[Koha] Koha Migration Final Step

[Eric Bégin]

Peter,

Did you map other value to the 952 fields ? Some subfields are 
mandatory, for exemple, homebranch and holdingbranch ( respectivem$a and 
$b).

If you don't have those, the items won't import.

Let us know if this solve your problem,

Cheers,

Eric Bégin
Solutions inLibro inc.

On 2015-10-15 14:59, Peter Reno wrote:
> Hello Hello,
>
> I am working on migrating a small church and school library from a library
> system named Resource Mate (http://www.resourcemate.com/) to a Koha library
> system.  I have been able to move all patrons and MARC records of the
> library books into Koha but I have not been able to move the barcodes for
> the books into the Koha system in a way that would allow books to be
> checked in and out by using the barcodes.
>
> To migrate the library from Resource Mate to Koha:
>
> I used Resource Mate's .CSV export tool in order to get a list of the
> patrons and book records.  Next I used the handy "MarcEdit by Terry Reese"
> tool to convert the .CSV format of the records into a.MRK file for
> importing.  Using the MarcEdit tool I mapped the barcodes for the books on
> the .CSV file to the MARC 952$p field in order to get the barcodes into a
> database within the Koha system.  I was then able to import all of the
> patrons and records into the Koha system and verify a checkout process.
>
> At this point, I can successfully check books in and out but I am not able
> to use the barcodes of the books to assist in the checkout process.  I
> believe this is related to the Koha to Marc mappings, as it appears the
> 952$p field is not being mapped to the Koha items table.
>
> I was able to find a document in the Koha wiki which explains the "As of
> *3.4.x*, holdings data is no longer stored in a 952 field and that
> information is introduced in the *items* table only"
> http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Holdings_data_fields_%289xx%29
>
> I am hoping for any suggestions on how to approach loading the book records
> barcodes into the correct field so that Koha will reference the data during
> check out.
>
> Thank you for any direction you can provide,
> Peter Reno
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