Dear all, I'm trying to understand the differences between bulkmarcimport (BMI) and stage MARC records for import (SMRI). As I understand it: 1. BMI is done through command-line whereas SMRI uses the web interface. 2. With BMI the records get catalogued directly so the reservoir step is skipped, contrary to what happens with SMRI. So my questions are: 1. Is this understanding correct ? 2. What's the intended use of the two functionality ? Being new to the library science field, I suspect that there is perhaps something more to the storry than what I know. Actually, I think I understand the idea behind BMI (catalogue a bunch of records at once), but I don't understand what there is behind SMRI. 3. Once I understand things better, I'm willing to write something in the manual or in the wiki to explain what I have understood and which could then be improved by others. old that be relevant, and, where would that fit best ? Thanks much in advance for your help, Sébastien.