Dear Moderator, Could you please circulate the above message if it has not been done so already. The message (reply) was sent last Monday, but it bounced because of some technical issues with our email server. Thanks, Francis ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:01:35 +0530 (IST) From: franc@library.iisc.ernet.in To: Marc Véron <veron@veron.ch> Cc: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] Importing Catalogue Records On Mon, 13 Aug 2012, Marc Véron wrote:
Francis,
Nicole Engard made a great video tutorial for this:
http://bywatersolutions.com/2012/01/18/using-marcedit-to-add-koha-items/
Marc
Marc, Thanks very much for the link. It surely is a great video! I was thinking in terms of using a Perl script to add the 952 sub-fields for each of the records that I need to import. That's not needed at all. It can be easily done using the MarcEdit tool. Thanks to Terry Reese for the MarcEdit tool and to Nocole for the video. - Francis
Am 13.08.2012 07:22, schrieb clint.deckard:
Francis, I think I can help here as I have just been going through this process. I am not a Koha expert and if I have made a mistake I invite anyone to correct me please. Item Type is stored at 952$y, current location is stored at 952$b, Home library is stored at 952$a and call number at 952$o These fields do not appear in your records.
You could use a tool such as MarcEdit to add these fields with the appropriate data for your library. Call number is a bit more difficult if it is stored in a variety of sub fields in the original record.
I hope this helps. Clint Deckard.
franc@library.iisc.ernet.in wrote:
Dear Members,
I'm trying to import a few sample records using the 'Stage MARC records for import' feature of KOHA-3.08.03. A sample ,mrk record is given below for your reference:
=LDR 00000nam 2200000Ia 45e0^M =008 120810s9999\\\\xx\\\\\\\\\\\\000\0\und\d^M =020 \\$a001^M =082 \\$a541.39$bN37^M =100 \\$aBailey, K.C.^M =245 \\$aGalactose regulation of yeast: From genetics to systms^M =260 \\$c1937$bEdward Arnold$aBANGALORE^M =300 \\$a100P^M =952 \\$p2^M
After converting the .mrk file to .mrc file, records are successfully imported. While staging the records for importing, I have ensured that the 'check for embedded item data record' is set to 'yes'.
Indexing through Zebra goes through without any issues. However, in the search results, the Holding Details for 'item type', 'current location', 'home library' and 'call number' are all blank. I have looked up the Koha documentation and also the Koha list's archived content, but not been able to find a solution for my problem. Could I request for some guidance from the fellow members?
In the Administrative cataloging preferences, NewItemsDefaultLocation is set to JRDTML, the only library that exists as of now.
Thanks for your attention.
- Francis
JRDTML, IISc, Bangalore, India
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