HOW TO IMPORT MARC RECORDS INTO KOHA ILS
Dear Community I have been attempting to stage import MARC records into Koha ILS with no success. The MARC records were an export from our old ABCD system. Below is the MARC view of the records, perhaps I'm missing something, please advise. =LDR 00000nam 2200000Ia 4500 =008 220206s9999||||xx\||||||||||||||\||und|| =020 \\$aNA$cJahresbericht der SWA Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Otavi Bergland, Ortsgruppe Tsumeb =022 \\$a Windhoek =942 \\$cBK =952 \\$aNAMSC$bNAMSC$p451a$nMitteilungen =082 \\$aErnst Wilhelm =100 \\$aSWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft$cOrtsgruppe Tsumeb =110 \\$bSerieScientific Society =245 \0$a1989 =250 \\$a3 pages =260 \\$b30 cm =600 \\$qSouth West Africa$dAnnual meetings =650 \\$bAlbat$vPER =852 \\$nJohn Meinert Am I perhaps missing something in the records, because i can't seem to go past the final step, import this batch into the catalog. Best regards Russel Shihepo Notitia Systems cc Africa, Namibia
Russel, What file format are you using to import these records into Koha? I was able to save this as a UT8 and it was imported successfully. Best, Kelly Kelly McElligott, MLIS (she/her) Library Accounts Coordinator ByWater Solutions <http://bywatersolutions.com/> Koha <https://bywatersolutions.com/projects/koha> | Aspen Discovery <https://bywatersolutions.com/projects/aspen-discovery> Phone:(888)900-8944 <(888)%20900-8944> Follow us: <https://www.facebook.com/ByWaterSolutions/> <https://www.instagram.com/bywatersolutions/> <https://www.youtube.com/user/bywatersolutions> <https://twitter.com/ByWaterSolution> Currently Reading <https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_destination/2645311?utm_medium=reading_link&utm_source=email_signature> [image: Book Cover] <https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_destination/2645311?utm_medium=cover&utm_source=email_signature> [image: Goodreads Logo] <https://www.goodreads.com/?utm_medium=gr_logo&utm_source=email_signature>Get your own email signature <https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_instructions?utm_medium=gyo_link&utm_source=email_signature> On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 12:35 AM Russel G. P. Shihepo <russellgeeps@gmail.com> wrote:
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I have been attempting to stage import MARC records into Koha ILS with no success. The MARC records were an export from our old ABCD system. Below is the MARC view of the records, perhaps I'm missing something, please advise.
=LDR 00000nam 2200000Ia 4500 =008 220206s9999||||xx\||||||||||||||\||und|| =020 \\$aNA$cJahresbericht der SWA Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Otavi Bergland, Ortsgruppe Tsumeb =022 \\$a Windhoek =942 \\$cBK =952 \\$aNAMSC$bNAMSC$p451a$nMitteilungen =082 \\$aErnst Wilhelm =100 \\$aSWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft$cOrtsgruppe Tsumeb =110 \\$bSerieScientific Society =245 \0$a1989 =250 \\$a3 pages =260 \\$b30 cm =600 \\$qSouth West Africa$dAnnual meetings =650 \\$bAlbat$vPER =852 \\$nJohn Meinert
Am I perhaps missing something in the records, because i can't seem to go past the final step, import this batch into the catalog.
Best regards Russel Shihepo Notitia Systems cc Africa, Namibia _______________________________________________
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Have you compiled your records into a .mrc file with MarcEdit or something similar? Plain text doesn't work. (See marcedit.reeset.net.) Fred King, MSLS, AHIP Medical Librarian, MedStar Washington Hospital Center fred.king@medstar.net 202-877-6670 ORCID 0000-0001-5266-0279 MedStar Authors Catalog: http://medstarauthors.org What rhymes with purple? No, it doesn’t. --Trad -----Original Message----- From: Koha <koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz> On Behalf Of Russel G. P. Shihepo Sent: Monday, February 7, 2022 12:33 AM To: Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Koha] HOW TO IMPORT MARC RECORDS INTO KOHA ILS **ATTENTION: This email originated from outside the MedStar Health network. ** DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Community I have been attempting to stage import MARC records into Koha ILS with no success. The MARC records were an export from our old ABCD system. Below is the MARC view of the records, perhaps I'm missing something, please advise. =LDR 00000nam 2200000Ia 4500 =008 220206s9999||||xx\||||||||||||||\||und|| =020 \\$aNA$cJahresbericht der SWA Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Otavi Bergland, Ortsgruppe Tsumeb =022 \\$a Windhoek =942 \\$cBK =952 \\$aNAMSC$bNAMSC$p451a$nMitteilungen =082 \\$aErnst Wilhelm =100 \\$aSWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft$cOrtsgruppe Tsumeb =110 \\$bSerieScientific Society =245 \0$a1989 =250 \\$a3 pages =260 \\$b30 cm =600 \\$qSouth West Africa$dAnnual meetings =650 \\$bAlbat$vPER =852 \\$nJohn Meinert Am I perhaps missing something in the records, because i can't seem to go past the final step, import this batch into the catalog. Best regards Russel Shihepo Notitia Systems cc Africa, Namibia _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://koha-community.org__;!!D7IIWT94AA!u0oc5KS... Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Unsubscribe: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MedStar Health is a not-for-profit, integrated healthcare delivery system, the largest in Maryland and the Washington, D.C., region. Nationally recognized for clinical quality in heart, orthopedics, cancer and GI. IMPORTANT: This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain information that is private, confidential, or protected by attorney-client or other privilege. If you received this e-mail in error, please delete it from your system without copying it and notify sender by reply e-mail, so that our records can be corrected... Thank you. Help conserve valuable resources - only print this email if necessary.
Hi Russel, all good tips so far. You can also use MARCEdit to validate your MARC record, to see of fields like LDR and 008 have the correct length. I am also afraid that there is something odd about the field mapping too. For example 020 and 022 ISBN and ISSN, but in your record they appear to hold quite different information. Similar for the other fields. Your record doesn't appear to be MARC21 or UNIMARC, nor MAB. You might want to identify which information is in which fields and to which standard fields it should be moved to. Hope this helps, Katrin On 07.02.22 06:32, Russel G. P. Shihepo wrote:
Dear Community
I have been attempting to stage import MARC records into Koha ILS with no success. The MARC records were an export from our old ABCD system. Below is the MARC view of the records, perhaps I'm missing something, please advise.
=LDR 00000nam 2200000Ia 4500 =008 220206s9999||||xx\||||||||||||||\||und|| =020 \\$aNA$cJahresbericht der SWA Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Otavi Bergland, Ortsgruppe Tsumeb =022 \\$a Windhoek =942 \\$cBK =952 \\$aNAMSC$bNAMSC$p451a$nMitteilungen =082 \\$aErnst Wilhelm =100 \\$aSWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft$cOrtsgruppe Tsumeb =110 \\$bSerieScientific Society =245 \0$a1989 =250 \\$a3 pages =260 \\$b30 cm =600 \\$qSouth West Africa$dAnnual meetings =650 \\$bAlbat$vPER =852 \\$nJohn Meinert
Am I perhaps missing something in the records, because i can't seem to go past the final step, import this batch into the catalog.
Best regards Russel Shihepo Notitia Systems cc Africa, Namibia _______________________________________________
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Dear Community Allow me to extend my gratitude for the help and valuable feedback. I have successfully managed to remap and clean up my marc records, now they have been imported into my Koha system without fail. Regards, Russel On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 10:46 PM Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83@web.de> wrote:
Hi Russel,
all good tips so far. You can also use MARCEdit to validate your MARC record, to see of fields like LDR and 008 have the correct length.
I am also afraid that there is something odd about the field mapping too. For example 020 and 022 ISBN and ISSN, but in your record they appear to hold quite different information. Similar for the other fields. Your record doesn't appear to be MARC21 or UNIMARC, nor MAB. You might want to identify which information is in which fields and to which standard fields it should be moved to.
Hope this helps,
Katrin
On 07.02.22 06:32, Russel G. P. Shihepo wrote:
Dear Community
I have been attempting to stage import MARC records into Koha ILS with no success. The MARC records were an export from our old ABCD system. Below is the MARC view of the records, perhaps I'm missing something, please advise.
=LDR 00000nam 2200000Ia 4500 =008 220206s9999||||xx\||||||||||||||\||und|| =020 \\$aNA$cJahresbericht der SWA Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Otavi Bergland, Ortsgruppe Tsumeb =022 \\$a Windhoek =942 \\$cBK =952 \\$aNAMSC$bNAMSC$p451a$nMitteilungen =082 \\$aErnst Wilhelm =100 \\$aSWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft$cOrtsgruppe Tsumeb =110 \\$bSerieScientific Society =245 \0$a1989 =250 \\$a3 pages =260 \\$b30 cm =600 \\$qSouth West Africa$dAnnual meetings =650 \\$bAlbat$vPER =852 \\$nJohn Meinert
Am I perhaps missing something in the records, because i can't seem to go past the final step, import this batch into the catalog.
Best regards Russel Shihepo Notitia Systems cc Africa, Namibia _______________________________________________
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