Dear Colleagues, I have examined the records in more detail. It seems they all have ISBN, but not all have LOC numbers. I would think it is possible to use the ISBN to generate the LOC Number. Any comments. Thanks in advance. Emil Levine Library and Information Science Consultant Breitenfurter Strasse 426/3 Vienna, Austria UNIDO 43-1-26060-3568 -----Original Message----- From: Bigwood@lpi.usra.edu [mailto:Bigwood@lpi.usra.edu] Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 3:37 PM To: richard@katipo.co.nz; koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: RE: [Koha] UDC vs LCSH schemes Richard, This would be a large task. There is not a one to one correspondence between the schemes in every way. Some UDC classes will map to more than one LC class. In other cases, there may be UDC classes with no LC class. I do not know of a mapping between the two schemes. If they are using full bibliographic records then the LC call number may be in field 050. You could copy it from there to 852. That would take care of some of the records. Many LC subject authority records have a class number. You could search the 1st subject heading in the bib record and check the authority record to see if there is a class number. This assumes the subject headings have been properly done. There may be services that could do this for a fee. Marcive comes to mind. You could ask them if it is something they could do. Sincerely, David Bigwood bigwood@lpi.usra.edu Lunar & Planetary Institute Cataloging news: http://www.catalogablog.bogspot.com -----Original Message----- From: Richard Anderson [mailto:richard@katipo.co.nz] Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 9:24 PM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] UDC vs LCSH schemes Hi, A client has asked us if it is possible to convert their existing UDC (Universal Decimal Classification) records to Library of Congress ones. Not being a librarian, I'm not really sure what is involved with either of these systems. If anyone been involved with such a project or could give me some pointers I would be most grateful. Cheers, Richard ____________________________________________________________________ Richard Anderson Katipo Communications Ph: 934 1285 Mobile: 021 0433 469 Fax: 934 1286 Email: richard@katipo.co.nz Web: http://www.katipo.co.nz/ _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha