[Koha] Question about changing the material type in a Koha record

[Ratliff, Ramona]

Lauren,

Thank-you so very much for this information. I will use your resources and
I'm sure I will learn a lot about how to work with Koha.

*Ramona Ratliff *

Information Specialist

*York University*

Office: (402) 363-5708 | rjratliff at york.edu <email at york.edu> | *york.edu
<http://www.york.edu/>*


On Tue, Nov 7, 2023 at 6:41 PM Lauren Denny <lauren_denny at sil.org> wrote:

> Hi Ramona,
>
> It depends on what you mean by 'material type'.  The leader and
> 006/007/008 control the small material type icon.  The 942$c controls the
> item type icon that displays on search results.  The 952$y displays the
> icon in the item record.  If you want to follow RDA and fill in the 33x
> fields, go to the framework that you want to edit and add these fields.
>
> I spoke on how I used the koha Frameworks to populate information related
> to item types in two sessions at the KohaUS conference this year.  One on
> what I did and the second on how to do it for yourself.
> Koha and Item Type Identification and Clean Up
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqoIj6H2KUQ>
> Using Koha & MarcEdit to Help Standardize Your Records
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIm9BXZztBA>
>
> Lauren
>
> On Tue, Nov 7, 2023 at 3:45 PM Ratliff, Ramona <rjratliff at york.edu> wrote:
>
>> I haven't been cataloging very long, and so I am still learning. Can
>> someone please tell me how to change the material type in a Koha record?
>> In
>> our basic records, I cannot access the 336, 337 and 338 tags.
>> Can you still change the material type without those tags ?
>>
>> *Ramona Ratliff *
>>
>> Information Specialist
>>
>> *York University*
>>
>> Office: (402) 363-5708 | rjratliff at york.edu <email at york.edu> | *york.edu
>> <http://www.york.edu/>*
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> Koha mailing list  http://koha-community.org
>> Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
>>
>