[Koha] How to import thesaurus data into a KOHA instance?

[Eric Phetteplace]

Hi André,

It may be worth noting that the data you describe are called "authority
records" e.g. definitive names for authors and subject terms. You can
import authority MARC records from a prior system using the Tools > Stage
MARC records for import page. It may also be worth researching these two
settings:

- BiblioAddsAuthorities
<https://koha-community.org/manual/17.11/html/02_administration.html?#biblioaddsauthorities>
- AutoCreateAuthorities
<https://koha-community.org/manual/17.11/html/02_administration.html?#autocreateauthorities>

which relate to the automatic creation of authority records when terms are
used in bibliographic records. If you later import your bibliographic
records, they may generate a bunch of authority records in any case
depending on how your configure those options. Good luck!

Best,

ERIC PHETTEPLACE

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On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 3:51 AM Hira Akram <hira.akram at almusnet.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> Follow this link for step by step guide.
> https://koha-community.org/manual/16.11/html/apls02.html
>
> You need to have data in excel sheet which you will convert into MARC21
> format.
>
> Hope this helps!
> From: hartmann
> Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2018 3:43 PM
> To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Subject: [Koha] How to import thesaurus data into a KOHA instance?
>
> Hi,
>
>   I am part of a team that tries to get a KOHA instance configured for an
> existing library. Among other things we want to import a thesaurus of
> keywords and authors to be used later when we add the actual books to the
> catalogue.
>
>   I do have the keyword/author data in electronically processable form. I
> am
> a software developer and I will be able to convert them to any format that
> KOHA might need. But I dont know what KOHA needs and how to actually import
> those data into KOHA. So my question basically is how to do that.
>
> * Is there any step-by-step guide how to import thesausus data into KOHA?
> The standard web interface does not seem to have this capability and right
> now I have access to KOHA only via the standard web interface / intranet,
> no
> access to the computer on which KOHA is actually installed.
>
> * What format will I have to convert these data to for a successful import
> into KOHA? Is there a specification for this, maybe an XML schema or
> something similar?
>
>   Thanks in advance to the experts,
> AH
> :)
>
>
>
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