[Koha] Call number appearing in Bib record but not in Item

[Olugbenga Adara]

Hello Admire,



>I have imported a records from an Excel file to Koha. My  major challenge
>now is that call numbers are appearing on bib records but not on item
>records. I am aware there is a settings that you have to setup for the item
>records to pick the call number form bib.  I will appreciate any hint.
>


If you imported from Excel, then you should have made sure that your call number is mapped to 952$o. Then your call number will appear on item records. if you used Marcedit for translating your Excel file to MARC, this should be easy.

However if you were doing copy cataloging and you wanted the call number to show up in items, then you should set the itemcallnumber under the cataloging system preference. 


For example if you were using LC then you would enter 050ab into the itemcallnumber field. You can check http://manual.koha-community.org/3.10/en/administration.html#catprefs for more info.

I am not sure setting the itemcallnumber will work for imported data. Others may be able to confirm. I usually populate the field while converting data using MarcEdit.


Hope this helps.

Olugbenga Adara