Importing Item Information with Stage MARC Records For Import tool
Hello, I am very new to this. I have installed koha on a test server, and have played around with it a bit. I have been able to import marc records that I have exported from our Horizon system. The system can also export item information in a 949 tag. I know that I will need to set up corresponding item status, itypes, collections, etc. but once all of that is done, how do I tell koha how to translate the 949 info into item information? Is there a howto somewhere, or some documentation I can refer to? Thanks, -- Kevin Smith Assistant Director Cass District Library AND The Fiddling Librarian: http://ashkev.weblogs.us
Kevin -- In particular to setting Koha to look in the 949 tag for item data. You can either go to More>Administration> Koha-to-MARCmapping or edit your MARCframework. The easier way, in my opinion, is to edit the Koha-to-MARCmapping section. Koha is defaulted to 952 field for item data. -Brendan --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan A. Gallagher ByWater Solutions CEO, Director of Innovation Support and Consulting for Open Source Software Installation, Data Migration, Training, Customization, Hosting, Complete Support Packages Phone # (203)823-5847 http://bywatersolutions.com info@bywatersolutions.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Feb 25, 2009, at 7:03 AM, kevin smith wrote:
Hello,
I am very new to this. I have installed koha on a test server, and have played around with it a bit. I have been able to import marc records that I have exported from our Horizon system. The system can also export item information in a 949 tag. I know that I will need to set up corresponding item status, itypes, collections, etc. but once all of that is done, how do I tell koha how to translate the 949 info into item information? Is there a howto somewhere, or some documentation I can refer to?
Thanks,
-- Kevin Smith Assistant Director Cass District Library AND The Fiddling Librarian: http://ashkev.weblogs.us _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Hi Kevin, On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Brendan Gallagher <info@bywatersolutions.com> wrote:
In particular to setting Koha to look in the 949 tag for item data. You can either go to More>Administration> Koha-to-MARCmapping or edit your MARCframework.
The easier way, in my opinion, is to edit the Koha-to-MARCmapping section. Koha is defaulted to 952 field for item data.
Not to bombard you with alternatives, but I would actually recommend that you use a tool like MarcEdit's global change feature to move the 949s to 952 fields, then import the records. While Brenden is correct that you can change the Koha to MARC mapping, that's not enough to get the item records indexed correctly. If you're using Zebra, you would have to edit records.abs. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton VP, Research & Development, LibLime galen.charlton@liblime.com p: 1-888-564-2457 x709 skype: gmcharlt
Kevin, Galen's solution may be easier. I just haven't had much luck with MarcEdit in a batch mode. But if you're doing a single import, changing the subfields in the import file with MarcEdit would be easier than my suggestion. We're doing an automated import on a regular basis so that wasn't an option for us. James Winter 215.517.2588 -----Original Message----- From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Galen Charlton Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10:48 AM To: kevin smith Cc: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] Importing Item Information with Stage MARC Records ForImport tool Hi Kevin, On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Brendan Gallagher <info@bywatersolutions.com> wrote:
In particular to setting Koha to look in the 949 tag for item data. You can either go to More>Administration> Koha-to-MARCmapping or edit your MARCframework.
The easier way, in my opinion, is to edit the Koha-to-MARCmapping section. Koha is defaulted to 952 field for item data.
Not to bombard you with alternatives, but I would actually recommend that you use a tool like MarcEdit's global change feature to move the 949s to 952 fields, then import the records. While Brenden is correct that you can change the Koha to MARC mapping, that's not enough to get the item records indexed correctly. If you're using Zebra, you would have to edit records.abs. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton VP, Research & Development, LibLime galen.charlton@liblime.com p: 1-888-564-2457 x709 skype: gmcharlt _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Galen What are the proper steps to moving the data from one field to another in MarcEdit? I am using it now and has been a big help but my 953(852) info does seem to be listed in Koha after I do an import. I am not sure if I am doing the move right. Any help would be great! Thanks Ed Edward J. Roche Network Administrator Solanco School District 717.786.2151 x2437 "At the End of the Day, Did You Play to Win or Not to Lose?" -----Original Message----- From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Galen Charlton Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10:48 AM To: kevin smith Cc: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] Importing Item Information with Stage MARC Records ForImport tool Hi Kevin, On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Brendan Gallagher <info@bywatersolutions.com> wrote:
In particular to setting Koha to look in the 949 tag for item data. You can either go to More>Administration> Koha-to-MARCmapping or edit your MARCframework.
The easier way, in my opinion, is to edit the Koha-to-MARCmapping section. Koha is defaulted to 952 field for item data.
Not to bombard you with alternatives, but I would actually recommend that you use a tool like MarcEdit's global change feature to move the 949s to 952 fields, then import the records. While Brenden is correct that you can change the Koha to MARC mapping, that's not enough to get the item records indexed correctly. If you're using Zebra, you would have to edit records.abs. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton VP, Research & Development, LibLime galen.charlton@liblime.com p: 1-888-564-2457 x709 skype: gmcharlt _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
I've had the best results by changing the tag in export file to 952 (just with a sed command like this: sed 's/tag\=\"949/tag\=\"952/' original_export.xml > new_export.xml) You'll then have to go through the framework in Koha and change the subfields in the 952 tag to match your item subfields. Also, change the record.abs file in /etc/koha/zebradb/marc_defs/marc21/biblios to match your item subfields. I haven't had to mess with the unimarc record.abs file so I'm afraid I can't offer much advise there if you're using unimarc. James Winter 215.517.2588 -----Original Message----- From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of kevin smith Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10:03 AM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] Importing Item Information with Stage MARC Records ForImport tool Hello, I am very new to this. I have installed koha on a test server, and have played around with it a bit. I have been able to import marc records that I have exported from our Horizon system. The system can also export item information in a 949 tag. I know that I will need to set up corresponding item status, itypes, collections, etc. but once all of that is done, how do I tell koha how to translate the 949 info into item information? Is there a howto somewhere, or some documentation I can refer to? Thanks, -- Kevin Smith Assistant Director Cass District Library AND The Fiddling Librarian: http://ashkev.weblogs.us _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
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