Regarding the subfields in 773, I'm using $x ISSN and $z ISBN when we have this information, plus $o for the accession number of the item. A lot of what we have doesn't have International Standard numbers for one reason or another, but it all has an accession number. I haven't worried too much about the display at the moment, it seemed to look ok in the test runs. The one thing I couldn't get to function was a link between the 773 field and the parent item, but we're a bit behind in installing Koha releases*, and this may work better in the newer ones. Perhaps we should form a group on analytics and pool our information and techniques? With an idea of putting together a little wiki? Thanks Elaine (*I work 2 days a week on this project, and my IT guru is a volunteer. . . )
Message: 3 Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:15:06 -0500 From: Linda Culberson <lculber@mdah.state.ms.us> Subject: [Koha] Journal articles and analytical records To: koha <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> Message-ID: <4BACB35A.6060505@mdah.state.ms.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
All, We are just now loading our records, but have thousands of analytic records that we will be experimenting with. Like Elaine and Beda, we are looking at using the 773. I was thinking about putting the host item system number in the subfield $w and maybe using the subfield $o for something to tie directly to the individual item. In our current system we are using the item part, and I was thinking of either trying that or using the barcode or itemnumber in the $o. What subfields have been used in your testing, Elaine?
I am relieved to know we are not alone in looking at this and look forward to working with everyone. We have absolutely no funds to contribute but sweat equity works, I hope.
Thanks!
Linda
Message: 5 Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:50:53 -0400 From: Jared Camins-Esakov <camins@numismatics.org> Subject: Re: [Koha] Journal articles and analytical records To: Linda Culberson <lculber@mdah.state.ms.us> Cc: koha <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> Message-ID: <4BACC9CD.8050608@numismatics.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Good morning, list,
I replied off-list to Andrew yesterday, assuming that no one else was crazy enough to create analytics, but it looks like I was wrong.
In our database of ~175,000 bibliographic records, we have ~120,000 analytic records, created over the last 50 years (our card catalog was digitized in the 90s). Our old system did not link analytics, but we very much want to provide linking in the new Koha catalog. I added ISBNs, ISSNs, LCCNs, and local control numbers to ~91,000 of those analytic records, but for everything except for the ISBN, that only identifies the bibliographic record and not the actual item. We don't currently do anything with the links, although it seems like it shouldn't be too problematic to add them, at least on a bib record level (50 years of catalogers have resulted in exceedingly inconsistent 773$g formatting).
It's very good to know that we're not going it alone with regards to analytic records in Koha. How are those of you with analytics displaying host publication information in the OPAC?
Unfortunately, we probably don't have any money for sponsoring these features, either.
Regards, Jared
-- Elaine