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Re: [Koha] Adding New Fields to Koha - librarian help please.
by Stephen Hedges 23 Jan '02

23 Jan '02

If Koha is still interested in eventually providing full MARC support for the database and the front end, you might want to look at how MARC handles this information. Abstracts are most commonly stored in the 520 tag and URLs in the 856 tag. But note that MARC also provides room for URLs in several other tags in subfield $u (the 520 tag happens to be one). See http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic for a complete (and often confusing!) discussion of the MARC format. Stephen Hedges, Director Nelsonville Public Library Nelsonville, Ohio, USA > Hi all, > > We are investigating adding some new fields to Koha - for an URL and an > Abstract to be stored. > > At first glance I thought that they should be added to the Biblio table - so > that all items of that title would see/have the abstract and URL. > > However I wondered if it would be more appropriate to add them to the group > record (which is the format information). > > For most items the distinction is pretty academic, however if anyone has > strong feelings in any direction I'd love to hear them. > > Cheers > Rachel > _____________________________________________________________ > > Rachel Hamilton-Williams Katipo Communications > WEBMISTRESS ph 021 389 128 or +64 04 934 1285 > mailto:rachel@katipo.co.nz PO Box 12487, Wellington > http://www.katipo.co.nz New Zealand > Koha Open Source Library System > http://www.koha.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >

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Adding New Fields to Koha - librarian help please.
by Rachel Hamilton-Williams 22 Jan '02

22 Jan '02

Hi all, We are investigating adding some new fields to Koha - for an URL and an Abstract to be stored. At first glance I thought that they should be added to the Biblio table - so that all items of that title would see/have the abstract and URL. However I wondered if it would be more appropriate to add them to the group record (which is the format information). For most items the distinction is pretty academic, however if anyone has strong feelings in any direction I'd love to hear them. Cheers Rachel _____________________________________________________________ Rachel Hamilton-Williams Katipo Communications WEBMISTRESS ph 021 389 128 or +64 04 934 1285 mailto:rachel@katipo.co.nz PO Box 12487, Wellington http://www.katipo.co.nz New Zealand Koha Open Source Library System http://www.koha.org

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help!
by Sebastiaan Durand 22 Jan '02

22 Jan '02

hi, Im trying to run koha on Win2000 with Perl 5 and Lotus Domino r 5.06. Everything is going well, except when i search i get this message > Can't locate object method "connect" via package "DBI" (perhaps you forgot to load "DBI"?) at D:/Internet/Perl/lib/C4/Database.pm line 77. I installed DBI and DBD::mysql accordingly several websites does someboedy know how to resolve this greetings, Sebastiaan Durand sebastiaan(a)famdurand.nu www.famdurand.nu ----------------------------------------------------------------- Messages and attachments are scanned for all viruses known. If this message contains password-protected attachments, the files have NOT been scanned for viruses by the famdurand mail domain. Always scan attachments before opening them. -----------------------------------------------------------------

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"Script not found or unable to stat", "Premature end of script headers"
by Larry Currie 29 Dec '01

29 Dec '01

I am getting these the error "premature end of script headers" when I try to run the Perl script newmember.pl and the error "script not found or unable to stat: /data/koha/apache-koha/cgi-bin/koha/circ" when I attempt to run the Perl script circulation.pl. Can you offer any suggestions of where I may be going wrong? Larry Currie -- Lawrence W. Currie User Services Librarian California Academy of Sciences Golden Gate Park San Francisco, CA 94118 lcurrie(a)calacademy.org (415) 750-7108 (415) 750-7106 fax http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/

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Koha.mysql
by Larry Currie 22 Dec '01

22 Dec '01

Good afternoon. I'm working through the installation instructions for Koha and I've gotten stuck at step #3 where it says to "Use the mysql script to create the tables.". The command is "mysql -uusername -ppassword Koha < koha.mysql". Is koha.mysql a file? Is it supposed to be among the files I extracted from koha-1.1.1.tar.gz? Please help. Thanks. Larry Currie -- Lawrence W. Currie User Services Librarian California Academy of Sciences Golden Gate Park San Francisco, CA 94118 lcurrie(a)calacademy.org (415) 750-7108 (415) 750-7106 fax http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/

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Re: [Koha] Can I import/export MARC?
by Zeki Celikbas 30 Nov '01

30 Nov '01

hi all, I've saw only mr. Tonnesen Steve's Debian distribution which have a marc import capability. I've tried to download this debian package and tried to unpack with alien program. After setup this distribution to my RedHat linux it doesn't work properly like the site below: http://142.28.224.14/ Is there anybody who has got a recommendation? > _____________________________ > Can I import/export MARC? > It is currently possible to import MARC records, one at a time.á > Full MARC support is coming for both the database and the front end. > _____________________________ > > Can We? > > I've read this paragraf from "Koha Frequently Asked Questions" page I > want to try this module. I think it's beta version now, but I realy > want to try Is there anybody to tell me where I could get this > module and a brief description how to install. > > I have this system: > RedHat 7.2 > koha 1.1.1 > YAZ > marc.pl > > Thans very much and best regards. Zeki Celikbas Librarian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Istanbul Technical University e:mailto:celikbas@itu.edu.tr Faculty of Aero. & Astro. w:http://www2.itu.edu.tr/~celikbas 80626 Maslak Istanbul Turkey t:(212)2853108 f: (212)2853139 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Adding books to the database
by Jeff Yacobucci 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

excuse me being stupid, but Is there an easy way to add books to the database? I've been reading that there is a web based way to do it, but i can't seem to find it. little help? Thanks, Jeff

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Can I import/export MARC?
by Zeki Celikbas 26 Nov '01

26 Nov '01

_____________________________ Can I import/export MARC? It is currently possible to import MARC records, one at a time.á Full MARC support is coming for both the database and the front end. _____________________________ Can We? I've read this paragraf from "Koha Frequently Asked Questions" page I want to try this module. I think it's beta version now, but I realy want to try Is there anybody to tell me where I could get this module and a brief description how to install. I have this system: RedHat 7.2 koha 1.1.1 YAZ marc.pl Thans very much and best regards. Zeki Celikbas Librarian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Istanbul Technical University e:mailto:celikbas@itu.edu.tr Faculty of Aero. & Astro. w:http://www2.itu.edu.tr/~celikbas 80626 Maslak Istanbul Turkey t:(212)2853108 f: (212)2853139 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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patron book reviews/suggestions, desirable koha enhancement?
by Emile Snyder 21 Nov '01

21 Nov '01

Hello all, I'm not involved with any library (other than as a patron of my local county system), just lurking on the Koha list because I think it's a cool project. I was hoping that people who are involved with running koha in real library settings could comment on the perceived pros and cons of a "review and suggestions" enhancement to the koha database, a'la amazon.com. I have found myself increasingly using amazon.com as a source of feedback about books in a variety of situations; both when I'm considering a book to buy, or when I'm looking through our community library collection and wondering what books to check out. Having the reviews available is good, but I find the "people who liked this book also liked XYZ" to be really addictive. I can follow chains of related books this way, reading reviews as I go, and find some interesting things that I never would have come to on my own. I realize that there is a fairly large critical mass of reviews that must be present in a system before this really works, and I've been thinking about various ways one could share review collections between libraries. Before I get too into db schemas and appropriate SQL queries, are there some downsides to having this in the system that people anticipate? Or different review'ish schemes that seem more helpful? thanks, -emile

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FAQ (final?)
by Nicholas Stephen Rosasco 20 Nov '01

20 Nov '01

The new version: http://www.people.virginia.edu/~nsr4n/Koha/faq.html is up, has some formatting. Before you suggest something, some rationales: It is one file/page to keep maintenance and packing (with Koha) easier. It is kept simple to keep load times faster -- not everyone lives on the best of networks. Some of the suggestions were taken, some not. I've tried to keep spelling Anglo vs. American neutral. I've probably failed in that. :) Feedback on this round I'd like to keep to essential, not cosmetic. My remaining questions/want to adds are: What is the hardware for the HLT, CMSD sites? (more info is better) Who at Katipo, HLT, and elsewhere have contributed? I'd like to add a credits section (I'll probably create a seperate acknowledgement list for FAQ suggestors).

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