[Koha] Bulk search/delete by ISBNs?

King, Fred Fred.King at Medstar.net
Fri Aug 30 01:51:31 NZST 2019


Esteemed Colleagues,

My library has a collection of about 5000 online books that are in Koha with bib records and no items. The publisher periodically archives titles so they're no longer available, and I have a list of them that I'd like to remove from Koha. The problem is that my list consists of ISBNs and that there are over 450 of them. I could search and delete one-by-one, but that's an awful lot of searching and deleting. Is there an easier way?

We're on Koha 17.05* and Ubuntu 16.04.

*I know, I know, but I'm hoping to get a new server before I upgrade.

Fred King, AHIP
Medical Librarian, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
fred.king at medstar.net<mailto:fred.king at medstar.net>
202-877-6670
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