[Koha] Where would I put the OpenLibrary ID in the MARC record

Tahir Jan, Assistant Librarian, Central Library, UoP tahirjan at uop.edu.pk
Fri Jul 21 15:21:17 NZST 2023


Dear
Good Morning
If you know the method that how to import books data from open library
please let me know.

Regards
Dr. Jan

On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 3:21 PM Nigel Titley <nigel at titley.com> wrote:

> Just to give an example of an OpenLibrary record that I created earlier
> today
>
> https://openlibrary.org/books/OL49198571M/Analogue_Men#details
>
> If at all possible I'd like to be able to display the cover using the
> OLID (OL49198571M) but I'm not sure where to put it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Nigel
>
> On 20/07/2023 22:43, Nigel Titley wrote:
> > Gentlefolk
> >
> > I'm using the Openlibrary cover facility to display covers in my OPAC
> > and it generally works very well (in the case where the cover doesn't
> > exist in Openlibrary I scan and upload it). However, if the Biblio
> > record doesn't have an ISBN or LCCN the cover lookup fails (obviously).
> > Is there any way of recording the Openlibrary ID (OLID) in a Biblio
> > record so that the cover lookup will work, even if there is no ISBN or
> > LCCN?
> >
> > I've done a (fairly cursory) scan of the documentation but can't find
> > and reference to where I should put the OLID so that Koha will look up
> > the cover even if there is no ISBN or LCCN. Of course the facility may
> > not exist, in which case I'd be grateful for confirmation from Someone
> > Who Knows.
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Nigel Titley
> >
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Dr. Tahir Jan
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University of Peshawar
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E-Mail: tahirjan at uop.edu.pk


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