[Koha] Linking subject authority records to 650 via MarcEdit?

[Katrin]

Hi Craig,

have you experimented with the misc/link_bibs_to_authorities.pl script 
for linking the bibliographic records with the authorities?

That said, what you want to do should work. We are importing 'prelinked' 
bibliographic records with the auth_header.authid in $9 regularly.

Hope this helps,

Katrin

On 08.11.2016 21:26, Craig Butosi wrote:
> Hi Brain Trust,
>
> Koha 16.05.03 on Ubuntu 14.04 (package install)
>
> I am seeking advice for the following:
>
> Problem: 650 field text in bib records are not linked to Koha authorities database (via $9), but the text itself has been validated against LCSH (using OpenRefine). In other words, the text is in its authorized form, just not linked to its auth record.
>
> Solution: Link 650 field data with its extant authority using MarcEdit
>
> Process:
>
>
> 1.       Run a Koha report to extract biblionumbers from records based on some Subject  (i.e., "Symphonies")
>
> 2.       Import these records from Koha into MarcEdit using the batch search function on "Record Number" (upload a plain-text file with biblionumbers only)
>
> 3.       Check that 650 data is in its authorized form.
>
> 4.       Append a $9 subfield with the appropriate RLIN number to the batch (i.e., 650  //$aSymphonies --> 650  //$aSymphonies $917)
>
> 5.       Upload batch back into Koha db.
>
> Questions:
>
>
> 1.       Have any of you linked authority records to controlled variable fields using this method?
>
> 2.       Is there anything I am missing?
>
> 3.       Is this an utterly dangerous and careless way to be linking controlled fields to the Koha authorities db?
>
> Thank you!
>
> C
>
> Craig Butosi, MA, MLIS, B Mus (Hons.)
> LIBRARY SERVICES MANAGER
> the royal conservatory
> TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning
> 273 Bloor Street West
> Toronto, ON M5S 1W2
> 416.408.2824 x338
> www.rcmusic.ca<http://www.rcmusic.ca/>
>
>
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