Re: [Koha] Switching from Other Library Software to Koha
Hi all, I have managed to get into the FireBird database back end of our existing AccessIt library catalog and export all of the data as a CSV file. Now I am trying to use MarcEdit to convert the CSV file into Marc records so that it can be imported into Koha. I have imported the resulting file into Koha, and it looks reasonably good for a first effort, except for when I view one of the items imported, Koha tells me that there are no physical items for the record. I suspect I have not quite got the mapping right between the CSV file fields and Marc file fields. Is there any howto on this sort of thing- especially for a non-librarian like me as most of the librarian terms go straight over my head! ;-) Also, what field should our 'internal' barcodes be mapped to so that we can use the same barcode number as what already exists in AccessIt? Cheers, Ben Doughney ICT Manager Mission Heights Schools Ph (09) 277 7881, Fx (09) 277 7883 PO Box 64 448, Botany Town Centre, Auckland 2016 Please consider the environment before printing this email.
Ben Doughney schreef op do 17-10-2013 om 15:03 [+1300]:
Hi all,
I have managed to get into the FireBird database back end of our existing AccessIt library catalog and export all of the data as a CSV file. Now I am trying to use MarcEdit to convert the CSV file into Marc records so that it can be imported into Koha.
I have imported the resulting file into Koha, and it looks reasonably good for a first effort, except for when I view one of the items imported, Koha tells me that there are no physical items for the record. I suspect I have not quite got the mapping right between the CSV file fields and Marc file fields. Is there any howto on this sort of thing- especially for a non-librarian like me as most of the librarian terms go straight over my head! ;-)
Also, what field should our 'internal' barcodes be mapped to so that we can use the same barcode number as what already exists in AccessIt?
For every item attached to a record, you want a single 952 field. This contains things like barcode, location, and so forth. To know where each thing should go, I always refer to this wiki page: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Holdings_data_fields_(9xx) -- Robin Sheat Catalyst IT Ltd. ✆ +64 4 803 2204 GPG: 5FA7 4B49 1E4D CAA4 4C38 8505 77F5 B724 F871 3BDF
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