Hello, this is a MARC21 installation; the UNIMARC installations were removed as I didn't know how to adapt the default framework to a Books, booklets and workbooks framework. (Why is there only the default, fast add and acquisitions framework when you do a UNIMARC installations, and a lot more frameworks when you do a MARC21 installation??) I dd not make any changes to any of the frameworks in this installation. Yes, I do have 001 for the three records I added so far (imported via Z39.50) and there is a biblionumber there. I have not gotten to adding the locally published book which was the problematic one - I could not find it via Z39.50 so I had added it manually. Is a biblionumber generated automatically when you add a new record manually, or do you need to create one yourself, and how is that done? Best regards Aida Đikić From: Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83@web.de> Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 10:20 PM To: library@ssst.edu.ba <library@ssst.edu.ba>; Koha <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> Subject: Re: [Koha] One biblio record not visible in staff interface or OPAC   Hi, is this a MARC21 or UNIMARC installation? Do you have 001 and is the biblionumber stored there? Did you make any changes to the frameworks? Hope this helps, Katrin On 03.05.23 21:48, library@ssst.edu.ba wrote:

Hello,

I'm currently doing a test on my laptop installation. I'm trying to add the first record, and I'm keeping an eye on the tags you mentioned. I only have tags 906, 942, and 955. I _do not_ have tag 999 and there's no option to either add or delete the tag when I go to "Koha to MARC mapping".

In addition to that, there's a note:

If you make any change to the mappings, you must ask your administrator to run misc/batchRebuildBiblioTables.pl.

How exactly do I run misc/batchRebuildBiblioTables.pl?? There's no system administrator who can do it for me.

Best regards

Aida     Đikić

From: library@ssst.edu.ba <library@ssst.edu.ba> Sent: Monday, May 1, 2023 7:42 PM To: Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83@web.de> Cc: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> Subject: Re: [Koha] One biblio record not visible in staff interface or OPAC

Unfortunately I have no way to check until I get back to work on May 8 because I haven't been able to convince our IT staff to enable remote access for me - I can only use it while I'm on the work network, and I am currently back in my hometown.

Best regards Aida Đikić

From: Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83@web.de> Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2023 12:12 PM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> Subject: Re: [Koha] One biblio record not visible in staff interface or OPAC

Hi,

952 is the field item information is stored in MARC21 for import and export. When looking at the MARC record in Koha you won't see the item information, which is correct. I believe the problem is related to indexing, but it's hard to tell what's going on.

If you compare to your other records that are searchable, are there any differences? Especially in 001 and 999 fields?

Hope this helps,

Katrin

On 25.04.23 08:59, library@ssst.edu.ba wrote:

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Hello Zewar,

When I go to edit record, there is _only_ field 942 in Section 9 (Added entry elements Koha). 942 2 source of classification scheme is Universal Decimal Classification, 942c Koha item type is "Books" (that's the only required subfield), 942n Suppress in OPAC (No).

Then I have blank subfields 942e (Edition), 942e (Edition), 942h (Classification part), 942k (Call number prefix), and 942m (Call number suffix).

There is no field 952, and I don't know how to add it here.

I entered the barcode (2023-0015), the full call number (615 UZU Far) and inventory number (B0015/2023) when I added the item.

Best regards

Aida Đikić

-----Original Message----- From: Zewar Khan <zewarkhan60@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2023 4:25 PM To: library@ssst.edu.ba Cc: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] One biblio record not visible in staff interface or OPAC

It seems to me you haven't entered the barcode no of the book in 952p and another Marc field, 952y is also missing

On Mon, Apr 24, 2023, 4:00 PM library@ssst.edu.ba <library@ssst.edu.ba> wrote:

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Hello Katrin,

No, I used the same framework for both this record as for the others. The publication in question is available at the webpage of the Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices, and we have a single hardcopy in our library: http://www.almbih.gov.ba/_doc/farmakopeja/farmakopeja2022.PDF

I can access the records at /cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/ detail.pl?biblionumber=6 and only when I add the biblionumber of the records but not when I search the catalog for the title, editors or ISBN.

When I click on show MARC preview, the record looks like this:

000             00707nam a22001697a 4500 005             20230424104931.0 008             230417s20222022bn a|||eru||| 001 0 bos d 020                     _a9789997616906 040                     _cAĐ 100     1               _aUzunović, Alija _eeditor. _91 245     1       0       _aFarmakopeja Bosne i Hercegovine : nacionalni dodatak Evropskoj/ Europskoj farmakopeji = _bPharmacopoeia of Bosnia and Herzegovina : National Supplement to the European Pharmacopoeia / _cAlija Uzunović, Ana Borić 260                     _aBanja Luka : _bAgencija za lijekove i medicinska sredstva Bosne i Hercegovine _c2022 300                     _a216 str. : tabele, graf. prikazi; 30 cm. 650             0       _2Pharmacopoeia. 700                     _aBorić, Ana _eeditor. _92 942                     _2udc _cBK _n0 999                     _c6 _d6

I'm sure I'm missing something during data entry as it's been many years I worked with any marc flavor and relearning it is taking longer than I expected (why doesn't the knowledge of it just magically transfer XD )

Best regards

Aida Đikić

-----Original Message----- From: Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83@web.de> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2023 8:21 PM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] One biblio record not visible in staff interface or OPAC

Hi,

did you use another/different framework for the locally published title maybe?

When you run the MARC framework check in the administration module, are there any errors?

Are there any errors in the system information tab on the about Koha page?

Hope this helps,

Katrin

...

Hello all, I didn't think I'd have a new question so fast but here it is:

So I've added a few books to my catalog. I can search for them in both staff interface and OPAC by their title, barcode or ISBN, and almost all of them appear in search results except the locally published

On 17.04.23 15:40, library@ssst.edu.ba wrote: title I added manually, not via Z39.50 (which is how I added the rest). Why is that, and how can I correct it? Please and thank you!

...

Best regards

Aida Đikić

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.... and when I create a new record, there is no 001. It doesn't exist, and I don't know how to add it from here. Why doesn't it appear for manual cataloging, and it's there when I import a record???....

Make sure 001 is visible in the editor for the framework you are using (Administration > Catalog > MARC bibliographic framework > [the framework you are using] - for visibility, make sure Editor is ticked). I'm not a cataloguer, so I don't have an answer for your question, ..... Maybe the Library of Congress info for MARC21 001 will help (or not...) https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd001.html David Nind New Zealand

Sucess!! I did some digging into the global settings for "controlnumber" to see if I'd missed any preferences when I reinstalled this instance, and it turned out that I needed to set the following: UseControlNumber to Use record control number ($w subfields) and control number (001) for linking of bibliographic records. under "Display", and autoControlNumber Control Number (001) is generated as biblionumber under "Record structure". I can now see the record by adding the appropriate biblionumber at the end of the URL, which was my workaround, but also by searching for the title, which I wanted to do. (But I also remember reading something about this not being a good choice if you have serials and if you are planning to catalog articles. I will need to leave this for some other time though, after I've added this year's records - the number is low enough that I can redo them in Koha - and finally received and prepared the export from the old system that I will then need to import.) Next step is trying to find a way to have a cover show up in the coverflow plugin, because it's not getting picked up by Google. I assume I will have to dig into how to upload my own cover that can be used for all the locally published or old books that Google doesn't have. Best regards Aida Đikić From: David Nind <david@davidnind.com> Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 12:29 PM To: library@ssst.edu.ba <library@ssst.edu.ba>; Koha <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> Subject: Re: [Koha] One biblio record not visible in staff interface or OPAC   .... and when I create a new record, there is no 001. It doesn't exist, and I don't know how to add it from here. Why doesn't it appear for manual cataloging, and it's there when I import a record???.... Make sure 001 is visible in the editor for the framework you are using (Administration > Catalog > MARC bibliographic framework > [the framework you are using] - for visibility, make sure Editor is ticked). I'm not a cataloguer, so I don't have an answer for your question, ..... Maybe the Library of Congress info for MARC21 001 will help (or not...) https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd001.html David Nind New Zealand

Hello Heather! Way way back when I had just been placed in charge of the library, I used a program that was originally meant for collectors, but could work for libraries as well. The way I handled articles was to use its container feature to catalog the serial, articles as items and joined them under that particular container. When the developer ultimately stopped working on that program, the in-house system developed by our IT didn't have a way to import those serials, and since they had mostly been donations from staff and almost never complete volumes, tin addition to very rarely being circulated, they were never imported. I'd like to eventually put them back into circulation, so knowing that something exists for that purpose is really helpful! I must finish importing the records I've cataloged so far (embarrassingly few, but then again I was working on learning how to install web servers on Linux and Koha setup, so I won't feel guilty about it!) "And why are there more bibliographic frameworks with a MARC21 installation?  I'm a Real Cataloger and I have no idea—we use the default framework exclusively. " OH! And I was under the impression that one wasn't supposed to use the default framework directly, but to duplicate the framework and edit the fields they need to use. "The other frameworks are, IMO, completely unnecessary.  I think they are used more often in consortia or really large libraries that may have lots of staff contributing records with very different levels of training and expertise." My level of expertise with MARC is definitely low and I certainly got used to the simplified system we currently use, but I'm slowly improving. Today I even recognized some tags when they were mentioned in the cataloging SIG!  "The differing frameworks/choices of authority records also drive me round the bend—I dream of a day that I can open an Advanced Authority Editor and just key in an authority record." I'm looking forward to using the advanced editor once I'm more confident in my skills! Re: local covers, I noticed there's an option under cataloging tools to upload a local cover image, so I will go and investigate that and OpenLibrary. (And I also discovered that switching my replies to plain text stops my emails from balooning in size and being stopped for moderation.) Best regards Aida Đikić     From: Hernandez, Heather H <Heather_Hernandez@nps.gov> Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 4:23 PM To: library@ssst.edu.ba <library@ssst.edu.ba>; Koha <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Koha] One biblio record not visible in staff interface or OPAC   Hi, Aida!

 UseControlNumber to Use record control number ($w subfields) and control  number (001) for linking of bibliographic records. ... I also remember reading  something about this not being a good choice if you have serials and  if you are planning to catalog articles.

We have serials and catalog articles ("analytics") and this works fine for us (with custom XSLT from ByWater that they are happy to share with the community) and is better than searching for author and/or title due to the often generic titles of serials. Uploading a local cover image is easy-peasy!  It can be uploaded to go with an item or at the bib level.  We pull cover images from OpenLibrary, so I will often contribute the cover image to OpenLibrary.org so it's more widely available. And why are there more bibliographic frameworks with a MARC21 installation?  I'm a Real Cataloger and I have no idea—we use the default framework exclusively.  The other frameworks are, IMO, completely unnecessary.  I think they are used more often in consortia or really large libraries that may have lots of staff contributing records with very different levels of training and expertise. The differing frameworks/choices of authority records also drive me round the bend—I dream of a day that I can open an Advanced Authority Editor and just key in an authority record. Cheerio! h2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ms. Heather Hernandez (she, her, hers) Technical Services Librarian Library catalog: https://keys.bywatersolutions.com/ San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Research Center 2 Marina Blvd., Bldg. E, 3rd floor, San Francisco, CA 94123-1284 415-561-7032 (office, generally M, W, F, telecommuting Tu,Th) heather_hernandez@nps.gov

Hello, "But: UNIMARC expects the biblionumber in 001, I think. I keep wondering if your indexing configuration might be wrong." I'm pretty sure I chose MARC21 during the web installation, and I can see what my indexing configuration looks like though I wouldn't be able to tell if there's something wrong with it. I'd appreciate any advice on correcting it as i tis. Now that I'm back at work, I can go through the same process I did with the old laptop instance and see if I can replicate the solution. Any corrections to the indexing configuration I would do to the work server instance. Best regards Aida Đikić -----Original Message----- From: Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83@web.de> Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 8:46 PM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] One biblio record not visible in staff interface or OPAC Hi, you should not *need* to have 001 set to biblionumber in a MARC21 installation to make things searchable, although it doesn't hurt if you want to link records, which is one reason why you can do it. But: UNIMARC expects the biblionumber in 001, I think. I keep wondering if your indexing configuration might be wrong. If you don't search for keyword, but select title or author as search option - do you find what you are looking for? Checking the koha-conf.xml for the URLs to indexing configuration would help to show if I am right or wrong. Hope this helps, Katrin On 04.05.23 16:01, library@ssst.edu.ba wrote:

Sucess!! I did some digging into the global settings for "controlnumber" to see if I'd missed any preferences when I reinstalled this instance, and it turned out that I needed to set the following:

UseControlNumber to Use record control number ($w subfields) and control number (001) for linking of bibliographic records.

under "Display", and

autoControlNumber Control Number (001) is generated as biblionumber

under "Record structure".

I can now see the record by adding the appropriate biblionumber at the end of the URL, which was my workaround, but also by searching for the title, which I wanted to do.

(But I also remember reading something about this not being a good choice if you have serials and if you are planning to catalog articles. I will need to leave this for some other time though, after I've added this year's records - the number is low enough that I can redo them in Koha - and finally received and prepared the export from the old system that I will then need to import.)

Next step is trying to find a way to have a cover show up in the coverflow plugin, because it's not getting picked up by Google. I assume I will have to dig into how to upload my own cover that can be used for all the locally published or old books that Google doesn't have.

Best regards

Aida Đikić

From: David Nind <david@davidnind.com> Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 12:29 PM To: library@ssst.edu.ba <library@ssst.edu.ba>; Koha <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> Subject: Re: [Koha] One biblio record not visible in staff interface or OPAC

.... and when I create a new record, there is no 001. It doesn't exist, and I don't know how to add it from here. Why doesn't it appear for manual cataloging, and it's there when I import a record???....

Make sure 001 is visible in the editor for the framework you are using (Administration > Catalog > MARC bibliographic framework > [the framework you are using] - for visibility, make sure Editor is ticked).

I'm not a cataloguer, so I don't have an answer for your question, .....

Maybe the Library of Congress info for MARC21 001 will help (or not...) https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd001.html

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Hi, that's what I've been trying to explain: The MARC flavor you choose in the web installer will determine which sample data is loaded, including the MARC frameworks. The indexing configuration is determined by how the instance was created when using 'sudo koha-create'. It defaults to MARC21, but can be set to UNIMARC using the option: --marcflavor flavor If you have a mismatch between those settings, meaning one is MARC21 and the other was UNIMARC, that would explain the issues you see with indexing, search, links etc. I believe the easiest solution would be to create a new instance and import your database there if that is the root of your problems. Hope this helps, Katrin On 08.05.23 08:42, library@ssst.edu.ba wrote:

Hello,

"But: UNIMARC expects the biblionumber in 001, I think. I keep wondering if your indexing configuration might be wrong."

I'm pretty sure I chose MARC21 during the web installation, and I can see what my indexing configuration looks like though I wouldn't be able to tell if there's something wrong with it. I'd appreciate any advice on correcting it as i tis.

Now that I'm back at work, I can go through the same process I did with the old laptop instance and see if I can replicate the solution. Any corrections to the indexing configuration I would do to the work server instance.

Best regards

Aida Đikić

-----Original Message----- From: Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83@web.de> Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 8:46 PM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] One biblio record not visible in staff interface or OPAC

Hi,

you should not *need* to have 001 set to biblionumber in a MARC21 installation to make things searchable, although it doesn't hurt if you want to link records, which is one reason why you can do it. But: UNIMARC expects the biblionumber in 001, I think. I keep wondering if your indexing configuration might be wrong.

If you don't search for keyword, but select title or author as search option - do you find what you are looking for?

Checking the koha-conf.xml for the URLs to indexing configuration would help to show if I am right or wrong.

Hope this helps,

Katrin

On 04.05.23 16:01, library@ssst.edu.ba wrote:

...

Sucess!! I did some digging into the global settings for "controlnumber" to see if I'd missed any preferences when I reinstalled this instance, and it turned out that I needed to set the following:

UseControlNumber to Use record control number ($w subfields) and control number (001) for linking of bibliographic records.

under "Display", and

autoControlNumber Control Number (001) is generated as biblionumber

under "Record structure".

I can now see the record by adding the appropriate biblionumber at the end of the URL, which was my workaround, but also by searching for the title, which I wanted to do.

(But I also remember reading something about this not being a good choice if you have serials and if you are planning to catalog articles. I will need to leave this for some other time though, after I've added this year's records - the number is low enough that I can redo them in Koha - and finally received and prepared the export from the old system that I will then need to import.)

Next step is trying to find a way to have a cover show up in the coverflow plugin, because it's not getting picked up by Google. I assume I will have to dig into how to upload my own cover that can be used for all the locally published or old books that Google doesn't have.

Best regards

Aida Đikić

From: David Nind <david@davidnind.com> Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 12:29 PM To: library@ssst.edu.ba <library@ssst.edu.ba>; Koha <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> Subject: Re: [Koha] One biblio record not visible in staff interface or OPAC

.... and when I create a new record, there is no 001. It doesn't exist, and I don't know how to add it from here. Why doesn't it appear for manual cataloging, and it's there when I import a record???....

Make sure 001 is visible in the editor for the framework you are using (Administration > Catalog > MARC bibliographic framework > [the framework you are using] - for visibility, make sure Editor is ticked).

I'm not a cataloguer, so I don't have an answer for your question, .....

Maybe the Library of Congress info for MARC21 001 will help (or not...) https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd001.html

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Hello,

The MARC flavor I chose in the web installer was indeed MARC21, however when I opened /etc/koha/koha-sites.conf to check I see that ZEBRA_MARC_FORMAT="unimarc". If I change this to MARC21 instead, and restart Zebra, will I stop getting errors when I add a record manually vs. via the Z39.50 servers? If you take a closer look at the file, there are a lot of references to unimarc and UNIMARC in settings and file paths. You'd need to set all

Hi, On 09.05.23 09:54, library@ssst.edu.ba wrote: those correctly to fix your indexing problem and other issues for good. Maybe a correct MARC21 conf file could be adapted and replace yours, but I've never tried that.

I'm guessing that since I went through the creation/removal of a Koha instance more than once, with both flavors, when I created the current instance the Zebra indexing setting was left at UNIMARC. I thought this would be an automatic change during the next installation. If I absolutely must I will do it, but I would really like to avoid having to create yet another instance and to have to remake all the html customizations and CSS for the OPAC.

How did you make your changes? If you are using HTML customizations and system preferences they are all stored in the database and you would be able to load your existing database into a new instance and keep using it.

There's a setting in Record structure where I recently set the preference for autoControlNumber Value to Control Number (001) is generated as biblionumber. Would this be a correct setting for MARC21 then?

When it comes to the two different flavors, with MARC 21 I got several MARC frameworks (books, serials, DVDs, etc.) in addition to the default one. With UNIMARC, I get the default plus fast cataloging and acquisitions. Is this the same for others? At the moment there are more sample frameworks for MARC21 than for UNIMARC available with the sample data. You can still create your own

No, it would not be enough, you'd still be experiencing a lot of issues. I assume every search that is not a keyword search won't work correctly. frameworks of course. Hope this helps, katrin

Hi, On 10.05.23 09:11, library@ssst.edu.ba wrote:

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I'm guessing that since I went through the creation/removal of a Koha instance more than once, with both flavors, when I created the current instance the Zebra indexing setting was left at UNIMARC. I thought this would be an automatic change during the next installation. If I absolutely must I will do it, but I would really like to avoid having to create yet another instance and to have to remake all the html customizations and CSS for the OPAC. How did you make your changes? If you are using HTML customizations and system preferences they are all stored in the database and you would be able to load your existing database into a new instance and keep using it.

Yes, I made the changes using HTML customizations and system preferences. So how do I export the database? When I didn't see anything in the tools or the administration settings, I looked up the mailing list archives and found in message https://www.mail-archive.com/koha@lists.katipo.co.nz/msg28832.html that you need to enable Tools > Export by changing 0 to 1 in

<backup_db_via_tools>1</backup_db_via_tools> <backup_conf_via_tools>1</backup_conf_via_tools>

For exporting your existing database, it's much easier to use a tool like mysqldump. Some instructions can be found here, they are for moving from one server to another, but moving from one instance to another would be similar: http://kohageek.blogspot.com/2015/08/move-old-koha-database-to-new.html Hope this helps, Katrin

I am slowly continuing to add the titles I had cataloged this year in our in-house system, adding most of them via Z39.50, but having to add locally published textbooks manually. I'm grateful to Caroline for sending the little "cheat sheet" of the basic fields for cataloging in MARC21, those were very helpful. And it turns out that David Nind also once sent instructions on how to run the ./misc/batchRebuildBiblioTables.pl script, which I had forgotten about, so apologies! Unfortunately it doesn't work for me; I tried it and got the following result: -bash: ./misc/batchRebuildBiblioTables.pl: No such file or directory I'm not sure how to proceed from here. Do I need to get this file from somwehere, or create it myself? As for cataloging, I've successfully added my latest record and the multiple items, but even after clicking on „Link authorities automatically“, when I click on the authors in the OPAC I get the „This authority is not used in any records“. This is true for both manually added records and Z39.50; I looked them up to make sure. Same with subjects. Is there an extra step I'm not doing that would link these authorities to the records? I'm also still unable to get the UDC classification to appear in OPAC instead of Dewey and LOC. Best regards Aida Đikić -----Original Message----- From: library@ssst.edu.ba <library@ssst.edu.ba> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2023 1:50 PM To: Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83@web.de>; koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] One biblio record not visible in staff interface or OPAC Hi Katrin, I didn't mean to ignore the list; I just got back from a week-long Erasmus staff mobility stay in Sevilla. They have amazing libraries! Thank you for the link to the instructions, I will check it out, and will probably be back with more questions. Best regards Aida Đikić -----Original Message----- From: Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83@web.de> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2023 11:34 AM To: library@ssst.edu.ba; koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] One biblio record not visible in staff interface or OPAC Hi, On 10.05.23 09:11, library@ssst.edu.ba wrote:

...

I'm guessing that since I went through the creation/removal of a Koha instance more than once, with both flavors, when I created the current instance the Zebra indexing setting was left at UNIMARC. I thought this would be an automatic change during the next installation. If I absolutely must I will do it, but I would really like to avoid having to create yet another instance and to have to remake all the html customizations and CSS for the OPAC. How did you make your changes? If you are using HTML customizations and system preferences they are all stored in the database and you would be able to load your existing database into a new instance and keep using it.

Yes, I made the changes using HTML customizations and system preferences. So how do I export the database? When I didn't see anything in the tools or the administration settings, I looked up the mailing list archives and found in message https://www.mail-archive.com/koha@lists.katipo.co.nz/msg28832.html that you need to enable Tools > Export by changing 0 to 1 in

<backup_db_via_tools>1</backup_db_via_tools> <backup_conf_via_tools>1</backup_conf_via_tools>

For exporting your existing database, it's much easier to use a tool like mysqldump. Some instructions can be found here, they are for moving from one server to another, but moving from one instance to another would be similar: http://kohageek.blogspot.com/2015/08/move-old-koha-database-to-new.html Hope this helps, Katrin

Hi David, I admit I am *sorely* tempted to just remove the Koha installation I have on my work server because it's been nothing but trouble, and testing just the one on my old laptop. I can't access the work server from home anyway and I can take my laptop to work. So how would I access that from the terminal to be able to run it? Would I need to write this -bash: /usr/share/koha/bin/batchRebuildBiblioTables.pl Instead of the command below (-bash: ./misc/batchRebuildBiblioTables.pl) Best regards Aida Đikić -----Original Message----- From: David Liddle <david@liddles.net> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2023 1:17 PM To: library@ssst.edu.ba Cc: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] One biblio record not visible in staff interface or OPAC Hello Aida, I can't help with your other questions, but I will mention that on my systems, that script is located here: /usr/share/koha/bin/batchRebuildBiblioTables.pl Regards, David Liddle On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 8:15 AM library@ssst.edu.ba <library@ssst.edu.ba> wrote:

I am slowly continuing to add the titles I had cataloged this year in our in-house system, adding most of them via Z39.50, but having to add locally published textbooks manually. I'm grateful to Caroline for sending the little "cheat sheet" of the basic fields for cataloging in MARC21, those were very helpful. And it turns out that David Nind also once sent instructions on how to run the ./misc/batchRebuildBiblioTables.pl script, which I had forgotten about, so apologies!

Unfortunately it doesn't work for me; I tried it and got the following result:

-bash: ./misc/batchRebuildBiblioTables.pl: No such file or directory

I'm not sure how to proceed from here. Do I need to get this file from somwehere, or create it myself?

As for cataloging, I've successfully added my latest record and the multiple items, but even after clicking on „Link authorities automatically“, when I click on the authors in the OPAC I get the „This authority is not used in any records“. This is true for both manually added records and Z39.50; I looked them up to make sure. Same with subjects.

Is there an extra step I'm not doing that would link these authorities to the records? I'm also still unable to get the UDC classification to appear in OPAC instead of Dewey and LOC.

Best regards

Aida Đikić

-----Original Message----- From: library@ssst.edu.ba <library@ssst.edu.ba> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2023 1:50 PM To: Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83@web.de>; koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] One biblio record not visible in staff interface or OPAC

Hi Katrin,

I didn't mean to ignore the list; I just got back from a week-long Erasmus staff mobility stay in Sevilla. They have amazing libraries!

Thank you for the link to the instructions, I will check it out, and will probably be back with more questions.

Best regards

Aida Đikić

-----Original Message----- From: Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83@web.de> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2023 11:34 AM To: library@ssst.edu.ba; koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] One biblio record not visible in staff interface or OPAC

Hi,

On 10.05.23 09:11, library@ssst.edu.ba wrote:

...

...

I'm guessing that since I went through the creation/removal of a Koha instance more than once, with both flavors, when I created the current instance the Zebra indexing setting was left at UNIMARC. I thought this would be an automatic change during the next installation. If I absolutely must I will do it, but I would really like to avoid having to create yet another instance and to have to remake all the html customizations and CSS for the OPAC. How did you make your changes? If you are using HTML customizations and system preferences they are all stored in the database and you would be able to load your existing database into a new instance and keep using it.

Yes, I made the changes using HTML customizations and system preferences. So how do I export the database? When I didn't see anything in the tools or the administration settings, I looked up the mailing list archives and found in message https://www.mail-archive.com/koha@lists.katipo.co.nz/msg28832.html that you need to enable Tools > Export by changing 0 to 1 in

<backup_db_via_tools>1</backup_db_via_tools> <backup_conf_via_tools>1</backup_conf_via_tools>

For exporting your existing database, it's much easier to use a tool like mysqldump. Some instructions can be found here, they are for moving from one server to another, but moving from one instance to another would be similar:

http://kohageek.blogspot.com/2015/08/move-old-koha-database-to-new.htm l

Hope this helps,

Katrin

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Thank you David, I either haven't been able to find it or have overlooked it in my search. Learning both linux and Koha has proven to be a lot more difficult than I was hoping it would be. I've decided to uninstall Koha from the work server and try the setup and cataloging a few records again to see where I'm making a mistake and not geting results when I click on the authors. Best regards Aida Đikić -----Original Message----- From: David Liddle <david@liddles.net> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2023 7:31 PM To: library@ssst.edu.ba Cc: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] One biblio record not visible in staff interface or OPAC In full disclosure, Aida, this task is not one that I've ever needed to do. But research is fun, and I like to learn new things. According to a few searches through the list, my attention was brought firstly to the use of 'koha-shell' for such things and secondly to the following command to run this particular script: $ sudo koha-shell -c '/usr/share/koha/bin/batchRebuildBiblioTables.pl -c' your_koha_name See https://lists.katipo.co.nz/public/koha/2021-July/056491.html for the relevant thread. If someone else out there knows better, then please give Aida the better tip! On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 1:24 PM library@ssst.edu.ba <library@ssst.edu.ba> wrote:

Hi David,

I admit I am *sorely* tempted to just remove the Koha installation I have on my work server because it's been nothing but trouble, and testing just the one on my old laptop. I can't access the work server from home anyway and I can take my laptop to work.

So how would I access that from the terminal to be able to run it? Would I need to write this

-bash: /usr/share/koha/bin/batchRebuildBiblioTables.pl

Instead of the command below (-bash: ./misc/batchRebuildBiblioTables.pl)

Best regards

Aida Đikić

-----Original Message----- From: David Liddle <david@liddles.net> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2023 1:17 PM To: library@ssst.edu.ba Cc: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] One biblio record not visible in staff interface or OPAC

Hello Aida, I can't help with your other questions, but I will mention that on my systems, that script is located here:

/usr/share/koha/bin/batchRebuildBiblioTables.pl

Regards,

David Liddle

On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 8:15 AM library@ssst.edu.ba <library@ssst.edu.ba> wrote:

...

I am slowly continuing to add the titles I had cataloged this year in our in-house system, adding most of them via Z39.50, but having to add locally published textbooks manually. I'm grateful to Caroline for sending the little "cheat sheet" of the basic fields for cataloging in MARC21, those were very helpful. And it turns out that David Nind also once sent instructions on how to run the ./misc/batchRebuildBiblioTables.pl script, which I had forgotten about, so apologies!

Unfortunately it doesn't work for me; I tried it and got the following result:

-bash: ./misc/batchRebuildBiblioTables.pl: No such file or directory

I'm not sure how to proceed from here. Do I need to get this file from somwehere, or create it myself?

As for cataloging, I've successfully added my latest record and the multiple items, but even after clicking on „Link authorities automatically“, when I click on the authors in the OPAC I get the „This authority is not used in any records“. This is true for both manually added records and Z39.50; I looked them up to make sure. Same with subjects.

Is there an extra step I'm not doing that would link these authorities to the records? I'm also still unable to get the UDC classification to appear in OPAC instead of Dewey and LOC.

Best regards

Aida Đikić

-----Original Message----- From: library@ssst.edu.ba <library@ssst.edu.ba> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2023 1:50 PM To: Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83@web.de>; koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] One biblio record not visible in staff interface or OPAC

Hi Katrin,

I didn't mean to ignore the list; I just got back from a week-long Erasmus staff mobility stay in Sevilla. They have amazing libraries!

Thank you for the link to the instructions, I will check it out, and will probably be back with more questions.

Best regards

Aida Đikić

-----Original Message----- From: Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83@web.de> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2023 11:34 AM To: library@ssst.edu.ba; koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] One biblio record not visible in staff interface or OPAC

Hi,

On 10.05.23 09:11, library@ssst.edu.ba wrote:

...

...

I'm guessing that since I went through the creation/removal of a Koha instance more than once, with both flavors, when I created the current instance the Zebra indexing setting was left at UNIMARC. I thought this would be an automatic change during the next installation. If I absolutely must I will do it, but I would really like to avoid having to create yet another instance and to have to remake all the html customizations and CSS for the OPAC. How did you make your changes? If you are using HTML customizations and system preferences they are all stored in the database and you would be able to load your existing database into a new instance and keep using it.

Yes, I made the changes using HTML customizations and system preferences. So how do I export the database? When I didn't see anything in the tools or the administration settings, I looked up the mailing list archives and found in message https://www.mail-archive.com/koha@lists.katipo.co.nz/msg28832.html that you need to enable Tools > Export by changing 0 to 1 in

<backup_db_via_tools>1</backup_db_via_tools> <backup_conf_via_tools>1</backup_conf_via_tools>

For exporting your existing database, it's much easier to use a tool like mysqldump. Some instructions can be found here, they are for moving from one server to another, but moving from one instance to another would be similar:

http://kohageek.blogspot.com/2015/08/move-old-koha-database-to-new.h tm l

Hope this helps,

Katrin

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(I'm assuming you have a process to request things from your IT/area that looks after the server.) No, the only thing our IT did was set aside some server space for me and gave me PuTTY to install Koha and to set it up. I've been doing everything myself, basically by using the trial and error method and following online posts and instructions. I'd never done anything in Linux before. I have zero budget and zero help from our IT. "Example: you decide to map biblio.title to 200$a (it was previously mapped to 610$a). Run this script or you will have strange results in the UI!" I still need to re-learn the tags as it's been years since I had any reason to use any MARC and I've forgotten a lot. Thank you for the instructions, I will save them in a file I can access later when I need to use it. Best regards  Aida Đikić Hi. How exactly do I run misc/batchRebuildBiblioTables.pl?? There's no system administrator who can do it for me. This is run from the command line on the server where Koha is installed. If you don't have access, then there is no other way to run it. (I'm assuming you have a process to request things from your IT/area that looks after the server.) Here is the help for this command: This script rebuilds the non-MARC fields from the MARC values. You can/must use it when you change your mapping. Example: you decide to map biblio.title to 200$a (it was previously mapped to 610$a). Run this script or you will have strange results in the UI! Syntax: ./batchRebuildBiblioTables.pl -h (or without arguments => show this screen) ./batchRebuildBiblioTables.pl -c (c like confirm => rebuild non-MARC fields (may take long) David Nind New Zealand