I guess what we have to analyze ... "is Koha doing something non standard that impacts the integrity of the MARC record? " if so perhaps the non standard information needs to be at the end of the record past where the MARC data is kept? if there is no area present perhaps one needs to be created as a 'stash' Just a thought.... Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
Subj:Re: [Koha] 090 Fields Date:9/8/2003 5:24:04 PM US Mountain Standard Time From:<A HREF="mailto:shedges@skemotah.com">shedges@skemotah.com</A> To:<A HREF="mailto:lambert@amigos.org">lambert@amigos.org</A> CC:<A HREF="mailto:koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">koha@lists.katipo.co.nz</A> Sent from the Internet
Greg Lambert/Amigos said:
As I was reviewing the bulkmarcimport I noticed that the 090 MARC field is used by Koha as the ITEMTYPE fields.
In the MARC data I am importing, the 090 "a" and "b" subfields are assigned local LC call numbers.
Since Koha assigns "a" as Koha Itemtype (NR) "b" as Koha Dewey Subclass (NR) "c" as Koha biblionumber (NR) "d" as Koha biblioitemnumber (NR)
What will happen to my original 090a and 090b fields? Will they still be in the database? If so, will this cause item "issues"?
My limited cataloging knowledge tells me that the 001 field is used for the item number information (at least in the colleges I've worked). Is that not the case with MARC21?
Thanks! -Greg
Hmmm. Do you mean your existing MARC records use an 090 field? Koha has to store some important non-MARC information, primarily the biblionumber, biblioitemnumber and the itemtype, in the MARC record in order to interface with the "old" Koha databases. The 090 tag was chosen because neither MARC21 nor Unimarc define any use for this tag, so it was considered to be "safe." If you have existing MARC records that have data in an 090 tag, then you have a problem. You could move the data to a new tag using MARC::Record.
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