[Koha] MARC record import

[Jesse]

2009/7/31 Cab Vinton <bibliwho at gmail.com>

> 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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> > Athens County Public Libraries
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For our library, I created a MARC editor that actually uses a format
something like this:
000 00000cam  2200397Ia 4500
003 OCoLC
100 $a Twain, Mark.
245 14 $a The adventures of Huckleberry Finn / $b by Mark Twain.

It understands |a and $a. Indicators are optional, but the leading $a is
not.

You can see a demo at
http://jcfld.us.to:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/addbiblio-text.pl (login
demo/demo).
It's got a few problems dealing with hidden subfields and authorities that
would make it best suited to an import facility, but it works quite well for
us.

-- 
Jesse Weaver
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