[Koha] Record matching for biblios without ISBN or ISSN

Tue Nov 1 07:32:18 NZDT 2011

Will try that. Thanks.

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Jared Camins-Esakov
<jcamins at cpbibliography.com> wrote:
> Elaine,
> Your easiest option is probably to match on 999$c. If you're exporting then
> reimporting, it is guaranteed to be present and match uniquely. I believe
> there's even a bug open about adding that as a default matching rule, since
> lots of people end up needing it. I can't find said bug, though. If you
> can't find it either, I suggest you file one, because that rule really
> should be included in default Koha installations.
> To use it, follow the instructions for the 001 given earlier in this thread,
> but change Control-number to biblionumber and field to 999c
> Regards,
> Jared
>
> 2011/10/31 Ian Walls <ian.walls at bywatersolutions.com>
>>
>> Elaine,
>>
>>
>> What about your 035 field?  Is that filled in with a unique value in your
>> target biblios?
>>
>>
>> -Ian
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Elaine Bradtke <eb at efdss.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> That complicates matters.  I may have to rethink things.
>>> Thanks for the info.
>>> Elaine
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Ian Bays <ian.bays at ptfs-europe.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hi.
>>> > The Control-number search term is set up in zebra as word or phrase.
>>> >  You
>>> > can check what is found from the simple-search box by typing:
>>> >
>>> > Control-number="123456"
>>> > and searching for that.
>>> > However if you use hyphens then that is treated as white space so if
>>> > you
>>> > have records with:
>>> > 123-456
>>> > and one with
>>> > 123-678
>>> > and one with
>>> > 123
>>> > in the 001 tag then searching for 123 will find them all.
>>> > This might explain why they do not find a unique match.
>>> >
>>> > It might be possible to change the zebra configuration or add an index
>>> > to be
>>> > more literal but that takes it to another level.
>>> > I hope that explains a bit.
>>> >
>>> > Cheers.
>>> >
>>> > On 31/10/2011 18:01, Elaine Bradtke wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> I followed the example here (control number is what I want it to match
>>> >> on)
>>> >>
>>> >> http://manual.koha-community.org/3.2/en/catadmin.html#recordmatchingrules
>>> >> But now I don't get any matches at all.
>>> >> Our control numbers are a combination of letters and numbers with
>>> >> punctuation (sometimes dashes, sometimes full stops).  There is no
>>> >> explanation of what offset, length and normalization mean so I am just
>>> >> blindly imitating what's there rather than making an informed choice.
>>> >> Does our punctuation require different settings?
>>> >> Elaine
>>> >>
>>> >> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Ian Bays<ian.bays at ptfs-europe.com>
>>> >>  wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Hi Elaine,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Yes as long as your unique number is in the 001 you can set up a new
>>> >>> match
>>> >>> rule referring to "Control-number" and match on that.  I use that
>>> >>> quite a
>>> >>> lot.  I think I posted about it about a year ago.
>>> >>> The Community documentation should be enough to get you going but do
>>> >>> come
>>> >>> back if you need more detail.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Cheers.
>>> >>> Ian
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On 31/10/2011 17:06, Elaine Bradtke wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Ours is a rather quirky collection, I know.  But an awful lot of it
>>> >>>> doesn't have an ISBN or ISSN (1364 biblios in a collection of 1664
>>> >>>> fall into this category). I am working on a project to batch change
>>> >>>> all the biblios in a particular collection. Selecting them,
>>> >>>> downloading them, and editing the MARC records was easy.  Now I
>>> >>>> would
>>> >>>> like to upload them and overwrite the old records.  This only seems
>>> >>>> possible for the 300 biblios with an ISBN.
>>> >>>> We have unique internal control numbers (001).  Is there any way I
>>> >>>> can
>>> >>>> match the records with this field instead?
>>> >>>> If not, what are my other options?
>>> >>>
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>>> >>
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Elaine Bradtke
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