[Koha] what kind of format marc import

[Steven F.Baljkas]

Wednesday, May 9, 2007     16:28 CDT

Hi, Robin,

I am sorry for being rude, but I am very busy just now so this answer is less complete than what I would normally give ...

What you have given us as an example below is NOT true MARC format.

Before the registry, the Leader must be present or the data will not begin to compile properly into a matrix.

There is something wrong with the Leader information in your records as it is almost impossible to have that many zeroes before the 4500 sequence that marks the beginning of the registry.

There should be some blanks and/or possibly letters, something like this, say:
   #####nam||2200|a|4500####<--the numbers of the registry---->####

Also, please note there is usually something odd with ISIS data in that the MARC21 subfields are not being used correctly. For example, in what you provided us as an example, the 245 $b is missing for the subtitle.

I think that someone has written in the past about migrating data from ISIS databases (IIRC there was some kind of transformation needed first).

Have you checked the KohaDocs page at <http://www.kohadocs.org>?
Perhaps there is something helpful there?

I am sorry for not having a full answer or solution for you now. If I have more time tomorrow, I shall think on it further. In the meantime, good luck. Somebody else on the list will surely have something useful to contribute.

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

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From: "robin ros" <linux.robin at gmail.com>
Date: 2007/05/09 Wed PM 12:06:40 CDT
To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
Subject: [Koha] what kind of format marc import

Hi everyone,

I have a problem importing from an ISIS database to Koha. When I upload
my ISO file, it gives me the error that ISBN is not present or there is
not MARC format. My database is in MARC21 format, and this is what the
registry looks with the isbn camp [??? present]:

00734000000000253000450000800090000001200160000902000190002504400130004405000200
00570920015000771000025000922450055001172600053001723000015002256500045002406500
04200285650001700327650005300344650004400397910000700441920001400448921000700462
955001100469
19991123
^aCIRMA Bibli2.
^a1-1-560-00064-3.
^aNicaragua.
^aF 1528 .
M57 1993.
^aBiblioteca**
^aMiranda, Roger, 1953-.
^aThe civil war in Nicaragua :
 inside the Sandinistas.
^aNew Brunswick, U.S.A^bTransaction Publishers^c1993
^a
xiv, 308^c24
^aNicaragua--Pol¡tica y gobierno--1979-1990.
^aNicaragua--Relacione
s exteriores--1979.
^aOrtega Daniel.
^aLiderazgo pol¡tico--Nicaragua--Historia--
Siglo xx.
^aFrente Sandinista de Liberaci¢n Nacional.
^ampc.
^aDisponible.
^a$40
.
^aI-17873.



and without isbn it looks like this:

01178000000000397000450000100070000000800090000701200160001605000210003209200150
00531100009000682450038000772600038001153000013001535000041001665410012002076500
05600219650007300275650005300348650005300401650004100454650003600495650003000531
65300080056165300230056965300270059265300180061965300200063765300150065765300170
0672910001900689920001400708921001000722955001000732955001900742955001900761
199
38.
19990927
^aCIRMA Bibli2.
^aHQ 792.2 .E88 1995
^aBiblioteca**
^aUnicef
^aEsta
do mundial de la infancia 1995.
^aNueva York ^bJ & J Asociados ^c1995
^a97^c26^d
il
^aLa biblioteca tiene: 1995, 1998, 2001.
^aDonaci¢n.
^aNi?os--Paises en desar
rollo--P£blicaciones peri¢dicas
^aNi?os--Salud e higiene--Paises en desarrollo--
P£blicaciones peri¢dicas
^aNi?os--Asistencia social--P£blicaciones peri¢dicas
^a
Ni?os--Asistencia social--p£blicaciones peri¢dicas
^aNi?os--Asistencia social--E
stad¡sticas
^aPaise en desarrollo--Estad¡sticas
^aSalud mundial--Estad¡sticas
^a
Ni?os
^aPaises en desarrollo
^aP£blicaciones peri¢dicas
^aSalud e higiene
^aAsis
tencia social
^aEstad¡sticas
^aSalud mundial.
^a, fcBB, mpc, fc.
^aDisponible.
^
a$ 8.00.
^aI-19705
^aI-22130 a?o 2001
^aI-22131 a?o 1998



How does the registry have to look to import to koha without error??

Thanks a lot for you help,

Robin

P.S. (Sorry [about] my English; I speak Spanish)  <-- no problem, I used to do ESL!
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