Destiny to Koha Marc Import - How to get barcode information in the right field in Koha?
I have uploaded an export of Destiny in my test Koha database. I cannot search for the bar code when checking out a book. The bar code information is in 852 $p. I can search and find the bar code using search catalog function. How do I map 852 field/P sub-field to Koha database to populate the bar code field? I have created a new framework for Books. I also created a Keyword to MARC mapping. I put in bar code to 852 sub-field P. After I import the MARC records from Destiny, Koha does not register an Item Type on the Holdings tab. So how do I created a book from the marc record? Not sure if I am heading in the right direction. Any advice is appreciated. Joseph Lamb
Hi Joseph, a MARC21 installation of Koha expects the item information in field 952 and the subfields as pre-defined in the Koha-to-MARC-Mappings. You could in theory reconfigure Koha, but it will give you a lot of headache, as you would also have to adjust all the Zebra indexes. I'd strongly recommend changing the data to match Koha's item definitions before importing instead. 952$aBranchcode 952$bBranchcode 952$pBarcode 952$yItemtype code ... More information about the item fields can be found in the manual. Hope this helps, Katrin Am 21.01.2016 um 17:24 schrieb Lamb Joseph:
I have uploaded an export of Destiny in my test Koha database. I cannot search for the bar code when checking out a book. The bar code information is in 852 $p. I can search and find the bar code using search catalog function. How do I map 852 field/P sub-field to Koha database to populate the bar code field? I have created a new framework for Books. I also created a Keyword to MARC mapping. I put in bar code to 852 sub-field P. After I import the MARC records from Destiny, Koha does not register an Item Type on the Holdings tab. So how do I created a book from the marc record? Not sure if I am heading in the right direction. Any advice is appreciated. Joseph Lamb _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Joseph- I concur with Katrin. Koha 'natively' uses the 952 tag to store item data. You will avoid untold problems by moving the data from the 852 tag to the 952 tag. http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Holdings_data_fields_(9xx) I would recommend using MarcEdit interface to Koha to make the edits necessary. Here is a link that shows how MarcEdit interfaces with Koh. http://bywatersolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/MarcEditUpdate.swf Alternatively you can export your records, manipulate them in whatever marceditor tool you choose and then reimport the records using a match rule to match on the 999c (biblionumber). -joy On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 1:25 PM, Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer.83@web.de> wrote:
Hi Joseph,
a MARC21 installation of Koha expects the item information in field 952 and the subfields as pre-defined in the Koha-to-MARC-Mappings. You could in theory reconfigure Koha, but it will give you a lot of headache, as you would also have to adjust all the Zebra indexes. I'd strongly recommend changing the data to match Koha's item definitions before importing instead.
952$aBranchcode 952$bBranchcode 952$pBarcode 952$yItemtype code ...
More information about the item fields can be found in the manual.
Hope this helps,
Katrin
Am 21.01.2016 um 17:24 schrieb Lamb Joseph:
I have uploaded an export of Destiny in my test Koha database. I cannot search for the bar code when checking out a book. The bar code information is in 852 $p. I can search and find the bar code using search catalog function. How do I map 852 field/P sub-field to Koha database to populate the bar code field? I have created a new framework for Books. I also created a Keyword to MARC mapping. I put in bar code to 852 sub-field P. After I import the MARC records from Destiny, Koha does not register an Item Type on the Holdings tab. So how do I created a book from the marc record? Not sure if I am heading in the right direction. Any advice is appreciated. Joseph Lamb _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
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