[Koha] Reason to define Koha item type in 942

[Decka David]

Dear Koha community,

Thank you to raise this issue as it is sort of corelate and I needs
clarity. It has bother me so long to understand it.

Thank you for participating


On Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 11:18 PM Mark Alexander <marka at pobox.com> wrote:

> Excerpts from Bales (US), Tasha R's message of 2021-10-14 19:13:14 +0000:
> > I recall reading (in the Koha manual?) the explanation for why it is
> advantageous to define Koha item type in the bib 942 field.  I believe it
> has to do with exporting records, or the scope of records that is included
> when doing some type of report?  I'm trying to locate that information
> again, but can't find it for the life of me.
>
> I can't find the information right now, though I know I've seen it
> somewhere.
>
> My understanding is when importing a MARC record, 942$c is treated as the
> item type in the bibliographic record, and 952$y is the item type
> for the item record (assuming a 952 holding field was present).
>
> I have also observed that when you create a new item record from an
> existing bib record, 942$c gets copied into the new item's type.  So
> it's helpful to make sure that the item type in the bib record was set
> correctly when it was created (or imported).
>
> This wiki page talks about 952, but not 942:
>
> https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Holdings_data_fields_(9xx)
>
> I'm sure someone more knowledgeable can correct this if I'm wrong.
>
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