I am cataloging a collection of several hundred CDs, each of which contains at least 12 or more songs with potentially as many different performers. A few days ago I was cataloging a 2-volume title with 2 discs per volume and a total of 78 songs and performers! My question is how to enter these into the Koha record. Do I simply duplicate the 505 tag over and over again? This is what I did but I'm wondering if there is a better way. My users need to get down to the band or song level when they search.
Paula Corman The Musical Instrument Museum Phoenix, AZ.
As a brief example, look at "Ivor Novello songs" at Worldcat https://www.worldcat.org/title/ivor-novello-songs/oclc/62391480&referer=brief_results If you create a basic 505 (ind2 is blank) (displaying in the MarcEdit format) : =505 0\$aKing's rhapsody. Some day my heart will awake (3:00) -- The dancing years. Primrose (2:12) -- Perchance to dream. Love is my reason (2:54) -- Arc de Triomphe. Love is my reason (2:54) -- The little damozel (2:53) -- Glamorous night. When the gypsy played (5:14) -- ........ users cannot search by title for "King's rhapsody" or "Some day my heart..." On the other hand if you set ind2 to 0 and format the contents they can: =505 00$tKing's rhapsody.$tSome day my heart will awake$g(3:00) --$tThe dancing years.$tPrimrose$g(2:12) --$tPerchance to dream.$tLove is my reason$g(2:54) --$tArc de Triomphe.$tLove is my reason$g(2:54) --$tThe little damozel$g(2:53) --$tGlamorous night.$tWhen the gypsy played$g(5:14) -- ........ If you need several 505s, it may be useful to set ind1 to 8 in the second and subsequent notes to suppress the display constant. But if what you're cataloging has uniform titles, I find it's better to go with added entries; ditto if you want to allow your patrons to search extensively on performers. As far as entering data for an enhanced 505, the web interface for koha makes it a real pain in the neck. It's easier by far to use MarcEdit (unless I'm missing a short cut in koha). I hope that's the sort of information you were looking for. Bob Elgie