[Koha] MARC import in Koha GUI

[Cab Vinton]

We ran into a similar issue recently & learned some bad news:

There's no way to do a batch edit of 952 subtags by importing on top
of a record with an existing 952 field -- Koha will simply add an
*additional* 952 (i.e., another item).

My next thought was to clear out our entire database, edit our records
as needed, & then re-populate the catalog. But even this is apparently
not as easy as it sounds.

Cab Vinton, Director
Sanbornton Public Library
Sanbornton, NH

2009/6/20 Nelson Fredsell -CCE <nelson at cfce.org.za>:
> Dear all,
>
> I need to batch edit existing various 952 subtags, but *not* 952p Barcode
> (which would corrupt circulation I presume).
>
> I am not a Linux techie, and want to use the Tools feature, “MARC Import
> (managing batches)” but have been unsuccessful thus far.
>
> We use a matching rule that matches against Koha biblio, 999c (my previous
> question to the newsgroup).
>
> I’ve tried a variety of settings on the import, but always receive, “Number
> of items ignored because of duplicate barcode : 25”
>
> FYI, on this occasion I’m trying to batch edit 952c Shelving location, to
> changed items from one shelf to another.
>
> Thanks for comments,
>
> Nelson
>
>
>
> implementing a union catalogue
>
> in Cape Town, South Africa
>
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