[Koha] 008 Fixed length data elements: problems with imported records in 3.12

[Elaine Bradtke]

Hi Galen
Correct - #  is literal. Not a space.

Elaine

On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 12:05 AM, Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com> wrote:
> Hi Elaine,
>
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Elaine Bradtke <eb at efdss.org> wrote:
>>
>> Here's an example of the imported 008:
>> 130515s2006####stka###gr#####000#0#eng#d
>
>
> Just to confirm, for the migrated records, "#" in the 008 represents a
> literal hash character, not a space?
>
>>
>> How important is the 008 field  in the long term? I know it does
>> influence a few display and search functions in Koha.
>
>
> In my view, in general it's worth going to some effort to maintain the 008s,
> as the information encoded in them is either not to be found anywhere else
> in the record, or if it is, is in the form of free text that can cause
> indexing indigestion.  For example, I'd rather grab the primary language
> from the 008/35-37 than have to parse language names.
>
> Regards,
>
> Galen
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