[Koha] Re-catalogue a library

Jerwyn os.jerwynfernandez at gmail.com
Wed Aug 19 20:03:33 NZST 2015


Hi Nick,

I'm interested with your script, I might be needing this sometime in the
future.

Kind regards,

On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 3:26 AM, Nick Clemens [via Koha] <
ml-node+s1045719n5849854h73 at n5.nabble.com> wrote:

> We had a library severely damaged in a flood that had to catalogue about
> 7-10k items.  Volunteers went through boxes, scanning the ISBN and a
> barcode into a text file and then we used MARCEdit to batch look up the
> isbns and used a simple perl script to auto generate items then cleaned up
> the not found by hand.
>
> Happy to share scripts, rough as they are, if you are interested
>
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 12:17 AM, Bob Birchall <[hidden email]
> <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5849854&i=0>> wrote:
>
> > On 18/08/15 09:43, clint.deckard wrote:
> >
> >> I would appreciate any tips, hints or suggestions for re-cataloguing a
> >> 7000 item library.
> >>
> >> At the moment, an item is scanned and then the record updated via
> Z39.50
> >> but this is a slow process.
> >> What other approaches are there?
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >> Clint.
> >>
> >> Hi Clint,
> > One possibility is to compile of file of ISBNs and submit it to your
> > national library (Te Puna in your case).  They could provide you with a
> > file of MARC records.  Matching on title and author might also be
> > possible.  There might be a fee involved and you still have to  create
> > items locally, but its quicker than cataloguing individually.
> > Hope this helps.
> > Bob Birchall
> > Calyx
> >
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