On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 8:05 AM, Jochum van der Heide <jochum.vanderheide@lifehope.om.org> wrote:
Hi,
Lenora Oftedahl wrote the following on 21/08/2008 16:26:
Barcode is mapped to 952p Keywords would be 653a
Thanks for that info.
I'm a few steps further now. I managed to get my .csv file converted to a .mrc file using MarcEdit.
With a bit of trial and error I found out that it's best to use 952$o for the Call number and 952$y for itemtype code. So for the record, this mapping list below imported nicely in Koha:
Fields from OLD database MARC Field ($subfield) Cataloge Record No(barcode) 952$p Title 245$a Series 440$a Author 100$a ISBN 020$a Subject (repeatable) 650$a Extra (subject2) 650$a Publishing - Name 260$b Publishing - Place 260$a Publishing - Date 260$c Call number 952$o Item Type Code 952$y Location (branch) code 952$b
One question though: What field is used to display the "Descriptions" tab when viewing a book in the OPAC? Descriptions are pulled from 5XX fields (Notes) as well as from any external sources you have set up such as Amazon.
Josh
-Jochum
I have changed the parameters in Koha to remove most of the mandatory requirements. The only ones I left are 245a (Title), 942c (Item Type) and Barcode (952p)
I never found info on how to use the bulkmarcimport tool. Just keep trying to run the program until the records all loaded. We found our installation was easier by breaking the MARC records into smaller chunks. Took a few minutes longer, but worth the wait when a couple of the batches had glitches.
Lenora
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 6:54 AM, Jochum van der Heide <jochum.vanderheide@lifehope.om.org> wrote:
Hi,
I'm about to import our 6000 records from an old DOS based library system to Koha 3.0. I understand the best way to do this is using the misc/migration_tools/bulkmarcimport.pl tool after creating the marc file from csv with MarcEdit. Currently all the fields I could export from our old system were the following:
Catalogue Record Number (barcode field?) Title 245a Series 440a Author 100a Subject 650a Call number (local) 082ab ISBN 20a Publishing - Name 260b Publishing - Place 260a Publishing - Date 260c Extra 653a? GMD (Item type) 942c
What is the best field to use for the barcode? Also the Extra field has some additinal info about the subject of the book. I was thinking this would perhaps fit in 653a.
I noticed that by default there are a number of MARC fields mandatory. For example, what is the 000 leader field used for and why is it mandatory? Should I be using those fields or is it save to not make them mandatory?
BTW, are there any instructions available on using the bulkmarkimport tool?
Thanks,
-Jochum
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