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Re: [Koha] Koha and CAS
by paul POULAIN 19 Jun '09

19 Jun '09

Winter, James a écrit : > By "soon" do you mean it's already in there? (Can you tell I'm anxious?) Thanks for developing that; it will help us tremendously. > Hi James, I mean it works on our test database. We should test on a production setup soon, and submit the code to official Koha soon too. HTH -- Paul POULAIN http://www.biblibre.com Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc Tel : (33) 4 91 81 35 08

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Linking an item to multiple bibliographic records
by Walls, Ian 19 Jun '09

19 Jun '09

Koha folks, In the migration process for my library, I've come across an odd subset of records in our existing ILS. This system allows you to link an item record to multiple bib records. We use this for providing additional access to certain issues of certain medical journals; these issues are at once a volume/issue of a series AND a monographic publication with ISBN. Patrons may look for the resource under either paradigm, either trying to find an article within (using a journal citation), or obtain a book on a specific topic (these certain issues are grouped by subject). Example: Seminars in Neurology, volume 12 (1992) has the monographic title "Neurodermatology". The series record just has the subject heading "Neurology-Periodicals", while monographic record has subject heading "Neurodermatitis" and an authority link to the editor. Koha's data structure doesn't allow a record in the Items table to point to multiple records in the Biblio and Biblioitems table. Let's ignore that Biblio and Biblioitems are split, since there has been discussion of merger in the future, and best not to hack a solution on something that'll disappear. What other ways could we come up with share the item information between two different bibs? Here are a few of my ideas; I'd love to hear more! * Attach the item to the monographic record, and fill in the series information to match the series record. Add some kind of code to the series record's display to show items attached to other bibs with the same ISSN and/or series title. * Attach the item to either record, and then do some kind of field repurposing in the Item record to include the biblio/biblioitem number of the other, and have the OPAC display this somehow. * Just include a link the monographic record to the series, and tell people to look there for the item's location/availability * Duplicate the item record, and come up with some kind of way to sync it... must show both items checked out if one is. * Keep the item data in both MARCXML records, but only import the info into MySQL for one * Use the Summary level in Koha 3.2... somehow.... Have any of you encountered this kind of problem before? What were your solutions? Does the above make sense? Could something else be done? Thanks so much, Ian Walls Systems Integration Librarian NYU Health Sciences Libraries (212) 263-8687 </PRE> <html> <body> ------------------------------------------------------------<br /> This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is proprietary, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender by return email and delete the original message. Please note, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The organization accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.<br /> ================================= </body> </html> <PRE>

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Enhancement for command line borrower loading
by David Schuster 18 Jun '09

18 Jun '09

http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3340 I've asked for possible co sponsors on this item... Vote 1 if you want this and I will know who else I could contact to coordinate money! David Schuster -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Enhancement-for-command-line-borrower-loading-tp24095… Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Re: [Koha] MARC 001 plugin?
by Nicole Engard 18 Jun '09

18 Jun '09

That email is 2 years old - and so probably doesn't apply to the newest version - maybe someone else can help out with this. --- Nicole C. Engard Open Source Evangelist, LibLime (888) Koha ILS (564-2457) ext. 714 nce(a)liblime.com AIM/Y!/Skype: nengard http://liblime.com http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/ On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 1:54 AM, Ondrej Mlecka<omlecka(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, I found the reference in this email: > http://markmail.org/message/2iwp5afawxhegpb7 . So I contancted Joshua, and I > was told to search in Koha package or otherwise to post an email on the > mailing list. > > Ondrej Mlecka > > > http://markmail.org/message/2iwp5afawxhegpb7 > > On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 01:19, Nicole Engard <nicole.engard(a)liblime.com> > wrote: >> >> I'm including the entire list in this email - where did you find that >> documentation? And does anyone else have any information about this? >> >> --- >> >> Nicole C. Engard >> Open Source Evangelist, LibLime >> (888) Koha ILS (564-2457) ext. 714 >> nce(a)liblime.com >> AIM/Y!/Skype: nengard >> >> http://liblime.com >> http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/ >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Ondrej Mlecka<omlecka(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> > Thank you. I found on the internet the information about plugins for >> > fields >> > 001, 003, 005, 008 ecc., but, as I see, the 001seems to be a mistake. I >> > wanted to use this field for correctness of the MARC code, but I think I >> > will use the 999 identifier only. >> > >> > Thank you >> > >> > Ondrej Mlecka >> > >> > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 12:02, Nicole Engard <nicole.engard(a)liblime.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> In Koha Cataloging a "plugin" can be found by clicking on the "..." >> >> after the cataloging field. Basically plugins make it so that you can >> >> edit the field with a series of pull down menus. That said, there >> >> isn't a plugin for the 001 that I know of. >> >> >> >> --- >> >> >> >> Nicole C. Engard >> >> Open Source Evangelist, LibLime >> >> (888) Koha ILS (564-2457) ext. 714 >> >> nce(a)liblime.com >> >> AIM/Y!/Skype: nengard >> >> >> >> http://liblime.com >> >> http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 2009/6/12 Ondrej Mlecka <omlecka(a)gmail.com>: >> >> > Hi all, >> >> > >> >> > I've read that there exists a plugin for MARC 001 field but I can't >> >> > find >> >> > it >> >> > anywhere. Would anyone know where I can find this plugin? >> >> > >> >> > Thank you >> >> > >> >> > Ondrej Mlecka >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > Koha mailing list >> >> > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >> >> > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > > >

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journal with continuous numbering
by Balcziunas, Adam 18 Jun '09

18 Jun '09

Hello, First of all, thanks for the helpful responses; I have a much better idea of how the advanced pattern tool works now. However, I tried entering the values suggested in the FAQ at http://koha.org/documentation/faq/how-do-i-create-a-new-subscription-for -a-journal-with-continuous-numbering/view, and they do not seem to be working. When I test the prediction, I get the following result: Based on the information entered, the Numbering Pattern will look like this: * Vol 104, No 486 * Vol 104, No 486 * Vol 104, No 486 * Vol 104, No 486 * Vol 104, No 486 If I remove the values from the "year" column (z), I get: Vol 104, No 486 Vol 104, No 487 Vol 104, No 488 Vol 104, No 489 Vol 104, No 490 Vol 104, No 491 Vol 104, No 492 Vol 104, No 493 Vol 104, No 494 Vol 104, No 495 Vol 104, No 496 Vol 104, No 497 The volume doesn't change every four. What I need is a prediction that looks like this: Vol 104, No 486 Vol 104, No 487 Vol 104, No 488 Vol 104, No 489 Vol 105, No 490 Vol 105, No 491 Vol 105, No 492 Vol 105, No 493 Vol 106, No 494 Vol 106, No 495 Is it possible that one of my other settings is affecting the prediction? Thanks, Adam Adam Balcziunas Serials & Reference Librarian Landman Library Arcadia University 215.572.2842

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Re: [Koha] Migrate Alice for Windows
by Emrys Minnig 18 Jun '09

18 Jun '09

You need to run MarcEdit's MarcBreaker utility on the .dat file and then use MarcEdit's MarcEditor to read it. It should have a nice intuitive layout. Next, from the Tools menu, use the Edit Field Data and Swap Field Data tools to manipulate your fields and subfields. Finally, from the File menu, select 'Compile to MARC' to put it back into a .dat format. Unfortunately, I don't have my notes on the exact Alice-to-Koha subfield mapping handy (as it's been quite a while) but if you look at Koha's 952 subfield numbers/letters on Koha's 'Add Item' screen and then look at the 995 (I think) subfields of your exported record, you should be able to tell which subfields correspond. Emrys ________________________________ From: Seth Mayo [mailto:smayo@stpeters.nsw.edu.au] Sent: Thu 18/06/2009 03:16 To: Emrys Minnig Subject: Re: [Koha] Migrate Alice for Windows Ok, now I'm confused... I exported a USMARC file from Alice and then opened it in MARCEdit. In MARCEdit it turned up as lots of continuous lines like the following...that wasn't exactly what I expected. What did I do wrong? Alice exports in 'dat' files, did I need to convert it first? If so, what do I need to do? 00476nam 22001691a 4500020002400000040004300024082001100067100002100078245003500099250000800134260004200142300002400184600001300208600001200221850003100233852004200264 a9780192721167 c0.00 aSt. Peter's Anglican Primary - Library aJ bWIL aWILDSMITH, Brian a1 2 3 cBrian Wildsmith h[Text] as/c aOxford bOxford University Press c1965 a[30] p. : col. ill. aCounting aNumbers aSt Peter's Anglican School kLIBRARY hJ iWIL pR013782560 910.00 t0 00487nam 22001691a 4500020002400000040004300024082000800067100001800075245003900093250000800132260004600140500003400186600001300220600001200233850003100245852004100276 a9780867700336 c0.00 aSt. Peter's Anglican Primary - Library bBRE aBRENNAN, John a1 2 3 AND WHAT DO YOU SEE? h[Text] ah/c aBoronia, VIC bJ.M. 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God is great h[Sound Recording] aEngadine, NSW bWanaaring Road Music c2002 a1 CD-ROM aAussie Praise for kids aSheet music and colouring in book aMusic aMusic aSt Peter's Anglican School kTEACHER RESOURCE h782.25 iBUC pR272502560 922.68 t0 kTEACHER RESOURCE h782.25 iBUC pR272512560 922.68 t0 00690nam 22002171a 4500001001100000010001500011020002400026040004300050082001100093100002300104245010200127260003100229300002400260500002100284600002100305600003000326600002100356700002300377850003100400852004100431 2003009780 a2003009780 a9780439577694 c0.00 aSt. Peter's Anglican Primary - Library aJ bLOO aLoomis, Christine. aThe 10 best things about my Dad / cby Christine Loomis ; illustrated by Jackie Urbanovic. h[Text] aNew York bScholastic c2004 a[30] p. : col. ill. aCartwheel Books. aFathers xPoetry. aParent and child xPoetry. aStories in rhyme aUrbanovic, Jackie. aSt Peter's Anglican School kLIBRARY hJ iLOO pR337172560 96.00 t0 00155nam 22000611a 4500020000900000040004300009245004100052 c0.00 aSt. Peter's Anglican Primary - Library aTen best things about my Dad h[Text] 00632nam 22001931a 4500020002400000040004300024082001100067100002100078245007600099250000800175260007400183300002200257500001800279600002400297600002300321600002200344850003100366852004100397 a9780590719490 c0.00 aSt. Peter's Anglican Primary - Library aJ bBOG aBOGART, Jo Ellen a10 for Dinner cJo Ellen Bogart ; illustrations by Carlos Freire h[Text] as/c aRichmond Hill, io, Canada bScholastic-TAB Publications Ltd c1989 a20 p. : col. ill. aCarlos Freire aBirthdays - Fiction aCounting xFiction. aFriends - Fiction aSt Peter's Anglican School kLIBRARY hJ iBOG pR335882560 98.00 t0 00551nam 22001811a 4500020002400000040004300024082000800067100001800075245004600093250000800139260006500147300000900212600003100221600001000252700001900262850003100281852005700312 a9780958715775 c0.00 aSt. Peter's Anglican Primary - Library bTAY aTAYLOR, Steve a10 IN ONE : A COLLECTION OF PLAYS h[Text] as/c aSt Kilda South, VIC bEducation Resources Group Pty Ltd c1997 a1-60 aTeacher's resource - Plays aPlays aDENSLEY, Kevin aSt Peter's Anglican School kTEACHER RESOURCE h822.008 iTAY pR206182560 974.00 t0 00412nam 22001571a 4500020002400000040004300024082000800067100001800075245002700093250000800120260003200128600001300160600000900173850003100182852004100213 a9780861124381 c0.00 aSt. Peter's Anglican Primary - Library bBRI aBRIMAX, BOOKS a10 LITTLE MICE h[Text] as/c aEngland bBrimax Books c1987 aCounting aMice aSt Peter's Anglican School kLIBRARY hJ iBRI pR148342560 98.00 t0 00602nam 22001931a Seth Mayo IT Technical Manager Email: smayo(a)stpeters.nsw.edu.au ------------------------------------------------------- St Peter's Anglican Primary School Howe Street Campbelltown NSW 2560 PH: 02 4627 2990 Website: http://www.stpeters.nsw.edu.au <http://www.stpeters.nsw.edu.au/> 2009/6/18 Seth Mayo <smayo(a)stpeters.nsw.edu.au>: > What process did you follow to migrate? In other words, what did you > migrate, when and how? > > My biggest concern was the compatibility and obviously that is > possible as you have done it. I tried again yesterday to import and > managed to get resources into the system in much the way you > described. However, the fields didn't match. What you mentioned > about MarcEdit should fix that and I'll work on that now. Next the > thing to work out are the following: > > Did your copies information import correctly? > How did you transfer the loan information (eg. the status of > particular books having been loaned out currently)? > > Thanks for your help. I'm sure I'll have more questions for you but > I'll try not to take up too much of your time. > > Seth Mayo > IT Technical Manager > Email: smayo(a)stpeters.nsw.edu.au > ------------------------------------------------------- > St Peter's Anglican Primary School > Howe Street > Campbelltown NSW 2560 > PH: 02 4627 2990 > Website: http://www.stpeters.nsw.edu.au <http://www.stpeters.nsw.edu.au/> > > > > > > 2009/6/17 Emrys Minnig <emrysminnig(a)varndean.co.uk>: >> I successfully migrated from Alice to Koha 3. I used Alice's 'Export to USMARC' utility to dump all the records into a .dat file. >> >> Next, using MarcEdit (free from oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/html/) I moved item information from Alice's 999 subfields to Koha's 952 subfields (if I remember right). >> >> Then, I used Koha's 'Stage MARC records' utility to populate the catalogue. >> >> If you have any other questions, feel free to email me. >> >> Emrys Minnig >> Varndean School >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: koha-bounces(a)lists.katipo.co.nz on behalf of Seth Mayo >> Sent: Wed 17/06/2009 03:54 >> To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >> Subject: [Koha] Migrate Alice for Windows >> >> >> >> Has anyone migrated Alice for Windows to Koha? >> >> Alice for Windows hasn't been working right in our school for while >> and I'm looking to change to Koha. However I haven't been able to get >> the exported MARC file to import. Unfortunately I don't know much >> about MARC but basically what I've done is the following. >> >> 1. Used the Alice for Windows 'Export to MARC' function to dump a >> MARC 21 .dat file >> 2. Set up the environment variables for bulkmarcimport.pl >> 3. Run bulkmarcimport.pl to import the data which returned that 21000 >> odd items were imported >> 4. Found there were no more items in the database than before. >> 5. Tried uploading it to import through the 'reservior' method and it >> gave me a report that there were the same number of records but that >> there were MARC errors on each one. >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Regards, >> >> Seth Mayo >> IT Technical Manager >> Email: smayo(a)stpeters.nsw.edu.au >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> St Peter's Anglican Primary School >> Howe Street >> Campbelltown NSW 2560 >> PH: 02 4627 2990 >> Website: http://www.stpeters.nsw.edu.au <http://www.stpeters.nsw.edu.au/> <http://www.stpeters.nsw.edu.au/> >> _______________________________________________ >> Koha mailing list >> Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha <http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha> >> >> >> >

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Koha Installation Guide and Koha at a Glance
by Bob McGrath 17 Jun '09

17 Jun '09

Johshua, The following error occurs when trying to download the Koha install PDF: "Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL which is required for WordPress." It appears you need to compile PHP with MySQL support. Thanks for the documentation! bobm...........

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Re: [Koha] Migrate Alice for Windows
by Olugbenga Adara 17 Jun '09

17 Jun '09

Hello, One thing i've found useful when migrating data is to do a full manual cataloging of a sample biblio/item in the koha, then search for this record in OPAC and save as a marc record. I then use marcedit on this record to see koha marc tags and use that as a reference when mapping from other ILS or excel. My 2 cents Olugbenga Adara Mobile: 234-803-3220288 --- On Wed, 6/17/09, Emrys Minnig <emrysminnig(a)varndean.co.uk> wrote: > From: Emrys Minnig <emrysminnig(a)varndean.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [Koha] Migrate Alice for Windows > To: "Seth Mayo" <smayo(a)stpeters.nsw.edu.au>, koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 5:15 AM > I successfully migrated from Alice to > Koha 3. I used Alice's 'Export to USMARC' utility to > dump all the records into a .dat file. > > Next, using MarcEdit (free from > oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/html/) I moved item > information from Alice's 999 subfields to Koha's 952 > subfields (if I remember right). > > Then, I used Koha's 'Stage MARC records' utility to > populate the catalogue. > > If you have any other questions, feel free to email me. > > Emrys Minnig > Varndean School > > > > ________________________________ > > From: koha-bounces(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > on behalf of Seth Mayo > Sent: Wed 17/06/2009 03:54 > To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > Subject: [Koha] Migrate Alice for Windows > > > > Has anyone migrated Alice for Windows to Koha? > > Alice for Windows hasn't been working right in our school > for while > and I'm looking to change to Koha. However I haven't > been able to get > the exported MARC file to import. Unfortunately I > don't know much > about MARC but basically what I've done is the following. > > 1. Used the Alice for Windows 'Export to MARC' > function to dump a > MARC 21 .dat file > 2. Set up the environment variables for > bulkmarcimport.pl > 3. Run bulkmarcimport.pl to import the data which > returned that 21000 > odd items were imported > 4. Found there were no more items in the database > than before. > 5. Tried uploading it to import through the > 'reservior' method and it > gave me a report that there were the same number of records > but that > there were MARC errors on each one. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Regards, > > Seth Mayo > IT Technical Manager > Email: smayo(a)stpeters.nsw.edu.au > ------------------------------------------------------- > St Peter's Anglican Primary School > Howe Street > Campbelltown NSW 2560 > PH: 02 4627 2990 > Website: http://www.stpeters.nsw.edu.au <http://www.stpeters.nsw.edu.au/> > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha <http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha> > > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >

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Re: [Koha] Senayan Library Management System: Sorry for the wrongsubmission
by gsl 17 Jun '09

17 Jun '09

----- Original Message ----- From: "BWS Johnson" <mhelman(a)illinoisalumni.org> To: Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 6:13:24 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [Koha] Senayan Library Management System: Sorry for the wrongsubmission Salvete! ------snip-------------- Climate wise I'd rather not drive people off that might be involved in more than one OS project; they're important bridges. "More is different" if we want things to emerge. >I agree that cooperation with other F/OSS library software projects, >including ILSs, is a good thing, but I don't think we should be driven >by a fear of reinventing wheels. Different projects have different *nod* The pickle of innovation is that it almost has to happen quickly and spontaneously. It's driven by need, so I don't think we should balk for fear of reinventing wheels. However, I do think we should consciously cherry pick good code from other OS projects if it's possible to do so. I know I've wanted to see the deduplication for authorities that I saw at a demonstration about eXtensible Catalogue somehow work its way into Koha. Planning again: should we have a liaison or liaisons to other OS projects to make us aware of good developments in other people's backyards? >>>I really think that "Koha" should be keeping an eye >>>on projects like DSpace and Fedora-Commons, which >>>themselves have found enough commonality that they >>>are merging. Digital archival apps are really a close >>>cousin to ILSies, and DSpace (FLOSS of course) is >>>used by a lot of big name institutions world-wide, and >>>some degree of "compatability" between the DSpace and Koha >>>might promote the spread of Koha. >>>http://dspace.org http://www.fedora-commons.org/ >>>de Greg ----------------------snip----------------- Cheers, Brooke

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Koha and CAS
by Winter, James 17 Jun '09

17 Jun '09

Anyone have any experience using Koha with CAS? James Winter Arcadia University <http://www.arcadia.edu/> Systems Manager 215.517.2588 winterj(a)arcadia.edu <mailto:winterj@arcadia.edu>

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