[Koha] ًQuestions about 952 Field

[Hernandez, Heather]

Hi, Jesse--

For the subfields that I use in the 952 field, the order doesn't seem to
matter.  We're on Koha 3.18--I don't know if the subfield order matters for
other versions of Koha, or if there's any other variables to consider,
though.

It's easy to experiment--put the fields in the order that you like, export
to Koha, then go take a look--I've found that our item records look fine no
matter what the order in the OCLC record's 952 field.

Cheerio!
heather

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Heather Hernandez
Technical Services Librarian
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Research Center
415-561-7032, heather_hernandez at nps.gov
http://www.nps.gov/safr/learn/historyculture/museum-collections.htm

"The sailor does not pray for wind, he learns to sail."--Gustaf Lindborg

On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Jesse Lambertson <jlambertson at sqcc.org>
wrote:

> Thank you Heather & Mark,
>
> I am on the right track now..., but I am going to need to better edit my
> text strings now in 952 (which means some going back and reworking etc).
>
> I assume I can add the subfields in the order listed
> numerically/alphabetically instead of the order you have them listed?
>
> I am glad I asked this question now. Whew!
>
> Again, thanks a lot.
> Very helpful indeed.
>
> Jesse
>
> On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Hernandez, Heather <
> heather_hernandez at nps.gov> wrote:
>
>> Hi, Jesse--
>>
>> I catalog on OCLC's Connexion Client, and use the "Text String" tool to
>> set up my most commonly used fields in the 952--it's really handy, and
>> generates my most commonly used 952 with a keystroke.  I've found that it's
>> faster to create the item records on OCLC with 952 fields & import it into
>> Koha, even when I'm cataloging a title with many items.
>>
>> This is a typical 952 for us (we don't have separate branches, and use LC
>> call numbers):
>> ǂ2 lcc ǂa SFMARITIME ǂb SFMARITIME ǂc STACKS ǂy BOOK ǂo VM600 O8 1999 ǂh
>> v.1 ǂp 188336
>>
>> Hope this is helpful!  Cheerio,
>> heather
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Heather Hernandez
>> Technical Services Librarian
>> San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Research Center
>> 415-561-7032, heather_hernandez at nps.gov
>> http://www.nps.gov/safr/learn/historyculture/museum-collections.htm
>>
>> "The sailor does not pray for wind, he learns to sail."--Gustaf Lindborg
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Jesse A Lambertson
> Librarian
> Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center
> 1100 16th St, NW
> Washington, DC 20036
>
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> jlambertson at sqcc.org
>