[Koha] Serials subscriptions

[Emrys Minnig]

Aaah-ha!  It seems that in 3.00.04_fixed, you have to create a bibliographic record before you can turn it into a subscription.  (I assume it might be useful, therefore, to create a custom MARC framework for periodicals, journals or magazines.)
 
First, create a bibliographic record.  Then, from that record, you can use the 'New' dropdown menu to create a subscription based on that record.
 
It does seem to be a roundabout way of going about things, and some of the documentation indicates that new subscriptions can be created directly from the Serials page.  Perhaps this is just a problem in 3.00.04?
 
Emrys

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From: Emrys Minnig
Sent: Wed 05/05/2010 16:22
To: Nicole Engard; Andrew Buxton
Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
Subject: RE: [Koha] Serials subscriptions


I think the problem that Andrew is referring to is the fact that the 'New Subscription' button does not appear on the serials page, neither before nor after using the subscription search box.  This is obviously at odds with what is illustrated in the 3.0 manual.  (I am using 3.00.04_fixed.)
 
Interestingly, in the serials page's source it appears that there actually is a javascript function to create a 'newsubscription' button -- and a call to that function, I think...
 
Emrys

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From: koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz on behalf of Nicole Engard
Sent: Tue 04/05/2010 17:36
To: Andrew Buxton
Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
Subject: Re: [Koha] Serials subscriptions



On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Andrew Buxton <A.Buxton at ids.ac.uk> wrote:
> Thanks, Nicole, but I'm afraid this doesn't get me any further.  I imagine you type the biblio number in the left box and then click Search.  Is anything meant to appear then?  Should it also work if you type the title in the right box?

Okay, I'll update the manual to make it cleared - and it looks like
Henri-Damien has answered you.

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> Andrew
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> To: Andrew Buxton
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> Subject: Re: [Koha] Serials subscriptions
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> Andrew,
>
> This will help you with adding a subscription:
>
> http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-2-manual/?ch=c7034#AEN7037
>
> Thanks
> Nicole C. Engard
> Documentation Manager
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> 2010/5/4 Andrew Buxton <A.Buxton at ids.ac.uk>:
>> Can someone tell me please exactly how to start on "Add a new
>> subscription"?  There are two boxes against "Biblio" (the second with
>> brackets) and underneath Search for Biblio | Create Biblio.  What do I put
>> in what box and what is supposed to happen then?  I think it's not working
>> but I'd like to be sure!
>>
>>
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>> Thanks,
>>
>> Andrew
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