[Koha] [EXTERNAL] Enquiry

[Himanshu Aggarwal]

My records are imported successfully. There are no problems. Hence, I ask
about it.

On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 11:44 PM Lauren Denny <lauren_denny at sil.org> wrote:

> When I've imported from one system something that is sort of unique to
> Koha, is the field used for the item records.  Koha uses 952 many other
> systems use 942 or 852.  If you want items to appear on the records you
> need to move the item info to 952.  The 952 field has to have the correct
> codes for library, item type, and any other authorized values used for item
> records that you set up in Koha or the records will not import like Fred
> said..
>
> Koha also likes records to have a leader (LDR or 000) and 008 fields.  If
> these are missing, it messes with your search results.  I added a record in
> Koha with a generic leader and then copyed it and added the field to all my
> records in MarcEdit and do the same with the 008.
>
> Another common thing to clean is the indicators especially for 245.
> Depending on what your records look like or if you want to 'skip' any
> leading articles - a, an, the, you need to use the correct indicators.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Lauren
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 9:12 AM King, Fred <Fred.King at medstar.net> wrote:
>
>> My experience is that if the MARC fields are structurally accurate, it’s
>> a good idea but not necessary. For example, as long as a 650 field has
>> something that Koha recognizes as possibly having something to do with a
>> subject heading, it will import. Also, if the record lacks mandatory fields
>> such as the 942, it will import but if you try to edit the record, you’ll
>> need to put in the itype before you can save it.
>>
>> However, if the structure of the record is faulty, importing will stop.
>> Then you have to figure where the faulty record is, correct it, and try to
>> import again. When I was importing an especially annoying batch of MARC
>> records I  had to break them down into groups—I think it was 100 records
>> per group—then upload them, find the group with the problem record, divide
>> the group in half, upload that half, etc., narrowing things down until I
>> found the problem.
>>
>> I haven’t had that problem recently, and later versions of Koha may point
>> out where the faulty record is (I hope so!). Koha is a small but
>> interesting part of my job, and even after ten years of being a sysadmin I
>> still only learn things when I need to.
>>
>> Again, my experience only.
>>
>> --Fred
>>
>> Fred King, MSLS, AHIP
>> Medical Librarian, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
>> fred.king at medstar.net
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>> The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of
>> knowledge.
>> —Stephen Hawking
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>> From: Koha <koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz> On Behalf Of Himanshu
>> Aggarwal
>> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2024 7:24 AM
>> To: Koha <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Koha] Enquiry
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