Hi, Jesse-- For the subfields that I use in the 952 field, the order doesn't seem to matter. We're on Koha 3.18--I don't know if the subfield order matters for other versions of Koha, or if there's any other variables to consider, though. It's easy to experiment--put the fields in the order that you like, export to Koha, then go take a look--I've found that our item records look fine no matter what the order in the OCLC record's 952 field. Cheerio! heather ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heather Hernandez Technical Services Librarian San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Research Center 415-561-7032, heather_hernandez@nps.gov http://www.nps.gov/safr/learn/historyculture/museum-collections.htm "The sailor does not pray for wind, he learns to sail."--Gustaf Lindborg On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Jesse Lambertson <jlambertson@sqcc.org> wrote:
Thank you Heather & Mark,
I am on the right track now..., but I am going to need to better edit my text strings now in 952 (which means some going back and reworking etc).
I assume I can add the subfields in the order listed numerically/alphabetically instead of the order you have them listed?
I am glad I asked this question now. Whew!
Again, thanks a lot. Very helpful indeed.
Jesse
On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Hernandez, Heather < heather_hernandez@nps.gov> wrote:
Hi, Jesse--
I catalog on OCLC's Connexion Client, and use the "Text String" tool to set up my most commonly used fields in the 952--it's really handy, and generates my most commonly used 952 with a keystroke. I've found that it's faster to create the item records on OCLC with 952 fields & import it into Koha, even when I'm cataloging a title with many items.
This is a typical 952 for us (we don't have separate branches, and use LC call numbers): ǂ2 lcc ǂa SFMARITIME ǂb SFMARITIME ǂc STACKS ǂy BOOK ǂo VM600 O8 1999 ǂh v.1 ǂp 188336
Hope this is helpful! Cheerio, heather ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heather Hernandez Technical Services Librarian San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Research Center 415-561-7032, heather_hernandez@nps.gov http://www.nps.gov/safr/learn/historyculture/museum-collections.htm
"The sailor does not pray for wind, he learns to sail."--Gustaf Lindborg
-- Jesse A Lambertson Librarian Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center 1100 16th St, NW Washington, DC 20036
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