[Koha] bulk import .pl script vs webinterface
Jochum van der Heide
jochum.vanderheide at lifehope.om.org
Mon Aug 25 20:42:03 NZST 2008
Hi,
Nicole pointed out to me that I can use the "MARC Import (staging)" on the
librarian webinterface, to import multiple records, which seems to work
very well for me. I've seen on the list many people use the commandline
tool bulkmarcimport.pl. What is the difference between the two?
-Jochum
Nicole Engard wrote the following on 21/08/2008 15:20:
> I don't know :( you'll have to ask the entire Koha list. I've never
> done the command line version.
>
>
> ---
>
> Nicole C. Engard
> Open Source Evangelist, LibLime
> (888) Koha ILS (564-2457) ext. 714
> nce at liblime.com <mailto:nce at liblime.com>
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>
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>
>
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Jochum van der Heide
> <jochum.vanderheide at lifehope.om.org
> <mailto:jochum.vanderheide at lifehope.om.org>> wrote:
>
> Ah, thanks for that link. Now I read it more clearly it indeed says
> that it does multiple records.
>
> What's the difference with the command line tool?
>
> -Jochum
>
> Nicole Engard wrote the following on 21/08/2008 14:56:
>
> Yes, search does not work on that site :( that's why we're
> looking to move it to a better place.
>
> This is the bulk import document:
> http://sites.google.com/a/liblime.com/koha-manual/Home/Table-of-Contents/Tools/Tools--Stage-MARC-Records
>
>
> It does not tell you about where to put the barcode though - I
> don't know the answer to that.
>
>
> ---
>
> Nicole C. Engard
> Open Source Evangelist, LibLime
> (888) Koha ILS (564-2457) ext. 714
> nce at liblime.com <mailto:nce at liblime.com> <mailto:nce at liblime.com
> <mailto:nce at liblime.com>>
> AIM/Y!/Skype: nengard
>
> http://liblime.com
> http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Jochum van der Heide
> <jochum.vanderheide at lifehope.om.org
> <mailto:jochum.vanderheide at lifehope.om.org>
> <mailto:jochum.vanderheide at lifehope.om.org
> <mailto:jochum.vanderheide at lifehope.om.org>>> wrote:
>
> Hi Nicole
>
> Nicole Engard wrote the following on 21/08/2008 12:21:
>
> You may find some helpful instructions in the manual:
> http://sites.google.com/a/liblime.com/koha-manual/
>
> Actually I did use that document to set all the parameters.
> Lots of
> helpful info there. Although the search function is not working
> really well (try searching for barcode). Also I couldn't find any
> info on the bulkmarcimport.pl tool, but did have some helpful
> info
> about MarcEdit.
>
> -Jochum
>
> I'll let others
>
> answer your best practices questions.
>
>
> ---
>
> Nicole C. Engard
> Open Source Evangelist, LibLime
> (888) Koha ILS (564-2457) ext. 714
> nce at liblime.com <mailto:nce at liblime.com>
> <mailto:nce at liblime.com <mailto:nce at liblime.com>>
> <mailto:nce at liblime.com <mailto:nce at liblime.com>
>
> <mailto:nce at liblime.com <mailto:nce at liblime.com>>>
>
> AIM/Y!/Skype: nengard
>
> http://liblime.com
> http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 6:54 AM, Jochum van der Heide
> <jochum.vanderheide at lifehope.om.org
> <mailto:jochum.vanderheide at lifehope.om.org>
> <mailto:jochum.vanderheide at lifehope.om.org
> <mailto:jochum.vanderheide at lifehope.om.org>>
> <mailto:jochum.vanderheide at lifehope.om.org
> <mailto:jochum.vanderheide at lifehope.om.org>
> <mailto:jochum.vanderheide at lifehope.om.org
> <mailto:jochum.vanderheide at lifehope.om.org>>>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm about to import our 6000 records from an old DOS based
> library
> system
> to Koha 3.0. I understand the best way to do this is
> using the
> misc/migration_tools/bulkmarcimport.pl tool after creating
> the marc file
> from csv with MarcEdit. Currently all the fields I could
> export from our
> old system were the following:
>
> Catalogue Record Number (barcode field?)
> Title 245a
> Series 440a
> Author 100a
> Subject 650a
> Call number (local) 082ab
> ISBN 20a
> Publishing - Name 260b
> Publishing - Place 260a
> Publishing - Date 260c
> Extra 653a?
> GMD (Item type) 942c
>
> What is the best field to use for the barcode? Also
> the Extra
> field has
> some additinal info about the subject of the book. I was
> thinking this
> would perhaps fit in 653a.
>
> I noticed that by default there are a number of MARC
> fields
> mandatory. For
> example, what is the 000 leader field used for and why
> is it
> mandatory?
> Should I be using those fields or is it save to not
> make them
> mandatory?
>
> BTW, are there any instructions available on using the
> bulkmarkimport tool?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Jochum
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