RE: [Koha] Cleaning characters from isbn data
Noth, Cataloging standards allow the inclusion of the qualifiers at the end of the 020 field. It allows a person to distinguish between paperback, hard cover, and all the other variations that would produce a different ISBN. Koha should not be adding the dashes back into the ISBN. For one thing, it does not know where to put them. An ISBN search should be exact match with right truncation. That way the descriptive text can stay and still not mess up a search. Sincerely, David Bigwood bigwood@lpi.usra.edu Lunar & planetary Institute http://www.lpi.usra.edu/library/whats_new.shtml Check out our weekly podcast, now over a year old. -----Original Message----- From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Noth Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 12:33 AM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] Cleaning characters from isbn data Hi All, I've imported my data using bulkmarcimport.pl and it looks as though the old system/librarian has added some garbage characters to the end of the isbn number. Nothing too serious but it means that the majority of the book searches fail. An example of a isbn: 0-958760-497 (pbk.-) Unfortunatly the characters arent all the same so a simple find and replace on the 4000+ records isn't going to do the trick. Its obvious that Koha already does some conversion on the isbn (since the "-" symbols weren't in there before) and I'm wondering where it does this, so that I can add some code to clean garbage characters (i'm thinking that removal of characters after a space is detected should do the trick) or if anyone has done something like this before? Great system by the way. Cheers, Noth -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cleaning-characters-from-isbn-data-tf3146978.html# a8724017 Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Hi all, We have been using Koha for a month or 2 now, and we are very happy with it. However, when it was initially set up the limit of items that can be borrowed was too low, but no matter how I change the preference page, it does not seem to make any difference. Did I miss something? How can I change the limit? Thanks, Marty Jongepier
Hi Marty, Check your 'issuing rules' in the system parameters. It's a matrix between Branch / Itemtype / Patron Category. You can check the User's Guide for details on how to configure it: http://kohadocs.org/usersguide Hope that helps, let us know if you have any other questions. Cheers, -- Joshua Ferraro SUPPORT FOR OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE President, Technology migration, training, maintenance, support LibLime Featuring Koha Open-Source ILS jmf@liblime.com |Full Demos at http://liblime.com/koha |1(888)KohaILS ----- Marty Jongepier <bluejaydesign@sympatico.ca> wrote:
Hi all,
We have been using Koha for a month or 2 now, and we are very happy with it. However, when it was initially set up the limit of items that can be borrowed was too low, but no matter how I change the preference page, it does not seem to make any difference. Did I miss something? How can I change the limit?
Thanks,
Marty Jongepier
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