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by Library 21 Aug '04

21 Aug '04

Hi everybody, I have another question that if i set some tags after data entry..do i able to modify previous records with new defined tags. and if i delete some tags then do i lost the data entered in that tags in previous records. kanwal -- Librarian Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana (Punjab) India

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Re: [Koha] (no subject) Some info on MARC standards
by Baljkas Family 21 Aug '04

21 Aug '04

Friday, August 20, 2004 17:06 CDT Hi, Tazeen, Stephen Hedges answered the most important part of your questions already, so this is just a little addendum (extra). > secondly i want[ed] to ask that what i should fill in the > add biblio form under the isbn field which i[s] further > subdivided into linkage and field link and sequence number These things are almost never seen in libraries, Tazeen. You do not need to worry about them. The $6 Linkage subfield is specifically for alternate graphic representations. In simpler English, this is for *different alphabetic or other writing systems* (Arabic, Amharic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Japanese, Sanskrit, etc., etc.) *IF* your catalogue used multiscript (more than just Latin letters) displays. (I don't think Koha is quite up to that yet. I've yet to see a system that really is. ;-) ) The $8 Field Link and Sequence Number is another thing not to worry over. In simplest terms, it is used to provide more detailed information on items that are parts of a larger item (component parts) or that are reproductions of an original (reproduction). If you want a headache, you can surf to URL <http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdcntf.html#mrcs8> and read all about it. Even when Contents analysis is done in libraries (505 Note) it is exceedingly uncommon ever to see this. In the 010 tag, Library of Congress Control Number, the $b subfield is NUCMC control number. NUCMC = National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. Again, this is not something you will likely ever see outside of the U.S.A. so please do not worry about it. *** More importantly, if you do wonder about or have questions about MARC coding, you can find descriptions of the MARC standards and examples of how the fields are filled in, online, for free, via the Library of Congress Concise Format for Bibliographic Data page at URL <http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdhome.html>. This is part of the permanent MARC Standards information available at URL <http://www.loc.gov/marc/marc.html>. *** For your specific questions, you could surf to URL <http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdnumb.html#mrcb010> to find out about the 010 field (e.g. that you should add 3 blank spaces before entering the number, a long-standing practice), and further down that page to URL <http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdnumb.html#mrcb020> to read more about the 020 field (e.g. this shows that cataloguers remove the hyphens in ISBN numbers). I hope this added information will be of some help, if not now, then in the future. Please feel free to write with any additional MARC (or other) questions any time. Cheers, Steven F. Baljkas library tech at large Koha neophyte Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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MARC tag structure
by Suzanne Gilbert 20 Aug '04

20 Aug '04

Hello, We have been using various versions of koha for about 2 years. Each time our computer person would put the updated version on the library computer, it has been a good thing...it has made my job easier. That is until this latest version (2.0). I am so confused and frustrated, I'm ready to scrape the whole thing and go back to the good old days of paper and pencil. I am not a librarian, but know the dewey decimal system and how to run a library, in general. I am starting my 6th year as the librarian at a small ( just over 100 students) K-8 school. When I started here, the library was computerized using a system by the Follette Company. It was pretty straight forward and the previous librarian taught me every thing I would need to know (so I thought). All the previous versions of koha had everything our library needed. This new version is giving me way too much information. Is there a version for people who are not really librarians and don't need to set tag fields, etc. ? If not, here is where I am stuck... In PARAMETERS, I went to MARC tag structure. Clicking on MARC tag structure, it took me to the MARC tag structure admin. Across the top of that page it has: Tag Lib Repeatable Mandatory Authorized Value Subfields Edit Delete. What does REPEATABLE and MANDATORY mean? Under Repeatable and Mandatory , for each tag listed it has YES or NO. Are these Repeatable and Mandatory columes pre-set by the koha people? Should I change them or leave them alone? Why the heck am I being put through all this trouble when the last version was filling all the needs of our small library? I loved the way it was set up when I was doing Original Cataloging for a book. It was so easy and fast. I planned to put all the non-fiction books on the koha system computer over the summer and I haven't been able to get anything accomplished. Thanks for letting me rant. If I can get past this Repeatable and Mandatory section, maybe I will be able to figure out the rest of it. Thank you, Suzanne Gilbert IHM School P.S. I used to be on the koha mailing list. I haven't received any messages since early July. I'm not sure if this is the correct e-mail address to which I should send this plea. If not, please forward this message to the proper address.

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(no subject)
by tazeen ansari 20 Aug '04

20 Aug '04

hi actually we configured KOHA on our linux machine now the problem arises iz in its usage firstly i want to ask that can we integrate a scanner to our machineso that thr barcode scanning it can get the book informaton automatically secondly i want to ask that what i should fill in the add biblio form under the isbn field which iz further subdivided into linkage and field link and sequence number it appear in the form as follows 010 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER + a LC control number b NUCMC control number 020 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER 6 Linkage "See " 8 Field link and sequence number "See " a International Standard Book Number plz reply me soon bye _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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Koha 2.1.1 has been released
by Paul POULAIN 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

RELEASE NOTES ============= (HELP NEEDED chapter at the end of document) ROADMAP : A roadmap for Koha 2.2 is available here : http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/koha_wiki/index.php?page=KohaRoadmap This is the 2nd UNSTABLE VERSION of the future Koha 2.2. Please install this version only if you want to test and give some help to the team that develops this software. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER use it on a production machine. WARNING : * This version is ONLY available in ENGLISH. biblio frameworks are only available in UNIMARC - french. * This version is tested only with mozilla. Should work (partially) with IE. * Any 2.1.0 install must be uninstalled before installing 2.1.1 No update is provided for 2.1.0. INSTALLATION * Download the package * tar xvfz koha-version.tar.gz * cd koha-version * ./installer.pl * Follow the instructions UPGRADE from previous 2.0.0preX or RCx version * Download the package * tar xvfz koha-version.tar.gz * cd koha-version * ./koha.upgrade * Follow the instructions UPGRADE from previous 1.2.x version : UPGRADE TO A 2.0.0 version before upgrading to 2.1.1 This will be mandatory for the 2.2 official release. ============ WHAT'S NEW ============ 1- serials ********** The serial module is here. Online help is documented, and work fine. The serial module contains : * create a subscription. * automatically calculate issue. An issue can be delayed or marked "missing". * remind the librarian when the subscription expires. * deals with complex formulas to calculate issue number. * show subscriptions summaries in librarian interface and OPAC, with differents informations. 2- bugfixes *********** A lot in all modules. It seems everything works fine in new modules (Authorities, frameworks...) ========== FUTURE ========== The next release will probably be 2.2RC1. It should contains : * bugfixes. * some new code for a better LDAP handling (automatic creation of the borrower if it does not exist, getting informations from LDAP directory) * a barcode generator ! it's a new feature that should be commited by a new developper coming from south america (argentina). I've seen the code, it's clean & nice. Just a new dependencay, for PDF generating. Should be non mandatory for ppl that don't want to print barcodes. -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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Circulation module of Koha
by Library 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

hello everybody, ? in circulation section why we need to decide the return date (Sticky Due date),i think this may be the automatic function & THE MAIN PROBLEM is: it accept the more days than the defined days in the categories. For example : if we provide the issue service to the students for 2weeks, & here in circulation module if we issue the book even for one year it accept although only 2weeks permissions set for the student category in Borrower categories. Why? there should be a link between the Borrower categories & circulation module's due date.. -- Kanwal Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana (Punjab) India

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Re: [Koha] Followup on Z3950 daemon
by Paul POULAIN 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

Pls, continue the thread on the mailing list, not by private mail. Library wrote: >Dear sir, >you refer the tag no.852 for the item.itemnumber but i choose tag. no.952 >is it right or not ,MARK chech also don't show any error.Other tags which >are defined by me are: > > That's a bug, probably. You must know that the 2.1.0 version is a UNSTABLE release. It means it has many bugs, not all features... A 2.1.1 version should arrive soon. > itemcallnumber( 215a value ) is also not available in 2.0.0 koha ver. > > Yes, it's something new in 2.1.0 The 215a value is UNIMARC. You have probably filled the parameters table with MARC21 (which is what you want, probably, as UNIMARC is for french libraries) -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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ISBN search failing from OPAC interface in 2.0
by Indranil Das Gupta 17 Aug '04

17 Aug '04

Hi, ISBN search is failing to return anything, when an entry already exists in the database. The error from the opac-error.log is as follows: [Tue Aug 17 23:39:32 2004] [error] [client 10.12.0.6] DBD::mysql::st fetchrow_hashref failed: fetch() without execute() at /var/www/html/koha/intranet/modules/C4/Search.pm line 1237., referer: http://opac.wbut.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?bib=26 However, ISBN search from the MARC interface works OK -indranil -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Indranil Das Gupta, Project Lead, CASTLE Project [Computer Aided Studies, Teaching and Learning Environment] In collaboration with: West Bengal University of Technology Calcutta, INDIA www.wbut.net ------------------------------------------------------------- L2C2.ORG - Bringing Localized Low-Cost Computing to People -------------------------------------------------------------

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Is it possible to link and display multiple URLs associated to a holding?
by Indranil Das Gupta 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

Hi, This is sort of a followup to my earlier query abt the websites table. Thanks to all who replied on the mailing list and to Rachel and Chris on #Koha I have two questions: 1. As of Koha 2.0, is it possible to have multiple URLs associated to a bibid? As far as the marc_subfield_table goes, it already allows me to have multiple entries for MARC21 field 856u, without any problem. However, biblioitems table maintains it as a single 1:1 mapped field i.e. biblioitems.url. And the result was a malformed URL (eg: "http://www.wrox.com|http://www.wrox1.com|http://www.wrox2.com") 2. Is it possible in 2.0 to display a long URL in a pretty manner i.e. say as <a href="http://thisis.some.really.longanduglyurl.com/" target="blank"> Click here for a review </a> thanks, --indranil ------------------------------------------------------------- Indranil Das Gupta, Project Lead, CASTLE Project [Computer Aided Studies, Teaching and Learning Environment] West Bengal University of Technology Calcutta, INDIA www.wbut.net -------------------------------------------------------------

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koha usage problem
by nadia muzaffar 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

i have configured koha on redhat 9.0 n since i m not a librarian, so i m facing a lot many problems in koha usage.. these are in cat maintenance , i dunno what really i have to enter in subject maintenance for example i have made 2 categories of mystery and computer science books category n whn i enter ne 1 of these in subject maintenace it shows me nothing...title search iz working properly . also i have got doubts about the field " undelete biblio"..i dunno exactly what it means..also i have no clear vision on what have to be enterned in authorised values. _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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