Hi Jackson, I'd really recommend you join the Koha mailing list here http://www.koha.org/community/mailing-lists.html And ask these questions there. There are librarians on the mailing list who will be very familiar with the MARC system, and what they all mean (I'm not a librarian or a cataloguer). I've forwarded this to the list and hope that someone there may be able to help Cheers Rachel Jackson Ray wrote:
Dear Sir or Madam:
We are in the process of using Koha in our library here at the Solomon Islands College of Higher Education (SICHE). However, as the person who is going to do the cataloging, I find it hard to understand the following terms found in field 0 of Koha. I'd like if you can explain them and their purpose. Am I to fill them up or do they fill up automatically?
They are: 000 - Leader 003 - Control number identifier 005 - Date and time of latest transaction 008 - Fixed length date elements - General information
We are trying to customize koha to our usage and need. I wonder if we can obtain a manual or explanation of the terms used in koha so that we can fully utilize this gift to us.
By the way, the above mentioned fields are always highlighted when we try to enter data about a book, thus, we think they are mandatory. We therefore want to know what they actually mean.
Tanggio tumas! and hope to hear from you guys soon.
Yours truly,
Jackson Ray
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