* Priyadarsan kp (priyadarsankp@gmail.com) wrote:

I have installed koha in a gnu/Linux system. I want to upload csv data file to koha database. I need a software to make marc file whch is working in a gnu/linux system. It is inconvenient for me to use marcedit using wine, since it uses proprietary softwares like Microsoft's .NET 2.0 Framework. I don't understand why a free software community like KOHA uses marcedit in linux. Can anybody suggest a software to in place of marcedit.

Hi Priyadarsan Like you, we also try to use free software. To that end we have a script written by Robin that can take a csv file and convert it to MARC21. It is Free Software licensed under the GPLv2 or later. It is in the csvmigration branch of the catalyst public git repository http://git.catalyst.net.nz/gw?p=koha.git;a=blob_plain;f=import/csv/csvtomarc... Robin, the author, writes "While with great power comes great resp..er..complexity, it's hopefully got enough documentation to be useful. Run it with '--man' to see how it works, and have a look at the example.sh that will be with it which shows how I've used it to do conversions." Here is the example.sh file http://git.catalyst.net.nz/gw?p=koha.git;a=blob_plain;f=import/csv/example.s... Like all software, it can be improved, for example the leader handling code could be improved. But it does create MARC files that Koha can import and deal with quite happily. I hope it is of some use to you. Chris -- Chris Cormack Catalyst IT Ltd. +64 4 803 2238 PO Box 11-053, Manners St, Wellington 6142, New Zealand