hello, I am working on setting up 2.0.0pre1. It installs fine and I am using the bulkmarcimport.pl script to import ~8,000 biblios in USMARC format from our old Winnebago system. So far so good. They seem to import fine. I can query the database and see the data. Now I seem to have 8,000 biblios, but no items. It seems that a biblio is a description of a possible book, but I actually need some items in my catalog to be able to check them in and out. Is this correct. Can someone give a brief explanation of the difference between a biblio, biblioitem, and item in the database and give me an idea of how I can actually convert those 8,000 biblios to books? Sorry, I'm a computer guy, not a library scientist.... but I'm learning ;-) Thanks in advance, Derek -- Derek Dresser http://network.gouldacademy.org/ Gould Academy Bethel, ME 04217 (207)824-7700 "Nothing endures but change" --Heraclitus ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/