[Koha] Koha Digest, Vol 65, Issue 31

Kurt Bodling kbodling at mountvernon.org
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Today's Topics:

  1. Re: trouble placing hold on book (Bob Birchall)
  2. Koha Idea: Basing Cart off Items instead of Biblios
      (Linda Culberson)
  3. Re: Koha Idea: Basing Cart off Items instead of Biblios
      (Wagner, Jane)
  4. Add record author field locked? (Fogg, Shawn (DPH))
  5. Re: Koha Idea: Basing Cart off Items instead of Biblios
      (Paul Poulain)
  6. Re: Add record author field locked? (Magnus Enger)
  7. Koha - tags/fields used by Koha system (Linda Culberson)
  8. Re: Add record author field locked? (Emrys Minnig)
  9. Re: Fwd: Access to British Library Z39.50 servers (Bob Ewart)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:23:28 +1100
From: Bob Birchall <bob at calyx.net.au<mailto:bob at calyx.net.au>>
Subject: Re: [Koha] trouble placing hold on book
To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
Message-ID: <4D776330.5070104 at calyx.net.au<mailto:4D776330.5070104 at calyx.net.au>>
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Hi Shelley,

What version of Koha are you using?

Check your circulation rule - how many holds are allowed for that
category of patron?  What is the holds policy for that library?

Also check the following circulation system preferences to be sure they
have the value you want:
- CircControl
- HomeorHoldingBranch
- all of the preferences under the heading Holds Policy

Hope that helps,
Bob Birchall
CALYX



On 09/03/11 09:01, Shelley & Kurt Kemperman wrote:
> I tried and failed to place a hold on a book today.  The book was
> already checked out and I wanted to place a hold so that when it was
> checked in, our volunteer would be alerted.  I went to the book
> record, clicked place hold, then entered the student's number.  I
> received the message "no copies are available to be placed on hold".
> Well of course not, if there was a copy available, I wouldn't need to
> place a hold - lol.  Why can't I place the hold?
>
> Thanks, Shelley
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:44:39 -0600
From: Linda Culberson <lculber at mdah.state.ms.us<mailto:lculber at mdah.state.ms.us>>
Subject: [Koha] Koha Idea: Basing Cart off Items instead of Biblios
To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
Message-ID: <4D778447.3070801 at mdah.state.ms.us<mailto:4D778447.3070801 at mdah.state.ms.us>>
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Everyone,
I'd like to second Ian's idea about basing the cart off of items instead
of biblios since our "titles" are often collections. The items are all
different from one another, much as serials/journals would be.  This
would be of great benefit to us.
Thanks.

> Subject:
> [Koha] Idea: Basing Cart off Items instead of Biblios
> From:
> Ian Walls <ian.walls at bywatersolutions.com<mailto:ian.walls at bywatersolutions.com>>
> Date:
> Tue, 8 Mar 2011 16:32:36 -0500
> To:
> koha <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>>
>
> Koha Community,
>
>
> I'd like to solicit some feedback on this idea.?  It seems to me that we could greatly increase the utility of the Cart, both on the patron side and the staff side, if we had it work off Item records primarily instead of the Biblio record.?  Some things we'd be able to do from the Cart if we had this:
>
>    1. Batch Item mod
>    2. Move items from multiple biblios to a single new biblio, in one step
>    3. Print label batches
>    4. Place item-level holds (in addition to title-level)
>
> Since item records all contain the biblionumbers for their Biblios, it would be a single additional step to convert the list of itemnumbers into a list of distinct biblionumbers, and do all the same biblio-level functions we do now (like biblio-level holds, emailing/printing, and adding to Lists).
>
> Am I missing a complication in the implementation or a workflow issue that would make this untenable??  What does everyone think?
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> -Ian



On 3/8/2011 5:00 PM, koha-request at lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:koha-request at lists.katipo.co.nz> wrote:
> Idea: Basing Cart off Items instead of Biblios

--
Linda Culberson            lculber at mdah.state.ms.us<mailto:lculber at mdah.state.ms.us>
Archives and Records Services Division
Ms. Dept. of Archives & History
P. O. Box 571
Jackson, MS 39205-0571
Telephone:  601/576-6873
Facsimile:  601/576-6824




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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 08:47:32 -0500
From: "Wagner, Jane" <jwagner at liblime.com<mailto:jwagner at liblime.com>>
Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha Idea: Basing Cart off Items instead of
    Biblios
To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
Message-ID: <f212018c652e99cb40e52272e21713fd at mail.gmail.com<mailto:f212018c652e99cb40e52272e21713fd at mail.gmail.com>>
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And basing the OPAC cart off the item type might help with one of my bugs:

http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5695


Jane Wagner
Senior Project Manager
LibLime, a division of PTFS
Content Management and Library Solutions
6400 Goldsboro Road, Suite 200
Bethesda, MD  20817
(301) 654-8088 x 151
jwagner at liblime.com<mailto:jwagner at liblime.com>


-----Original Message-----
From: koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz>
[mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz>] On Behalf Of Linda Culberson
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 8:45 AM
To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
Subject: [Koha] Koha Idea: Basing Cart off Items instead of Biblios

Everyone,
I'd like to second Ian's idea about basing the cart off of items instead
of biblios since our "titles" are often collections. The items are all
different from one another, much as serials/journals would be.  This
would be of great benefit to us.
Thanks.

> Subject:
> [Koha] Idea: Basing Cart off Items instead of Biblios
> From:
> Ian Walls <ian.walls at bywatersolutions.com<mailto:ian.walls at bywatersolutions.com>>
> Date:
> Tue, 8 Mar 2011 16:32:36 -0500
> To:
> koha <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>>
>
> Koha Community,
>
>
> I'd like to solicit some feedback on this idea.?  It seems to me that we
could greatly increase the utility of the Cart, both on the patron side
and the staff side, if we had it work off Item records primarily instead
of the Biblio record.?  Some things we'd be able to do from the Cart if we
had this:
>
>    1. Batch Item mod
>    2. Move items from multiple biblios to a single new biblio, in one
step
>    3. Print label batches
>    4. Place item-level holds (in addition to title-level)
>
> Since item records all contain the biblionumbers for their Biblios, it
would be a single additional step to convert the list of itemnumbers into
a list of distinct biblionumbers, and do all the same biblio-level
functions we do now (like biblio-level holds, emailing/printing, and
adding to Lists).
>
> Am I missing a complication in the implementation or a workflow issue
that would make this untenable??  What does everyone think?
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> -Ian



On 3/8/2011 5:00 PM, koha-request at lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:koha-request at lists.katipo.co.nz> wrote:
> Idea: Basing Cart off Items instead of Biblios

--
Linda Culberson            lculber at mdah.state.ms.us<mailto:lculber at mdah.state.ms.us>
Archives and Records Services Division
Ms. Dept. of Archives & History
P. O. Box 571
Jackson, MS 39205-0571
Telephone:  601/576-6873
Facsimile:  601/576-6824


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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 08:38:20 -0500
From: "Fogg, Shawn (DPH)" <Shawn.Fogg at state.ma.us<mailto:Shawn.Fogg at state.ma.us>>
Subject: [Koha] Add record author field locked?
To: Koha koha <Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>>
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Hi,

We are using Koha in a small school now. One of my last hurdles is adding new books to Koha. We were able to add about half of the new books we have through Z39 searches but the remaining books (about 100) aren't being found.

In trying to add these by hand I am running into a problem in that I can't add the authors name to the catalog entry for a book. That field is showing as locked. I haven't been able to figure out how to change that.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Shawn

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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:55:43 +0100
From: Paul Poulain <paul.poulain at biblibre.com<mailto:paul.poulain at biblibre.com>>
Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha Idea: Basing Cart off Items instead of
    Biblios
To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
Message-ID: <4D7786DF.3050303 at biblibre.com<mailto:4D7786DF.3050303 at biblibre.com>>
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Le 09/03/2011 14:44, Linda Culberson a ?crit :
> Everyone,
> I'd like to second Ian's idea about basing the cart off of items instead
> of biblios since our "titles" are often collections. The items are all
> different from one another, much as serials/journals would be.  This
> would be of great benefit to us.
It used to be based on items in very old versions iirc.
We switched to biblio for a very good reason I can't remember now...

--
Paul POULAIN
http://www.biblibre.com
Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc
Tel : (33) 4 91 81 35 08



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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 15:07:37 +0100
From: Magnus Enger <magnus at enger.priv.no<mailto:magnus at enger.priv.no>>
Subject: Re: [Koha] Add record author field locked?
To: Koha koha <Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>>
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    <AANLkTikCjBRCP2-O5CZfDZF7CeD0vP3aj+jaTk69hMKx at mail.gmail.com<mailto:jaTk69hMKx at mail.gmail.com>>
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On 9 March 2011 14:38, Fogg, Shawn (DPH) <Shawn.Fogg at state.ma.us<mailto:Shawn.Fogg at state.ma.us>> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are using Koha in a small school now. One of my last hurdles is adding new books to Koha. We were able to add about half of the new books we have through Z39 searches but the remaining books (about 100) aren't being found.
>
> In trying to add these by hand I am running into a problem in that I can't add the authors name to the catalog entry for a book. That field is showing as locked. I haven't been able to figure out how to change that.

Hi!

Sounds like your problem is related to this:
http://koha-community.org/documentation/faq/cataloging/#7

Best regards,
Magnus Enger
libriotech.no<http://libriotech.no>


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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:09:23 -0600
From: Linda Culberson <lculber at mdah.state.ms.us<mailto:lculber at mdah.state.ms.us>>
Subject: [Koha] Koha - tags/fields used by Koha system
To: koha <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>>
Message-ID: <4D778A13.2000606 at mdah.state.ms.us<mailto:4D778A13.2000606 at mdah.state.ms.us>>
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Everyone,
I apologize for the newbie question, but we are working on our
frameworks, and can some one point me to a list of fields used by the
Koha system?  I know that the 952 fields are used for holdings
information and the 942 is used, as well as the 999. Are there any others?
Thanks in advance.
--
Linda Culberson            lculber at mdah.state.ms.us<mailto:lculber at mdah.state.ms.us>
Archives and Records Services Division
Ms. Dept. of Archives & History
P. O. Box 571
Jackson, MS 39205-0571
Telephone:  601/576-6873
Facsimile:  601/576-6824



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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 14:20:29 -0000
From: "Emrys Minnig" <emrysminnig at varndean.co.uk<mailto:emrysminnig at varndean.co.uk>>
Subject: Re: [Koha] Add record author field locked?
To: "Magnus Enger" <magnus at enger.priv.no<mailto:magnus at enger.priv.no>>,    "Koha koha"
    <Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>>
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Just to elaborate, navigate to Administration/System Preferences/Authorities and set 'BiblioAddsAuthorities' to 'On'.

I found that it was also helpful (especially for a school library) to create a custom bibliographic framework containing only the fields we needed.  It made manual cataloguing significantly easier for school librarians who might not have much experience with MARC format cataloguing.

Hope that helps!

Emrys

________________________________

From: koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz> on behalf of Magnus Enger
Sent: Wed 09/03/2011 14:07
To: Koha koha
Subject: Re: [Koha] Add record author field locked?



On 9 March 2011 14:38, Fogg, Shawn (DPH) <Shawn.Fogg at state.ma.us<mailto:Shawn.Fogg at state.ma.us>> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are using Koha in a small school now. One of my last hurdles is adding new books to Koha. We were able to add about half of the new books we have through Z39 searches but the remaining books (about 100) aren't being found.
>
> In trying to add these by hand I am running into a problem in that I can't add the authors name to the catalog entry for a book. That field is showing as locked. I haven't been able to figure out how to change that.

Hi!

Sounds like your problem is related to this:
http://koha-community.org/documentation/faq/cataloging/#7

Best regards,
Magnus Enger
libriotech.no
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:30:51 -0500
From: Bob Ewart <bob-ewart at bobsown.com<mailto:bob-ewart at bobsown.com>>
Subject: Re: [Koha] Fwd: Access to British Library Z39.50 servers
To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
Message-ID: <4D778F1B.6000305 at bobsown.com<mailto:4D778F1B.6000305 at bobsown.com>>
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On 03/09/2011 04:42 AM, MJ Ray wrote:
> Bob Ewart wrote:
>> The British Library server mentioned below (Z3950cat.bl.uk<http://Z3950cat.bl.uk>) returns
>> SUTRS syntax not MARC.
>
> Some libraries can register for an account which can get MARC21, but
> it has an anti-social non-commercial restriction which has
> implications if you ever want to share your records.
> http://www.bl.uk/bibliographic/data.html
>
> BL is making some data available as Open Bibliographic Data (which
> we endorse http://openbiblio.net/principles/endorse/ ) so hopefully
> that will change in the future.
>
> Hope that informs,

Thank you.

Their non-sharing restriction probably means that setting up a Z3950
server would be out.

I'm wondering about the MARC display available under OPAC. I'm guessing
that would probably not get them too upset.

I've found most of our books from AMICUS or the Library of Congress.
Occasionally I've had to go to the Oxford library.

AMICUS (amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca<http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca>, port 210, database ANY) does
require registration.  A lot of British books are in their database. Go
to http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca/amicus-bin/self_register?l=0
to register.

--
Bob



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