[Koha] MARC record import

[Cab Vinton]

Hmm ... good idea.

The Minuteman catalog doesn't have MARC export functionality, &
records can be saved to a list, but no MARC export there either.

MarcEditor will accept text files; format should be like this, however:

=LDR  04217cgm a2200841Ia 4500
=001  ocn175280415
=003  OCoLC
=008  071019s2007\\\\cau181\\\\\\\\\\\\mleng\d
=040  \\$aEYB$cEYB$dOCLCQ$dOCLCG$dIUL
=041  1\$aeng$afre$aspa$beng$bspa$heng
=043  \\$ae-un---
=050  \4$aPN1997$b.F43 2007
=130  0\$aFiddler on the roof (Motion picture)

Not this:
LEADER 00000cam  2200397Ia 4500
001    233216064
003    OCoLC
008    080703s2008    nyu     d     000 1 eng d
020    9780739494752
035    (OCoLC)233216064
040    KKV|cKKV|dWIQ|dIUI|dMLN
050 04 PS3555.V2126|bF43 2008
082 04 813/.54|222
100 1  Evanovich, Janet.
245 10 Fearless fourteen /|cJanet Evanovich.

The latter does not compile correctly into MARC. I changed the
following manually & the file compiled fine:
* change | to $
* add = before each line
* change LEADER to LDR

Not sure whether any of these changes are optional ...

Cab Vinton, Director
Sanbornton Public Library
Sanbornton, NH

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Harris, Gary,
DCA<Gary.Harris at state.nm.us> wrote:
> First, download MarcEdit. Once it is installed:
>
> Take the output from Minuteman, changing whatever filename extension is
> present, if any, to (.mrc). This extension will be recognized by
> MarcEdit. Double-click the on the file and follow the instructions. I
> suspect the file is MARC, and if it is, MarcEdit will convert to
> human-readable text with a new extension (.mrk). Load the .mrc file to
> Koha if all of the above is true. This procedure is for MarcEdit running
> under Windows XP.
>
> Gary
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz
> [mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Owen Leonard
> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 9:05 AM
> To: Cab Vinton
> Cc: Koha list
> Subject: Re: [Koha] MARC record import
>
>> Not exactly sure what format it's in -- I just copy & pasted into a
>> text file from a record in the Minuteman Library Network in Mass:
>
> Not really an answer to your question, but... Why not just search for
> the record using z39.50?
>
>  -- Owen
>
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