Tuesday, October 19, 2004 11:55 CDT Hi, Andres, A really quick response ...
I'm currently brushing up my mapping to MARC, in order not to lose meaningful information (from my present database).
We have a doubt about field 008: Does Koha uses it? How is filled?
When I last asked about this recently, I was told that Koha doesn't use the 008. I am not sure how it would be filled automatically, or even if that is what Koha tries to do with it. Otherwise, I think you'd have to create a coding sequence that would suffice for your library's needs and meet at least the minimum requirements (008 positions 6, 7-10, 11-14, 15-17, 35-37, 38 and 39). Properly, a cataloguer should be coding the 008 field *individually for each MARC record*, since the elements that constitute the 008 can only be coded accurately from inspection of the item being described. Hope this helps. Cheers, Steven F. Baljkas library tech at large Koha neophyte Winnipeg, MB, Canada