Well, it looks like I'm not the only one. My IT guru and I are going to experiment a bit, both on the editing and import and export of MARC frameworks. I got fed up with the process of deleting lots of individual fields so I'm looking at editing outside of Koha. I'll send a progress report. But it isn't a high priority at the moment, maybe sometime in January. Meanwhile, if anyone who has a specific interest in historic or archival sound recordings could contact me off list so we could collaborate on what fields would be most useful, I'd appreciate it. Elaine On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Linda Culberson <lculber@mdah.state.ms.us>wrote:
Elaine, Huge "Thank you!" This is a wonderful Christmas gift to us (and it does feel like it is especially for us) since we have loads of "historical or archival sound recordings in digital formats"
I'd also like to second the motion for a "more user friendly method" to import and export individual frameworks. Linda
On 1:59 PM, Elaine Bradtke wrote:
I'm about to put together some rather specialized frameworks that may be useful for other collections that have historical or archival sound recordings in digital formats (we have both). Even basing it on the existing one for audio cassettes and CDs is taking a bit of time. It seems like it would be a good idea to set up a repository of useful frameworks that we could share.
From what I can tell, all the frameworks are in the same file, which makes sharing more difficult. Someone may want to use my digital audio framework, but they may have their own custom frameworks that they would need to keep.
I wonder how it might be made easier to import and export individual frameworks without overwriting existing ones. I suppose one could cut and paste the raw data, but it would be nice to have a more user friendly method. -- Elaine Bradtke Data Wrangler VWML English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY Tel +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 ext 36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Company No. 297142 Charity Registered in England and Wales No. 305999 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" --Elvis Costello (Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983), p. 52)
-- Linda Culberson lculber@mdah.state.ms.us Archives and Records Services Division Ms. Dept. of Archives & History P. O. Box 571 Jackson, MS 39205-0571 Telephone: 601/576-6873 Facsimile: 601/576-6824
-- Elaine Bradtke Data Wrangler VWML English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY Tel +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 ext 36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Company No. 297142 Charity Registered in England and Wales No. 305999 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" --Elvis Costello (Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983), p. 52)