[Koha] Authorities help

[Erik Lewis]

We do not use authorities in our current system, is there some source  
of authority records that I could run my current marc database against  
and then load?  Apologies if the is a silly question.


On Sep 18, 2009, at 9:10 AM, David Schuster wrote:

>
> Part of the problem here is finding a place to Z to.  LC doesn't  
> provide Z
> access to their Authority base at this time that I know of.  When we  
> were on
> our "OTHER" ILS we had to search LC and download them one at a time.
>
> I do know there are "authority services" provided by companies for  
> ongoing
> maintenance, but I am not sure where Koha stands with this type of  
> work.
>
> I would like the browse by subject to actually work in the pac.  I  
> see that
> the "see reference" option is now actually showing titles...
>
> David Schuster
>
> Chris Nighswonger wrote:
>>
>> Hi Kathy,
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 9:38 PM, kdr at ckls.org <kdr at ckls.org> wrote:
>>> The Koha set up is somewhat clunky, but is at least a beginning in  
>>> trying
>>> to make things standardized. The first improvement I would suggest  
>>> is the
>>> ability to import LC authority headings into Koha...
>>
>> I think this is a great enhancement idea. Something similar to the
>> marc import tool or possibly similar to the z3950 biblio search.
>> Would you mind opening an enhancement request at http://bugs.koha.org
>> so that we can keep track of it and possibly garner some sponsorship
>> for it?
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>> Chris
>>
>> Christopher Nighswonger
>> Faculty Member
>> Network & Systems Director
>> Foundations Bible College & Seminary
>> www.foundations.edu
>> www.fbcradio.org
>>
>>
>>> Original Message:
>>> -----------------
>>> From: scott scott at sedc.k12.ut.us
>>> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:05:07 -0600
>>> To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
>>> Subject: [Koha] Authorities help
>>>
>>>
>>> What are the authorities for? I cant find a explanation for them,  
>>> I am
>>> trying to edit the 100 $a field, i figured out how to add  
>>> authorities,
>>> do a search for that authority to stick it in the 100$a field, but  
>>> whats
>>> the point? I could just turn them off, would it have a great  
>>> affect on
>>> things?
>>>
>>> Thanks. For those that reply.
>>>
>>>
>>> -Scott
>>>
>>>
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