[Koha] Items for bulk ebook MARC records

[Jared Camins-Esakov]

Jos,

If these are all ebooks, do they have 856 fields? If so, perhaps you 
could modify the "Summary" in the item type. I've never tried this, but 
there's a note that says "Enter a summary that will overwrite the 
default one in search results lists. Example, for a website itemtype :
*<a href="[856u]">open site</a>* will show the link just below the 
title." That sounds to me like what you want. I think. Maybe. At least, 
maybe it's worth a try. I'm running 3.2alpha, but hopefully that feature 
is in 3.0, too.

Regards,
Jared

On 6/7/2010 6:08 AM, Jos Black wrote:
> Hello
>
> This is my first question to the list since introducing myself a few 
> months ago,
> so please forgive me if I’m asking a silly question, but I haven’t yet 
> been able to find an
> answer out there.
>
> I’m currently trying to set Koha up as a catalogue and access gateway 
> to our
> eresources collection, as our current (proprietary) library system is a
> nightmare to import anything into.  As a first attempt I have successfully
> imported nearly 3000 MARC21 bib records from one of our ebook 
> suppliers into a
> test install of Koha (3.00.00.107, hope to upgrade soon!).  However, 
> when I
> search for any of the titles in the OPAC, I get the ‘Availability’ 
> message ‘No
> items available’ in the brief results, and in the detail holdings tab 
> I get ‘No
> physical items for this record’.   The MARC records as supplied don’t 
> have any
> item data, either in the Koha 952 item tag, or even item data I could 
> map across
> in the 852, and I’m yet to hear from the supplier that they can supply 
> item data.
>
> These messages will be off-putting for most of our readers, many of 
> whom are new
> to using libraries, and the vast majority probably won’t ask for help, 
> so I need
> to find a way to sort this out.
>
> How could I tackle this apart from a huge effort in reader education, 
> modifying
> my copy of Koha, or individually creating thousands of items?  I have 
> a couple
> of ideas but don’t want to reinvent the wheel so would truly 
> appreciate your help.
>
> Thanks!
> Jos
>
>
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Jared Camins-Esakov
Cataloger - American Numismatic Society
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