[Koha] Thanks, and another import question...

[Amy Schuler]

Good morning,
Thanks to Bernardo, Ian and Lenora for their help yesterday with my bulkmarcimport problem.  One of the tips I received alerted me to the fact that I did not have a 952 $a AND $b in my MARC records.  I only had the $b (permanent location), populated with my library code "Cary".  I have been confused by this $a and $b thing all along (and still am - more on this below).  I edited my MARC to include $a, then tried importing the records again, and this time the records were loaded (thanks everyone!) although items were not.  For each of my 23 MARC records, I received a variation of this error:

".Item not added (bib 10, item tag #1, barcode 100034): invalid homebranch"

So, I take this to mean that not only do I need a $a, but it needs to be populated before I import the record if I also want to add the item.  Is this correct?  Can my $a and $b be the same code?  I am a single location, no branches or anything, which is why I had thought that only one or the other was needed, but not both.

If there is someplace in the sys preferences where I specify the $a, I do not know where this is.  I see that I have to put in the library code, which I did, and then this is identical to the code that I put into my $b.  Do I just add $a using MARCedit and add a code to all records there?  I had left $a blank when I edited it before the successful import.  I hope I am being clear.

Thanks again for all of your help!  Below is a sample record:

=LDR  01551ibrary 00433v.141-1
=520  \\$aIES Library has: v.141-162 / 1975-85
=000  01433cas\\2200409\\\4500
=001  ocm05695980\
=003  OCoLC
=005  20030326131229.0
=008  791114c19409999ilusr1p\\\\\\\0\\\a0eng\d
=010  \\$a   06031134
=040  \\$aNYG$cNYG$dDLC$dNSD$dAIP$dAGL$dNST$dAGL$dOCLCQ
=012  \\$a3$k1$m1
=022  0\$a0003-0198
=032  \\$a022420$bUSPS
=037  \\$bAmerican Nurseryman Publishing Company, 77 W. Washington St., Suite 2100, Chicago, IL  60602-2904
=042  \\$alc$ansdp
=043  \\$an-us---
=050  00$aSB354$b.A2
=070  0\$a80$bAm371
=072  \0$aF100
=082  \\$a634.05
=210  0\$aAm. nurserym.
=222  \0$aAmerican nurseryman
=245  00$aAmerican nurseryman.
=260  \\$aChicago, IL,$bAmerican Nurseryman Pub. Co.
=300  \\$av.$bill.$c29 cm.
=310  \\$aSemimonthly
=362  1\$aBegan with issue for Aug. 1, 1940.
=510  1\$aBiological & agricultural index$x0006-3177
=510  0\$aBibliography of agriculture$x0006-1530$bv. 180, no. 5, 1994
=650  \0$aNurseries (Horticulture)$vPeriodicals.
=650  \0$aNurseries (Horticulture)$zUnited States$vPeriodicals.
=780  00$tAmerican nurseryman and the national nurseryman$w(DLC)sf 82006965$w(OCoLC)5735711
=780  05$tInterior landscape$gApr. 2001$x1063-1607$w(DLC)sn 92003306$w(OCoLC)25908196
=850  \\$aCU-RivA$aDLC$aDNAL$aIn$aNcRS$aTxLT$aVtU
=936  \\$aUnknown$aVol. 193, no. 7 (Apr. 2001)
=952  \\$p100025$oXA .M59$d20050608$bCARY$a




Amy C. Schuler
Manager of Information Services
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
PO Box AB
Millbrook, NY  12545
(845) 677-7600 x164
schulera at caryinstitute.org<mailto:schulera at ecostudies.org>


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