[Koha] marc import

[Iddi Juma]

Thanks Hugo for your very intelligent tips. Very few people would know
this. I am new to MarcEdit and I have been battling this normally for
two days where after importing the marc records into KOHA, the 952
fields are scattered all over in different rows and not recognizable
as compound entries for a single item. I have successfully used your
tips in the MarcEdit utility and now I am ready to deploy Koha for our
new library at Masinde Muliro University in Kenya.

On 5/2/12, Hugo Agud <hagud at orex.es> wrote:
> Hi
>
> You have to join the 952 fields into one...Koha ceate one item per 952
> line.
>
> However you need more fields there... 952$a, $b and 952$y as minimum I
> think (a part of the $o and $p)... using MARCedit.. just control and select
> both fields... mousse: right buttom and click to join... that'sll ;)
>
> Hugo
> 2012/5/2 Marcel Sandow <MarcelSandow at gmx.de>
>
>> Dear Koha-List Members!
>>
>> presently I am working on importing a school library (>10000 records)
>> into
>> koha. I have a csv file with all items. The actual format is:
>>
>> author, title, full call number(shelf place), barcode
>>
>> I convert this file via marcedit into mrk, and mrc file.
>>
>> mrc sample:
>> =LDR  00232nam a2200109Ia 45e0
>> =008  120501s9999\\\\xx\\\\\\\\\\\\000\0\und\d
>> =100  \\$aauthor
>> =245  \\$atitle
>> =952  \\$oFCN(Shelf)
>> =952  \\$pbarcode
>>
>> Importing this mrc file via 'Stage marc record ...' results in a record
>> with two items, one 952$o item and one 952$p item. I would expect to have
>> one record with one item having the 952$o and the 952$p entry.
>>
>> Is this the standard behaviour? Are there any settings where I can define
>> which mrc syntax will result in creating a new item? Is there a
>> documentation how the import is handled?
>>
>> Some of my records have multiple item for one record, they look like:
>>
>> author, title, full call number(shelf place), barcode1
>> author, title, full call number(shelf place), barcode2
>>
>> How should the mrc file look like to get a multiple item import with each
>> having the 952$o entry?
>>
>> Maybe a marcedit forum would be the better address but maybe one of you
>> can help how to set marcedit for converting the above mentioned csv
>> structure into the necessary mrc file syntax?!
>>
>> any hints, links are welcome. Thanks
>>
>> all the best
>>
>> Marcel
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