM TRACING--PERSONAL NAME a Personal name Dawidow, Karl Juljewitsch is found if I search with "Davidov", "Carol" or "Julevic" but not with "Dawidow" and so on. How can I make these terms searchable? Greetings Beda BTW: Chronological Terms can't be searched at all.

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Configuring Koha to expose Z39.50/SRU services
by Magnus Enger 06 Mar '10

06 Mar '10

Hi, all! According to the documentation at http://koha.org/documentation/faq/could-someone-tell-me-the-exact-steps-i-n… configuring Koha/Zebra to expose Z39.50/SRU services should be as simple as changing  to <listen id="publicserver" >tcp:@:9999</listen> in koha-conf.xml. In my experience it has not been that simple. Just doing the above gives a 404 not found message from Zebra. What I have found to work is to copy the server- and serverinfo-elements for biblioserver, and replacing biblioserver with publicserver, so I get both <server id="biblioserver" listenref="biblioserver"> <directory>/var/lib/koha/zebradb/biblios</directory> <config>/etc/koha/zebradb/zebra-biblios.cfg</config> <cql2rpn>/etc/koha/zebradb/pqf.properties</cql2rpn>    <retrievalinfo> ... </retrievalinfo> <xi:include href="/etc/koha/zebradb/explain-biblios.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> <xi:fallback> <explain xmlns="http://explain.z3950.org/dtd/2.0/"> <serverInfo> <host>localhost</host> <port>9998</port> <database>biblios</database> </serverInfo> </explain> </xi:fallback> </xi:include> </server> <serverinfo id="biblioserver"> <ccl2rpn>/etc/koha/zebradb/ccl.properties</ccl2rpn> <user>****</user> <password>****</password> </serverinfo> and <server id="publicserver" listenref="publicserver"> <directory>/var/lib/koha/zebradb/biblios</directory> <config>/etc/koha/zebradb/zebra-biblios.cfg</config> <cql2rpn>/etc/koha/zebradb/pqf.properties</cql2rpn>    <retrievalinfo> ... </retrievalinfo> <xi:include href="/etc/koha/zebradb/explain-biblios.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> <xi:fallback> <explain xmlns="http://explain.z3950.org/dtd/2.0/"> <serverInfo> <host>localhost</host> <port>9998</port> <database>biblios</database> </serverInfo> </explain> </xi:fallback> </xi:include> </server> <serverinfo id="publicserver"> <ccl2rpn>/etc/koha/zebradb/ccl.properties</ccl2rpn> <user>****</user> <password>****</password> </serverinfo> (Here are the same examples with a bit of formatting, if the above fails: http://wiki.biblab.no/index.php/Hvordan_aktivisere_Z39.50_og_SRU_i_Koha) Has anyone else had the same experience, or found some other workaround? Regards, Magnus libriotech.no

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Change Intranet Directory
by stefan 06 Mar '10

06 Mar '10

Hi all is there a way to change Kohas Intranetdirectory to mysite.com/cat/intra/ ? Thanks, Stefan

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Re: [Koha] Koha Digest, Vol 53, Issue 19
by Stacy Pober 06 Mar '10

06 Mar '10

>>> Personally, I think it should be irrelevant to those seeking a vendor >>> too. ?If a vendor needs to should that loudly about what contracts >>> they're signing, rather than reporting afterwards in journal articles >>> and so on, then something seems a bit wrong to me. ?"X signed Y" is >>> not clear news - it might just mean X's sales/negotiators are good. >>> >> yes and no: I think it's important for someone to know that a french >> university has choosen Koha and BibLibre. If you're a university, you >> may find this information usefull. Press releases have a poor signal-to-noise ratio. I think this information is best provided in a table that shows the names of Koha libraries, the version of Koha they are using, and, if they are using a support vendor, which one they are using. This way, the information is provided, but the puffery is not. -- Stacy Pober Information Alchemist Manhattan College Library Riverdale, NY 10471 stacy.pober(a)manhattan.edu

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Bulkmarc import
by thandu venkat narayana 06 Mar '10

06 Mar '10

Dear All, How to use bulkimport.pl in koha 2.2.9 windows. Regards Venkat The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/

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Zebraqueue Daemon: error
by Nouman Soomro 06 Mar '10

06 Mar '10

Venerable All I have following error plz help me in this regard http://pastebin.org/101648

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