[Koha] speeding things up--barcoding our collection

[savitra sirohi]

Deborah,

You could create a spreadsheet file with the bar code and other item
details, and import such a file into Koha.

More specifically:

1. Import the catalog records into koha
2. Create spreadsheet with ISBN/ISSN in one column and bar code and
other item details in other columns.
3. Covert spreadsheet file into MARC using Marc edit tool
4. Use GUI import tool to get the item records into Koha. The import
tool will match the item records in your file to the catalog records
in the Koha database based on the ISBN or ISSN number.

Note: hopefully you have the ISBN/ISSN no. for most records. For other
you could add items manually via the GUI.

Rgds,
Savitra Sirohi
Nucsoft OSS labs
www.osslabs.biz

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:14 AM,  <doybia at gmavt.net> wrote:
> At long last my library is starting to barcode our collection.
>
> A little background:
> Most of the catalog already consists of marc records in the state union
> catalog. The Dept. of Libraries has kindly loaded these records on a disk
> and sent them off to be loaded into Koha.
>
> Our collection is not barcoded (we are still a manual circulation library)
> and our task is to stick a barcode in every book and link that barcode to
> the record. We will also be tossing records that don't match any physical
> objects and adding records for items that need one.
>
> The problem:
> I'm trying to think of a way to avoid having to do a search to bring up
> each record. We'll be adding the majority of the records in shelf-list
> order and it would save a lot of time to be able to work in a table in the
> same order. Scan in the barcode, add the call number info, take care of a
> couple of other details, save the record.
>
> Has anyone else faced this problem? What solutions have you found?
>
> Thanks,
> Deborah
> Warren Public Library
> Warren, VT
>
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