[Koha] How to format a register to be successful into Koha?

Thu Jun 15 15:53:31 NZST 2006

Wednesday, June 14, 2006     22:47 CDT

Hi, José,

I'll have to try to answer quicker this time, as my computer crashed again before the last quick answer was finished.

Why would you want to edit the register as you call it (usually referred to as the Directory)? What is the source of the "analysis"?

Normally, one wouldn't want to edit the Directory because it provides the structure to the long string of alphanumeric characters that compose a MARC record, allowing Koha and other library programs the ability to take the data and fill in a table (the Directory allows a line to become a matrix).

Were you having some problem importing MARC data? Exporting?

If you want/need to edit MARC data prior to importing into Koha there are free tools available such as the very useful MARCEdit. You can download it gratis off the MARC Specialized Tools page at the Library of Congress site at:
     URL <http://www.loc.gov/marc/marctools.html> .

This tool will decompile the Directory properly into a tagged format that will allow you to edit the field data. When done editing, you can re-convert records into true MARC and MARCEdit will make all the necessary changes to the Directory.

I hope that this information has helped. Write back to the listserv with more detail on your reasons for changing the Directory if you need specific help with it as a MARC issue.

Cheers,
Steven F. Baljkas
library tech at large
Koha neophyte
Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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From: "José Lagoas" <jlagoas at lnec.pt>
Date: 2006/06/14 Wed AM 09:31:08 CDT
To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
Subject: [Koha] How to format a register to be successful into Koha?

KOHA
Using this options Parameters-->MARC biblio export it makes this content for
one book (an example):
00227     2200109
4500020001500000090000900015245002000024600001800044600001800062610002900080942000800109

a0672226510
  c3d3
  aC: Step-by-Step
  aMitchel Waite
  aStephen
Prata
  aHoward W. Sams & Company
  cLIV

Analysing the register (all character):
Decimal-Octal-ASCII
048-060-0
048-060-0
050-062-2
050-062-2
055-067-7
032-040-
032-040-
032-040-
032-040-
032-040-
050-062-2
050-062-2
048-060-0
048-060-0
049-061-1
048-060-0
057-071-9
032-040-
032-040-
032-040-
052-064-4
053-065-5
048-060-0
048-060-0
048-060-0
050-062-2
048-060-0
048-060-0
048-060-0
049-061-1
053-065-5
048-060-0
048-060-0
048-060-0
048-060-0
048-060-0
048-060-0
057-071-9
048-060-0
048-060-0
048-060-0
048-060-0
057-071-9
048-060-0
048-060-0
048-060-0
049-061-1
053-065-5
050-062-2
052-064-4
053-065-5
048-060-0
048-060-0
050-062-2
048-060-0
048-060-0
048-060-0
048-060-0
050-062-2
052-064-4
054-066-6
048-060-0
048-060-0
048-060-0
048-060-0
049-061-1
056-070-8
048-060-0
048-060-0
048-060-0
052-064-4
052-064-4
054-066-6
048-060-0
048-060-0
048-060-0
048-060-0
049-061-1
056-070-8
048-060-0
048-060-0
048-060-0
054-066-6
050-062-2
054-066-6
049-061-1
048-060-0
048-060-0
048-060-0
050-062-2
057-071-9
048-060-0
048-060-0
048-060-0
056-070-8
048-060-0
057-071-9
052-064-4
050-062-2
048-060-0
048-060-0
048-060-0
056-070-8
048-060-0
048-060-0
049-061-1
048-060-0
057-071-9
030-036-
 - end field character - 109 caracteres
032-040-
032-040-
031-037- - start field character
097-141-a
048-060-0
054-066-6
055-067-7
050-062-2
050-062-2
050-062-2
054-066-6
053-065-5
049-061-1
048-060-0
030-036-
 - end field character
032-040-
032-040-
031-037- - start field character
099-143-c
051-063-3
031-037- - start field character (it's a separator character)
100-144-d
051-063-3
030-036-
 - end field character
032-040-
032-040-
031-037- - start field character
097-141-a
067-103-C
058-072-:
032-040-
083-123-S
116-164-t
101-145-e
112-160-p
045-055--
098-142-b
121-171-y
045-055--
083-123-S
116-164-t
101-145-e
112-160-p
030-036-
 - end field character
032-040-
032-040-
031-037- - start field character
097-141-a
077-115-M
105-151-i
116-164-t
099-143-c
104-150-h
101-145-e
108-154-l
032-040-
087-127-W
097-141-a
105-151-i
116-164-t
101-145-e
030-036-
 - end field character
032-040-
032-040-
031-037- - start field character
097-141-a
083-123-S
116-164-t
101-145-e
112-160-p
104-150-h
101-145-e
110-156-n
032-040-
080-120-P
114-162-r
097-141-a
116-164-t
097-141-a
030-036-
 - end field character
032-040-
032-040-
031-037- - start field character
097-141-a
072-110-H
111-157-o
119-167-w
097-141-a
114-162-r
100-144-d
032-040-
087-127-W
046-056-.
032-040-
083-123-S
097-141-a
109-155-m
115-163-s
032-040-
038-046-&
032-040-
067-103-C
111-157-o
109-155-m
112-160-p
097-141-a
110-156-n
121-171-y
030-036-
 - end field character
032-040-
032-040-
031-037- - start field character
099-143-c
076-114-L
073-111-I
086-126-V
030-036-
 - end field character
029-035-
 - end register character - 227 characters

Decomposition

00254     2200121   4500
020 0015 00000 - starts at position 0 - ISBN (  a0672226510
) - 15
characters length
090 0009 00015 - starts at position 15 - internal order (  c3d3
) - 9
characters length
245 0020 00024 - starts at position 24 - TITLE (  aC: Step-by-Step
) - 20
characters length
600 0018 00044 - starts at position 44 - Personal name (  aMitchel Waite
)
- 18 characters length
600 0018 00062 - starts at position 62 - Personal name (  aStephen Prata
)
- 18 characters length
610 0029 00080 - starts at position 80 - Corporate name (  aHoward W. Sams
& Company
) - 29 characters length
942 0008 00109 - starts at position 109 - item type (  cLIV
) - 8
characters length

If I delete the register from Koha and use Parameters --> Upload MARC
records in reservoir option, I don't see the book inside koha.

How to format the register to be successful?
I need help.

Thanks

José Lagoas
(Lisboa, Portugal)

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