A couple Koha acquisitions questions
Hi everyone, YBP is a book wholesaler for academic libraries. We have several libraries now using Koha as their ILS. The acquisitions functionality seems a little light, and less integrated than we have with other systems. Could you confirm the following for me? 1. Is there any EDI functionality in Koha yet? Can libraries send EDIFACT Orders and/or receive EDIFACT POAs or Invoices? 2. If a library has placed an order in the book vendor's online system, is there any way to load that order information into Koha without rekeying? Some systems we work with can accept acquisitions data in 9xx MARC fields to populate into an order record automatically. I've spoken with a couple support companies and reviewed the documentation on the Koha-community site, but don't see that these are possibilities. Thank you in advance for any guidance you can provide. Ann-Marie Breaux Vice President, Academic Service Integration YBP Library Services Phone/fax: (678) 445-5720 vmail: (800) 258-3774 x3504 e-mail: abreaux@ybp.com<mailto:abreaux@ybp.com>
On 3 December 2012 21:47, Ann-Marie Breaux <ABreaux@ybp.com> wrote:
Hi everyone,
YBP is a book wholesaler for academic libraries. We have several libraries now using Koha as their ILS. The acquisitions functionality seems a little light, and less integrated than we have with other systems. Could you confirm the following for me?
1. Is there any EDI functionality in Koha yet? Can libraries send EDIFACT Orders and/or receive EDIFACT POAs or Invoices?
There are a couple of bug reports related to this: Bug 7736 - Edifact QUOTE and ORDER functionality http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7736 Bug 2443 - Acquisitions by EDIFACT http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=2443 The first one has a status of "Failed QA", which means someone implemented it, but it is temporarily stuck in the Quality Assurance stage of development. I am not sure of the state of the second one.
2. If a library has placed an order in the book vendor's online system, is there any way to load that order information into Koha without rekeying? Some systems we work with can accept acquisitions data in 9xx MARC fields to populate into an order record automatically.
There is an API described here: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_/svc/_HTTP_API that should let you enter bibliographic records into Koha, given the right username/password. This would create a record, but not an order in the aquisitions module. I have a client that is interested in adding functionality to Koha that would place records added in this way in a queue, alert librarians to the presence of new records and make it easy to attach newly added records to orders in the aqusistions module. This development is in the early stages of being sketched out, but if anyone else is interested in similar functionality please let us know. Best regards, Magnus Enger libriotech.no
Thank you for this information, Magnus. I guess that for now, libraries are either doublekeying orders between the book vendor system and Koha, or else send e-mail or printed orders to the book vendor. In any event, YBP would be interested in testing either EDI or embedded order data (acquisitions data in 9xx MARC fields) if the community decides to pursue it. Best regards, Ann-Marie ________________________________________ From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] on behalf of Magnus Enger [magnus@enger.priv.no] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 3:10 AM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] A couple Koha acquisitions questions On 3 December 2012 21:47, Ann-Marie Breaux <ABreaux@ybp.com> wrote:
Hi everyone,
YBP is a book wholesaler for academic libraries. We have several libraries now using Koha as their ILS. The acquisitions functionality seems a little light, and less integrated than we have with other systems. Could you confirm the following for me?
1. Is there any EDI functionality in Koha yet? Can libraries send EDIFACT Orders and/or receive EDIFACT POAs or Invoices?
There are a couple of bug reports related to this: Bug 7736 - Edifact QUOTE and ORDER functionality http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7736 Bug 2443 - Acquisitions by EDIFACT http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=2443 The first one has a status of "Failed QA", which means someone implemented it, but it is temporarily stuck in the Quality Assurance stage of development. I am not sure of the state of the second one.
2. If a library has placed an order in the book vendor's online system, is there any way to load that order information into Koha without rekeying? Some systems we work with can accept acquisitions data in 9xx MARC fields to populate into an order record automatically.
There is an API described here: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_/svc/_HTTP_API that should let you enter bibliographic records into Koha, given the right username/password. This would create a record, but not an order in the aquisitions module. I have a client that is interested in adding functionality to Koha that would place records added in this way in a queue, alert librarians to the presence of new records and make it easy to attach newly added records to orders in the aqusistions module. This development is in the early stages of being sketched out, but if anyone else is interested in similar functionality please let us know. Best regards, Magnus Enger libriotech.no _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Hello A mapping of 9XX fields in MARC files imported to create orders could be an interesting feature. For example, in France, some libaries use the website of the main commercial record provider (Electre) to define acquisition information (quantity, price, discount, statistic codes...) in 9XX fields of exported records, and some ILS can manage these informations automatically when records are imported (in iso2709). This is how it looks in the record provider website : And, just for an example, this is how looks the tool used for this mapping records in Horizon ILS Regards, M. Saby Ann-Marie Breaux a écrit :
Thank you for this information, Magnus. I guess that for now, libraries are either doublekeying orders between the book vendor system and Koha, or else send e-mail or printed orders to the book vendor.
In any event, YBP would be interested in testing either EDI or embedded order data (acquisitions data in 9xx MARC fields) if the community decides to pursue it.
Best regards, Ann-Marie
________________________________________ From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] on behalf of Magnus Enger [magnus@enger.priv.no] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 3:10 AM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] A couple Koha acquisitions questions
On 3 December 2012 21:47, Ann-Marie Breaux <ABreaux@ybp.com> wrote:
Hi everyone,
YBP is a book wholesaler for academic libraries. We have several libraries now using Koha as their ILS. The acquisitions functionality seems a little light, and less integrated than we have with other systems. Could you confirm the following for me?
1. Is there any EDI functionality in Koha yet? Can libraries send EDIFACT Orders and/or receive EDIFACT POAs or Invoices?
There are a couple of bug reports related to this:
Bug 7736 - Edifact QUOTE and ORDER functionality http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7736
Bug 2443 - Acquisitions by EDIFACT http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=2443
The first one has a status of "Failed QA", which means someone implemented it, but it is temporarily stuck in the Quality Assurance stage of development. I am not sure of the state of the second one.
2. If a library has placed an order in the book vendor's online system, is there any way to load that order information into Koha without rekeying? Some systems we work with can accept acquisitions data in 9xx MARC fields to populate into an order record automatically.
There is an API described here: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_/svc/_HTTP_API that should let you enter bibliographic records into Koha, given the right username/password. This would create a record, but not an order in the aquisitions module. I have a client that is interested in adding functionality to Koha that would place records added in this way in a queue, alert librarians to the presence of new records and make it easy to attach newly added records to orders in the aqusistions module. This development is in the early stages of being sketched out, but if anyone else is interested in similar functionality please let us know.
Best regards, Magnus Enger libriotech.no _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
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Hello Mathieu, Please have a look at the Bug 7180. I introduce this mapping when ordering from an import in iso2709. Regards, Jonathan 2012/12/4 Mathieu Saby <mathieu.saby@univ-rennes2.fr>
Hello A mapping of 9XX fields in MARC files imported to create orders could be an interesting feature.
For example, in France, some libaries use the website of the main commercial record provider (Electre) to define acquisition information (quantity, price, discount, statistic codes...) in 9XX fields of exported records, and some ILS can manage these informations automatically when records are imported (in iso2709).
This is how it looks in the record provider website :
And, just for an example, this is how looks the tool used for this mapping records in Horizon ILS
Regards,
M. Saby
Ann-Marie Breaux a écrit :
Thank you for this information, Magnus. I guess that for now, libraries are either doublekeying orders between the book vendor system and Koha, or else send e-mail or printed orders to the book vendor. In any event, YBP would be interested in testing either EDI or embedded order data (acquisitions data in 9xx MARC fields) if the community decides to pursue it. Best regards, Ann-Marie
______________________________**__________ From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.**nz <koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz>[ koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.**nz <koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz>] on behalf of Magnus Enger [magnus@enger.priv.no] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 3:10 AM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] A couple Koha acquisitions questions
On 3 December 2012 21:47, Ann-Marie Breaux <ABreaux@ybp.com> wrote:
Hi everyone,
YBP is a book wholesaler for academic libraries. We have several libraries now using Koha as their ILS. The acquisitions functionality seems a little light, and less integrated than we have with other systems. Could you confirm the following for me?
1. Is there any EDI functionality in Koha yet? Can libraries send EDIFACT Orders and/or receive EDIFACT POAs or Invoices?
There are a couple of bug reports related to this:
Bug 7736 - Edifact QUOTE and ORDER functionality http://bugs.koha-community.**org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=**7736<http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7736>
Bug 2443 - Acquisitions by EDIFACT http://bugs.koha-community.**org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=**2443<http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=2443>
The first one has a status of "Failed QA", which means someone implemented it, but it is temporarily stuck in the Quality Assurance stage of development. I am not sure of the state of the second one.
2. If a library has placed an order in the book vendor's online system, is there any way to load that order information into Koha without rekeying? Some systems we work with can accept acquisitions data in 9xx MARC fields to populate into an order record automatically.
There is an API described here: http://wiki.koha-community.**org/wiki/Koha_/svc/_HTTP_API<http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_/svc/_HTTP_API> that should let you enter bibliographic records into Koha, given the right username/password. This would create a record, but not an order in the aquisitions module. I have a client that is interested in adding functionality to Koha that would place records added in this way in a queue, alert librarians to the presence of new records and make it easy to attach newly added records to orders in the aqusistions module. This development is in the early stages of being sketched out, but if anyone else is interested in similar functionality please let us know.
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