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Duplicate items
by Gretencord, Jason 09 Aug '04

09 Aug '04

We are running Koha 2.0.0 on RH Linux. For some reason, our imported bibliographic records show a duplicate item in the items tab (tab 10) of the MARC record. The main biblio record display shows the correct item count and a check of the items table in the database shows no duplicate rows for the problematic items. New bibliographic records entered from scratch do not exhibit this behavior. Any ideas? -- Jason Gretencord Scientific User Support Specialist Archer Daniels Midland Company James R. Randall Research Center 217-451-3028 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by email reply or by telephone and immediately delete this message and any attachments. In the U.S. call us toll free at (800) 637-5843. Spanish, French, French (Canada), Portuguese, Polish, German, Dutch, Turkish, Russian, Japanese and Chinese: http://www.admworld.com/confidentiality.htm.

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RE: [Koha] importing, marc mapping, progress
by Bigwood, David 09 Aug '04

09 Aug '04

For some examples of how the Library of Congress is adding additional data check out http://www.loc.gov/catdir/beat/beat.html One thing to consider is if the additional information would clog up the catalog. Adding a bibliographic essay for every author in every record would be redundant. Adding possible typos and synonyms for every subject heading would add unnecessary bloat. The ISBN ranges used by a publisher might be useful information but would not belong in every bib record for each of their publications. The associated authority records can handle that or some other method of linking. If the information is for the item in hand then it belongs in the bibliographic record. FRBR and an entity-relationship model clarifies things quite a bit, once it is worked through. Sincerely David Bigwood I suppose I'll have to implement an "author detail" page and appropriate database storage for it. The detail I'm looking for is probably not appropriate in a marc record.

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RE: [Koha] z39.50 searches (newbie question)
by Bigwood, David 09 Aug '04

09 Aug '04

Probably not with the barcode on the back of the item either unless you have done some programming on the reader. The code on the back of the book is the International Article Number. It contains the ISBN but adds a prefix and then changes the last digit of the ISBN, the check digit. It would be possible to drop the 1st 3 numbers scanned and then recalculate the check digit, but it is not the default on most readers. Sincerely, David Bigwood bigwood(a)lpi.usra.edu Lunar & Planetary Institute http://www.lpi.usra.edu/library/whats_new.shtml Cataloging News http://www.catalogablog.blogspot.com -----Original Message----- From: koha-admin(a)lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-admin@lists.katipo.co.nz]On Behalf Of Stephen Hedges Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 5:36 AM To: David Williams Cc: Koha Mailing List Subject: Re: [Koha] z39.50 searches (newbie question) David Williams said: > Please forgive such a basic question, but am I right in thinking that the > z39.50 > tool will retrieve biblio data when searching on a bar code/isbn? ISBN, yes -- barcode, no. ("Barcodes," as the term is used by Koha, are specific to one library only. But from the rest of your message, I assume you mean the scannable ISBN barcode that appears on the back on most books, not the barcode the library assigns to the book.) Stephen -- Stephen Hedges Skemotah Solutions, USA www.skemotah.com -- shedges(a)skemotah.com _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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z3950 search - browser issue
by David Williams 09 Aug '04

09 Aug '04

Hi (again) With reference to my earlier post, where I could not find the z3950 search button, I have found that the page was not being displayed correctly under konqueror v 3.2.1. As soon as I launched Koha in another browser, the button was there! Sorry to waste your time. Regards Dave. -- EMail: dwilliams(a)computerpark.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. --------------------------------------------------------- This private and confidential e-mail has been sent to you by Computer Park Ltd. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail and have received it in error, please notify us via the email address or telephone number below, and then delete it from your mailbox. Email: mailbox(a)computerpark.co.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1536 417155 Fax: +44 (0) 1536 417566 Head Office: Computer Park Ltd, Broughton Grange, Headlands, Kettering Northamptonshire NN15 6XA Registered in England: 3022961. Registered Office: 6 North Street, Oundle, Peterborough PE8 4AL =========================================================

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Re: [Koha] importing, marc mapping, progress
by M Brooke Helman 09 Aug '04

09 Aug '04

Salvete! >In the latest "unstable" scripting of Koha that Nelsonville is using for >its OPAC, the non-indexed characters (e.g. "the" and "a") as defined by >the indicators in the MARC record are used to provide a "true" >alphabetical title list -- see http://koha.athenscounty.lib.oh.us. The >"unititle" would be a "uniform title" that differed from the title on a >particular edition of a work. For instance, the title on the book may be >"John Doe's Ward and Piece," but the standard (uniform) title for the book >is "Ward and Piece." That is saaaweet! The anal retentive filer in me has been waiting for this to happen. > >BTW, notice also that NPL is now listing _all_ of the notes from all of >the MARC note fields on the OPAC detail page. Once we get the code a >little cleaner and more universal (so it works for UNIMARC or no-MARC >libraries), we'll be committing it to CVS. NPL is also looking into >doing the same thing with all of the MARC subject tags, thus bypassing the >Koha tables to pull information directly from the MARC tables. > Hey, have you been spying on my wish list? ;) It's great that this stuff is getting done. This project gets more viable everyday. Thanks so much folks! I truly have seen better results from Koha than commercial products. Cheers, Brooke @ Hinsdale MA

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z39.50 searches (newbie question)
by David Williams 09 Aug '04

09 Aug '04

Hi Please forgive such a basic question, but am I right in thinking that the z39.50 tool will retrieve biblio data when searching on a bar code/isbn? (assuming that Koha has been configured with the necessary module & the server's are configured). The reason I ask, is that a school I am planning on installing Koha in have seen the java based 'Readerware' package, which searches on the web for a bar code & then populates the (hsql) db with the required info. Although this package is pleasant on the eye and very easy to use, I really don't want to advocate a closed source, proprietary package which is nowhere near as powerful as Koha (for reasons which I'm sure are obvious here). It's just that the point & scan simplicity really appeals to the school, hence my question on z39.50. Lastly, and this is really embarrassing, I can't seem to locate the z39.50 search dialog within Koha! I've set up a couple of servers in the parameters section, but can't remember in which section the search tool is (I have installed Koha with all required modules). Sorry for being sooo lame. Any help is much appreciated. Best Regards Dave. -- EMail: dwilliams(a)computerpark.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. --------------------------------------------------------- This private and confidential e-mail has been sent to you by Computer Park Ltd. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail and have received it in error, please notify us via the email address or telephone number below, and then delete it from your mailbox. Email: mailbox(a)computerpark.co.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1536 417155 Fax: +44 (0) 1536 417566 Head Office: Computer Park Ltd, Broughton Grange, Headlands, Kettering Northamptonshire NN15 6XA Registered in England: 3022961. Registered Office: 6 North Street, Oundle, Peterborough PE8 4AL =========================================================

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author code
by Eric G. Salayon 09 Aug '04

09 Aug '04

does koha include author code info?

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Re: [Koha] author code
by Baljkas Family 09 Aug '04

09 Aug '04

Sunday, August 8, 2004 21:05 CDT Hi, Eric, > Date: 2004/08/08 Sun PM 09:13:29 CDT > To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > Subject: [Koha] author code > > does koha include author code info? What do you mean by "author code info"? Author information can be entered in the 100 from the MARC perspective. Steven F. Baljkas library tech at large Koha neophyte Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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MARC tags to map certain Koha fields
by H S Rai 08 Aug '04

08 Aug '04

It may be little [OT], what i am struck with this problem. I am able to set many tag field properly, what could not find MARC tag, which may be used to map the following Koha fields: items.replacementprice items.replacementpricedate items.itemlost items.withdrawn items.bijding May I seek you help and guidance. Thanks in advance. -- H. S. Rai

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Re: Re: Problems
by James Asis 07 Aug '04

07 Aug '04

Attached to this message is a copy of "error_log" in /etc/httpd/logs. I hope it could help you with my problem. -James

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