[Koha] Koha Extra Records

[Chrispin Simasiku Sitali]

Thanks Bob for the solution. Yes you have understood my problem very well.
I will try it and inform of the out come

On 15 October 2014 04:56, Bob Birchall <bob at calyx.net.au> wrote:

> On 14/10/14 20:54, Chrispin Simasiku Sitali wrote:
>
>> Greetings Koha Community,
>>
>> I am at my wits end. I have a marc file with 10 000 records on it. I want
>> to have this in my Koha installation for searching only. I am currently
>> cataloguing some books and I want to use this for searching through only,
>> if I find a marching record for a particular book then I import it in my
>> collection. When I finish cataloguing I then delete the collection because
>> I may not need it any more Please how do I go about it.
>>
>> I am using  Koha 3.16.04 on Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS and I installed Koha
>> according to http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_3.x, using package
>> install
>>
>> Kind Regards
>>
>> Sitali CS
>>
> If I understand you correctly, then this may be a solution:
>
> Create a test instance of Koha and import your marc file to it. Configure
> your Koha test instance as a z39.50 server.  Add its details as a z39.50
> target in your production instance.
>
> Search in your test instance for the records you are seeking.  If you find
> them, do a z39.50 search from your production instance and download them
> from your test instance.
>
> When you are finished, delete the test instance.
>
> I hope I understood your question correctly.
>
> Best wishes,
> Bob Birchall
> Calyx
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