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@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@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@skemotah.com _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha