[Koha] Koha Digest, Vol 44, Issue 52

mike re-v mrmrmr50 at yahoo.com
Mon Jun 22 13:31:32 NZST 2009


Greetings;
the following will batch process an isbn number file. It's designed to hit the Library of Congress z3950 server and return raw marc records.

http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:documentation:perl_script_using_zoom_for_marc_records_from_z3950_server


mike re-v

--- On Sun, 6/21/09, koha-request at lists.katipo.co.nz <koha-request at lists.katipo.co.nz> wrote:

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> Subject: Koha Digest, Vol 44, Issue 52
> To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Date: Sunday, June 21, 2009, 8:00 PM
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>    1. Re: MARC import in Koha GUI (Nelson
> Fredsell)
>    2. Re: MARC import in Koha GUI (Chris
> Cormack)
>    3. libxml problem (MATINE LOUIS)
>    4. Re: MARC import in Koha GUI (Garry
> Collum)
>    5. Re: MARC import in Koha GUI (Nelson
> Fredsell)
>    6. Re: MARC import in Koha GUI (Chris
> Cormack)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:48:39 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Nelson Fredsell <nelson at cfce.org.za>
> Subject: Re: [Koha] MARC import in Koha GUI
> To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Message-ID: <24132587.post at talk.nabble.com>
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> 
> > There's no way to do a batch edit of 952 subtags
> 
> Thanks, Cab.  Maybe I could set up a matching rule
> against 952p (Barcode),
> if only documentation existed to explain the Record
> Matching Rule settings. 
> There's plenty of settings options, eg. Normalization rule,
> so it ought to
> work ... in theory.
> 
> I constantly come up short on documentation.  After
> six months of countless
> hours with Koha, every little step forces me back to this
> newsgroup,
> attempting to re-invent the wheel.  Maybe this is what
> should be expected
> from FOSS/open source, my experience is limited in this
> area.  However, the
> community life around Koha is inspiring and encouraging,
> and keeps me coming
> back.  Plus the price is right, and the potential for
> an OPAC ILS union
> catalogue in my neck of the woods is compelling. I wish
> techies would
> realize how incredibly helpful documentation is for those
> who try to make
> sense of their invaluable work, and in the case of Koha I
> don't just mean
> comments in the code, I'm referring more to the manuals.
> 
> 
> 
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> ------------------------------
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:16:04 +1200
> From: Chris Cormack <chris at bigballofwax.co.nz>
> Subject: Re: [Koha] MARC import in Koha GUI
> To: Nelson Fredsell <nelson at cfce.org.za>
> Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Message-ID:
>     <606aab810906210216o69cb6c95iea12014635cac16 at mail.gmail.com>
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> 2009/6/21 Nelson Fredsell <nelson at cfce.org.za>
> 
> >
> > > There's no way to do a batch edit of 952 subtags
> >
> > Thanks, Cab.  Maybe I could set up a matching
> rule against 952p (Barcode),
> > if only documentation existed to explain the Record
> Matching Rule settings.
> > There's plenty of settings options, eg. Normalization
> rule, so it ought to
> > work ... in theory.
> >
> > I constantly come up short on documentation. 
> After six months of countless
> > hours with Koha, every little step forces me back to
> this newsgroup,
> > attempting to re-invent the wheel.  Maybe this is
> what should be expected
> > from FOSS/open source, my experience is limited in
> this area.  However, the
> > community life around Koha is inspiring and
> encouraging, and keeps me
> > coming
> > back.  Plus the price is right, and the potential
> for an OPAC ILS union
> > catalogue in my neck of the woods is compelling. I
> wish techies would
> > realize how incredibly helpful documentation is for
> those who try to make
> > sense of their invaluable work, and in the case of
> Koha I don't just mean
> > comments in the code, I'm referring more to the
> manuals.
> >
> >
> > Hi Nelson
> 
> You have of course read the manual eh?
> 
> I found this
> http://koha.org/documentation/manual/3.0/administration/catalog-administration/record-matching-rules
> 
> There is tons more info in here
> http://koha.org/documentation/manual/3.0
> 
> If you have already read it and found it comes up short,
> then feel free to
> point out the missing sections and I'm sure Nicole (who is
> a librarian as
> well as a techie) The documentation manager would be happy
> to fix that.
> 
> If not, then ...  :-)
> 
> Chris
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:19:27 +0300
> From: MATINE LOUIS <martin_luois at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Koha] libxml problem
> To: <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
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> Hi,
>    I am new to Koha,
>  I am using Ubuntu-9.04, While running 
> root at martin-desktop: /home/martin/library/koha-3.00.02#
> misc/sax_parser_print.pl 
> Koha wants something like:
>     XML::LibXML::SAX::Parser=HASH(0x81fe220)
> You have:
>     XML::LibXML::SAX=HASH(0x93a0548)
> Looks bad, check INSTALL.* documentation.
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:04:31 -0400
> From: Garry Collum <gcollum at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Koha] MARC import in Koha GUI
> To: Nelson Fredsell <nelson at cfce.org.za>
> Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Message-ID:
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> 
> The documentation for Koha has improved immensely over the
> past few
> months.  Nicole does a great job, that frankly, I
> wouldn't want to
> tackle.
> 
> I have also found that even with the best documented
> software, there's
> still a need for a newsgroup.
> 
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 4:48 AM, Nelson Fredsell<nelson at cfce.org.za>
> wrote:
> >
> >> There's no way to do a batch edit of 952 subtags
> >
> > Thanks, Cab.  Maybe I could set up a matching
> rule against 952p (Barcode),
> > if only documentation existed to explain the Record
> Matching Rule settings.
> > There's plenty of settings options, eg. Normalization
> rule, so it ought to
> > work ... in theory.
> >
> > I constantly come up short on documentation. 
> After six months of countless
> > hours with Koha, every little step forces me back to
> this newsgroup,
> > attempting to re-invent the wheel.  Maybe this is
> what should be expected
> > from FOSS/open source, my experience is limited in
> this area.  However, the
> > community life around Koha is inspiring and
> encouraging, and keeps me coming
> > back.  Plus the price is right, and the potential
> for an OPAC ILS union
> > catalogue in my neck of the woods is compelling. I
> wish techies would
> > realize how incredibly helpful documentation is for
> those who try to make
> > sense of their invaluable work, and in the case of
> Koha I don't just mean
> > comments in the code, I'm referring more to the
> manuals.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/MARC-import-in-Koha-GUI-tp24125181p24132587.html
> > Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at
> Nabble.com.
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Koha mailing list
> > Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
> >
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:57:01 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Nelson Fredsell <nelson at cfce.org.za>
> Subject: Re: [Koha] MARC import in Koha GUI
> To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Message-ID: <24138759.post at talk.nabble.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> 
> 
> Dear Garry and Chris,
> Thank you both for taking the time to reply.  I have
> learned to 1) check the
> koha.org manual, 2) search previous postings to the
> newsgroup, and 3) search
> koha.org and liblime.com for additional juicy bits of
> information on my
> specific issues.  *Then* I post to the
> newsgroup.  I wish that the manual
> (new and improved!) would be more of a wiki.  Maybe
> there's plans for this
> already, as processes do seem to improve all the time.
> 
> Having said this, Yes I did read the manual before posting,
> and No it did
> not provide enough details about the Record Matching
> Rules.  For example, In
> my earlier posting the answer was "Nelson, you should use
> index
> 'Local-Number'."  Do you know how many hours it took
> to elicit that one
> index term!?  So, then I experimented with Record
> Matching on 999c and it
> worked great! (I learned more about MarcEdit in the
> process, too.)  That is,
> until I needed to batch change a local Koha tag
> (952c).  So now it's back to
> the newsgroup, collective hours of time, for another tiny
> piece of
> information.  There's got to be a more efficient way
> of moving forward.
> 
> Please know that I am very grateful to the few who provide
> the rest of us
> with answers to our burning questions.  Koha is great
> fun (much of the
> time), and I can't wait for our little project to go live.
> 
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> 
> 
> 
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> 
> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:18:19 +1200
> From: Chris Cormack <chris at bigballofwax.co.nz>
> Subject: Re: [Koha] MARC import in Koha GUI
> To: Nelson Fredsell <nelson at cfce.org.za>
> Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Message-ID:
>     <606aab810906211518o68e6921ai3984a92770a27b5a at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> 2009/6/22 Nelson Fredsell <nelson at cfce.org.za>:
> >
> > Dear Garry and Chris,
> > Thank you both for taking the time to reply. ?I have
> learned to 1) check the
> > koha.org manual, 2) search previous postings to the
> newsgroup, and 3) search
> > koha.org and liblime.com for additional juicy bits of
> information on my
> > specific issues. ?*Then* I post to the newsgroup. ?I
> wish that the manual
> > (new and improved!) would be more of a wiki. ?Maybe
> there's plans for this
> > already, as processes do seem to improve all the
> time.
> >
> > Having said this, Yes I did read the manual before
> posting, and No it did
> > not provide enough details about the Record Matching
> Rules. ?For example, In
> > my earlier posting the answer was "Nelson, you should
> use index
> > 'Local-Number'." ?Do you know how many hours it took
> to elicit that one
> > index term!? ?So, then I experimented with Record
> Matching on 999c and it
> > worked great! (I learned more about MarcEdit in the
> process, too.) ?That is,
> > until I needed to batch change a local Koha tag
> (952c). ?So now it's back to
> > the newsgroup, collective hours of time, for another
> tiny piece of
> > information. ?There's got to be a more efficient way
> of moving forward.
> >
> The best way, is when you discover the answers to your
> questions,
> write them up on the wiki (wiki.koha.org)
> 
> Add to the faq there, or start a new page. The more you
> write up, the
> less others will have to ask the same questions.
> 
> If you write it up, then email the list with a link to your
> write up,
> and email nicole and she may be able to add it to the
> manual for you.
> 
> Chris
> 
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