[Koha] What to use, UNIMARC or MARC21 ?

[Curtis Rempel]

On Sep 15, 2015, at 11:48 AM, Zeno Tajoli <z.tajoli at cineca.it> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
>> Next on the list is the catalog.  L4U exports in MARC format which should be easy enough to import, however, during koha config, I had >to choose between UNIMARC or MARC21. 
> 
> do you live in the USA and do you use this L4U: 
> http://srbeducationsolutions.com/Library-Management.php ?
> 

Canada and yes, that is the software.

> If yes, 99% your marc export is MARC21, so select MARC21 on Koha setup.

Thanks, I reverted my test vm back prior to configuring koha and this time chose MARC21 and everything imported successfully (well, as lousy as the data is anyway, at least I can see how bad it really is now).

> Quite often in USA you can do the equivalence marc = MARC21.
> It is not correct but ask to a librarian to have a complete answer.
> You can find an intro here: http://www.loc.gov/marc/umb/
> 
> If you want to be 100% sure open the export file with this editor, MarcEdit:
> http://marcedit.reeset.net/
> 
> If every record has a 008, you have MARC21 records.
> 

Thanks very much for the tips!

Cheers,
Curtis

> Bye
> Zeno Tajoli
>