[Koha] Introduction and authority import question

[Braedon Vickers]

On 27/02/2010 11:44 a.m., John Vosmek wrote:
> So, that's why I'm here.  Now, my question is this:  I would like to 
> import authority records that I download form the US Library of 
> Congress.  It is my understanding that the only way to do this in Koha 
> is using the bulkauthimport.pl <http://bulkauthimport.pl> script, 
> right?  OK, here's the part where I'm embarrassed for being such a 
> noob...  How do I do that?  I know how to download the MARC record, 
> and I assume I run the script from the command line and not from the 
> Web interface, but I don't know who I need to be logged in as and how 
> to run the script or to point it to the file I want to import.  Is 
> this something someone can explain to me?  I hope it's not bad form to 
> ask such a basic question.
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide,
> John
While you can use that script from the command line, I would suggest 
using the tools in the web interface. Go to Tools->Stage Marc Records 
For Import. It should be fairly self explanatory.

Hope that helps,

     Braedon
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