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Springer ebook records
by Stacy Pober 09 Mar '10

09 Mar '10

I loaded about 17,000 Springer ebooks into our catalog. I did not directly upload them into Koha, though. First, I edited them in the free MarcEdit program to add some fields. We use EZproxy to allow our users to access IP-restricted resources from off-campus. If you use something similar, you would use the Edit Subfield Data function to alter the 856$u data. You would replace "http: with something like "http:ezproxy.yourlibrary.edu:2048/login?url=http:" Additionally, the Springer ebook MARC records do not come with any custom link text. We added custom link text by adding an 856$y field. with the text "Available for our library via Springer eBooks. Click here for access". The custom link text is often provided in an 856$w field rather than the $y field, and the $w and $y but they seem to display exactly the same in our catalog, so if you get other vendor-supplied records with 845$w fields, you don't need to change them unless you want to customize the link text. We also add a 952 field to specify the branchcode, ITYPE, shelving location and CCODE: \\$aMAN$bMAN$cEBOOKS$oELECTRONIC BOOKS$yEBOOKS$8EBOOKS The branch code needed to be added because without it, each ebook appeared in Koha with messages about availability that we did not want to see. Adding the ITYPE allowed us to add a "View this eBook" link to each summary record which is a nice convenience for end-users. We also add a 500$a field which lists the ebook service name (Springer eBooks) because that's the standard way we've been listing all other ebook packages (not all of the vendors have the package name anywhere in the record) and a 099$a field for Local Call Number of ELECTRONIC BOOKS because that's the way our other ebooks have always been listed. You may not need or want this level of customization, but it's nice to know it's available. When I first tried to upload the Springer records, I could not upload them in one step. Our catalog is hosted by LibLime and at the time I processed these records (a couple of months ago), the server response time was very slow and it would time out for large uploads. This was the only batch of MARC records I had that was quite so large, and I had to split the 17,000 records into batches of about 1500 records. I don't know if there is any effective limit on file size for uploads in the official version of Koha. The processing of the initial file of the large Springer ebook record set was tedious but routine. However, Springer issues updated record sets for books they add to your subscription each month, and I am currently trying to work through some problems in the December update file. The monthly updates come in separate files for each publication year. We get five years of books, and rather than having to process them separately, I used MarcJoin in MarcEdit to concatenate them into one large file. This did not work, because it turned out there were some invalid characters in two of the records that caused errors in the joined file. I'm still working through that. The individual files validate correctly using the validator in MarcEdit, so I need to find a 'pickier' MARC validator to find the invalid characters. One more thing about ebook MARC records generally: I find that the quality of publisher-supplied MARC records is very variable. One problem we ran into with the MARC record sets for netLibrary and a couple of other vendors is that some of the records included multiple $856$u fields with URL's leading to other subscription-based online services to which we have no access. I had to find those bad URLs and strip them out of our records, and that was a little tedious. -- Stacy Pober Information Alchemist Riverdale, NY 10471 stacy.pober(a)manhattan.edu

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Re: [Koha] Inquiry: Batch download e-books from Springer Databaseto KOHA with Marc-Records
by Susan Mustafa 09 Mar '10

09 Mar '10

That is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you all :D On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 9:06 PM, Indranil Das Gupta <indradg(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Susan, > > 2010/3/7 Susan Mustafa <susan.mustafa(a)gmail.com>: > > 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? > > Was away from comp, so couldn't answer you sooner. Springer freely > provides MARC records for all their e-books. Perhaps what you need to > get started would be this : > > > http://www.springer.com/librarians/e-content/springer+marc+records?SGWID=0-… > > hope that helps :) > > -- > 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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How to make smaller version of Koha?
by Vimal Kumar 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

I submitted a query to find a solution to reduce the size of Koha package. I didn't received a proper solution. I succeeded in find a solution at last. Here is the solution. Template files of various languages make Koha big size. Template files of intranet and OPAC resides in "koha-tmpl" folder. We can reduce the size of Koha package by deleting unwanted lanuage files. Follow the steps here, 1. Extract the koha package. 2. Enter into koha-3.00.05/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog 3. Delete all folders except "en" and "img" 4. Enter into koha-3.00.05/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/prog 5. Delete all folders except en, famfamfam, images, itemtypeimg. Here "en" is the language folder name for English. If your language is different, you can retain your language instead of English. It will reduce the koha package to 20 MB. Then you can start the installation using the small size koha. It take less time for Koha installation. Smaller size Koha is useful for save your time in training programmes and installation for others. -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.vimalkumar.co.nr Blog: http://vimalkumar.oksociety.in OK Society Volunteer. http://oksociety.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White

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Call for Koha Newsletter Articles
by Nicole Engard 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

It's that time again! The newsletter will be released on the 15th of this month and that means I need some submissions from users and developers alike! Articles can be as short as 2 sentences - so send along any news/tips/guides/ideas you want to share with the community. Thanks Nicole C. Engard

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Advanced Search Question
by Nicole Engard 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

In the Advanced Search tab in the staff client, what does “scan indexes” mean? Thanks Nicole

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Serials Question
by Nicole Engard 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

On the advanced patters, what is inner counter? I seemed to have documented all but this in the 3.0 manual ... Thanks Nicole

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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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