[Koha] Item Call Number

[KL Nasveschuk]

Hello,
I never tried the demo. I have been working with Koha for sometime but
don't have it running in a production environment. I do have every
record and copy loaded into Koha from 5 libraries at Wareham Public
Schools in Wareham, MA. That's about 41,000 records all done by
bulkmarcimport. Bulkmarcimport works very good, but for that many
records could take 5-6 hours depending on the computer they are going
to. You need to set up where things are going in advance, or some data
will be missing.

I'm not a librarian, but do have a Master's in network and database
technology. I think it's a a great piece of software, but again I'm not
a librarian. It does need to tweeked along the way to get it to do what
you want it to do, but that's the nature of Open Source. 

You can take a look at my test site.

http://www.wareham.mec.edu:8000

Kent N

On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 12:42 -0500, Jennifer Wilms wrote:
> Hello. I've been subscribing to this list because I am thinking of using 
> Koha for our library. If you have a free second today, could you send a 
> response to let me know how your experience has been going? I tried the 
> demo but it didn't work well at all - I had an awful time trying to upload 
> a MARC record. Have you tried this? Aside from your call number question, 
> has Koha worked well for you?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your time.
> 
> -- Jennifer Wilms, Library Manager
> Cleveland Museum of Natural History
> 
> 
> 
> At 11:42 AM 2/2/2006, you wrote:
> >I have a similar problem with call numbers not showing where you would
> >think they should be. Any suggestions on this.
> >
> >I'm using the NPL theme.
> >
> >Here is an example:
> >
> >Search for "whale" in OPAC returns hits. "Call number" for all hits is
> >empty, however "Available at" has the branch with local call number in
> >parentheses. This makes sense because the call number sound follow the
> >branch.
> >
> >If I open an individual record from OPAC, the "Call number" is again
> >missing and "Location" contains the branch with local call number in
> >parentheses. This also makes sense.
> >
> >
> >If I go in through kohaadmin and look at a particular record with copies
> >"barcode" shows up correctly
> >"Local call number" shows up correctly
> >"homebranch" shows up correctly
> >"holdingbranch" shows up correctly
> >
> >items.itemcallnumber is mapped to 952h. I populated tag 952h with the
> >local call number when I loaded the data using bulkmarcimport.
> >
> >Try it:
> >
> >http://www.wareham.mec.edu:8000/
> >Search for "whale"
> >
> >#2)
> >How can I deal with duplicate barcodes in different branches? I have
> >branches that used to be independent now they are part of a system of 5
> >schools. If I go to check out a book, sometimes it will take the barcode
> >from a different branch.
> >
> >
> >Kent N
> >
> >
> >On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 06:37 -0800, Amzari Abu Bakar wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Maybe this is a silly question, but I hope there is
> > > somebody who can assist me.
> > >
> > > I try to catalog via Koha. Everything seems fine but I
> > > didn't manage to get my call number display correctly.
> > > I intend to use LC Call Number as my Local Call
> > > Number. Which Koha-MARC subfield should be link?
> > >
> > > maybe, those who are interested can check out my
> > > temporary setup koha site at
> > >
> > > http://mykoha.dyndns.org
> > >
> > > It will be online for several days, as I just host it
> > > in my PC. Currently only 3 items cataloged. Try search
> > > for "Linux".
> > >
> > > It will display 2 items found, and call number:
> > > QA76.76.O63 instead of QA76.76.O63 D688 2004. For your
> > > information, I catalog QA76.76.O63 under tag 050a and
> > > D688 2004 under tag 050b. My concern is, how can I
> > > display complete call number on my OPAC?
> > >
> > > *. Currently, my biblioitems.classification link to
> > > field 050a. Which koha fields I should link to my call
> > > number?
> > >
> > > Appreciate those who can help. Thank you in advance.
> > >
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> Jennifer Wilms, MLIS
> Library Manager
> Cleveland Museum of Natural History
> 1 Wade Oval Drive, University Circle
> Cleveland, OH 44106
> 216-231-4600 x3222
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