Dear Nicole<br><br>We used some sample authority files in a training. Plz find these file at the following link.<br><a href="http://lisolutions.org/downloads/index.php?act=view&id=44">http://lisolutions.org/downloads/index.php?act=view&id=44</a><br>
<br>May be helpful<br><br clear="all">Regards,<br><br>Ata<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Nicole Engard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nengard@gmail.com">nengard@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Anyone have any tips for finding a collection of authorities I can try<br>
to import? Can anyone else import records from LOC?<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
<font color="#888888">Nicole<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Nicole Engard <<a href="mailto:nengard@gmail.com">nengard@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> You all rock and helped me with the content to write an awesome<br>
> tutorial for others!!<br>
><br>
> Now - for some reason I keep getting that 0 records are importing.<br>
> I'm going to the LOC site (<a href="http://authorities.loc.gov" target="_blank">authorities.loc.gov</a>) and exporting a record<br>
> from there - I tried in both MARC formats listed - so now I'm up for<br>
> suggestions on how to get an authority record or two to import :)<br>
><br>
> Nicole<br>
><br>
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Jesse <<a href="mailto:pianohacker@gmail.com">pianohacker@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> 2009/12/4 Nicole Engard <<a href="mailto:nengard@gmail.com">nengard@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Also - as someone who's new to this - where is my @INC file?<br>
>>><br>
>>> 2009/12/4 Nicole Engard <<a href="mailto:nengard@gmail.com">nengard@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
>>> > You mean the C4 in Koha?<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > home/nengard/kohaclone/C4 -- or is there another C4?<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Walls, Ian <<a href="mailto:Ian.Walls@med.nyu.edu">Ian.Walls@med.nyu.edu</a>><br>
>>> > wrote:<br>
>>> >> Nicole,<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> Hmmm... What directory is the parent to your installation's C4? You<br>
>>> >> need to get that in your @INC. Something like:<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> export PERL5LIB=/path/to/C4's/parent<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> before you run <a href="http://bulkauthimport.pl" target="_blank">bulkauthimport.pl</a> should do the trick (the -I does the<br>
>>> >> same thing, but just for that perl call)<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> Good luck!<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> Ian<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> On Dec 4, 2009, at 17:18, "Nicole Engard" <<a href="mailto:nengard@gmail.com">nengard@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >>> Bleh :(<br>
>>> >>><br>
>>> >>> nengard@debian:~/kohaclone/misc/migration_tools$ perl -I<br>
>>> >>> /Users/nengard/kohaclone <a href="http://bulkauthimport.pl" target="_blank">bulkauthimport.pl</a> -file<br>
>>> >>> /Users/nengard/Desktop/authoritymarc.mrc<br>
>>> >>> Can't locate C4/Context.pm in @INC (@INC contains:<br>
>>> >>> /Users/nengard/kohaclone /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0<br>
>>> >>> /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5<br>
>>> >>> /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at<br>
>>> >>> <a href="http://bulkauthimport.pl" target="_blank">bulkauthimport.pl</a> line 18.<br>
>>> >>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at <a href="http://bulkauthimport.pl" target="_blank">bulkauthimport.pl</a> line 18.<br>
>>> >>> You have new mail in /var/mail/nengard<br>
>>> >>><br>
>>> >>> Nicole<br>
>>> >>><br>
>>> >>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Walls, Ian <<a href="mailto:Ian.Walls@med.nyu.edu">Ian.Walls@med.nyu.edu</a>><br>
>>> >>> wrote:<br>
>>> >>>> Nicole,<br>
>>> >>>><br>
>>> >>>><br>
>>> >>>> Oh, that's the PERL5LIB thing. Try this:<br>
>>> >>>><br>
>>> >>>> perl -I /Users/nengard/kohaclone <a href="http://bulkauthimport.pl" target="_blank">bulkauthimport.pl</a> -file /Users/<br>
>>> >>>> nengard/Desktop/authoritymarc.mrc<br>
>>> >>>><br>
>>> >>>> Assuming that path after the -I is where your kohaclone is.<br>
>>> >>>><br>
>>> >>>><br>
>>> >>>> -Ian<br>
>>> >>>><br>
>>> >>>><br>
>>> >>>> -----Original Message-----<br>
>>> >>>> From: Nicole Engard [mailto:<a href="mailto:nengard@gmail.com">nengard@gmail.com</a>]<br>
>>> >>>> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 4:47 PM<br>
>>> >>>> To: Walls, Ian<br>
>>> >>>> Cc: Owen Leonard; Koha List<br>
>>> >>>> Subject: Re: [Koha] importing authorities<br>
>>> >>>><br>
>>> >>>> Oh poo -- looks like I'm missing something I need installed --<br>
>>> >>>><br>
>>> >>>> nengard@debian:~/kohaclone/misc/migration_tools$ perl<br>
>>> >>>> <a href="http://bulkauthimport.pl" target="_blank">bulkauthimport.pl</a> -file /Users/nengard/Desktop/authoritymarc.mrc<br>
>>> >>>> Can't locate C4/Context.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl<br>
>>> >>>> /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 /usr/lib/<br>
>>> >>>> perl5<br>
>>> >>>> /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10<br>
>>> >>>> /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at <a href="http://bulkauthimport.pl" target="_blank">bulkauthimport.pl</a> line 18.<br>
>>> >>>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at <a href="http://bulkauthimport.pl" target="_blank">bulkauthimport.pl</a> line 18.<br>
>>> >>>> nengard@debian:~/kohaclone/misc/migration_tools$<br>
>>> >>>><br>
>>> >>>> Hmmm<br>
>>> >>>><br>
>>> >>>> 2009/12/4 Nicole Engard <<a href="mailto:nengard@gmail.com">nengard@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
>>> >>>>> Thank you! I will add this to the manual and use it right now :)<br>
>>> >>>>><br>
>>> >>>>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Walls, Ian <<a href="mailto:Ian.Walls@med.nyu.edu">Ian.Walls@med.nyu.edu</a>><br>
>>> >>>>> wrote:<br>
>>> >>>>>> Nicole,<br>
>>> >>>>>><br>
>>> >>>>>><br>
>>> >>>>>> You'd need a MARC file (either ISO2709 or MARCXML) with the<br>
>>> >>>>>> authority data in it, and to navigate to the misc/migration_tools<br>
>>> >>>>>> directory for your install. Then type:<br>
>>> >>>>>><br>
>>> >>>>>> perl <a href="http://bulkauthimport.pl" target="_blank">bulkauthimport.pl</a> -file /path/to/file<br>
>>> >>>>>><br>
>>> >>>>>> You can also use the -h flag to investigate other options. One<br>
>>> >>>>>> really useful one is -m, which sets the incoming file format<br>
>>> >>>>>> (ISO2709 or MARCXML).<br>
>>> >>>>>><br>
>>> >>>>>> Oh, right, and be sure you've exported your PERL5LIB, so the<br>
>>> >>>>>> script knows where to find the Koha Perl modules.<br>
>>> >>>>>><br>
>>> >>>>>> Hope that's helpful! And yes, we should absolutely package up<br>
>>> >>>>>> some example authorities to go with the sample catalog data and<br>
>>> >>>>>> patrons.<br>
>>> >>>>>><br>
>>> >>>>>><br>
>>> >>>>>> -Ian<br>
>>> >>>>>><br>
>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message-----<br>
>>> >>>>>> From: Nicole Engard [mailto:<a href="mailto:nengard@gmail.com">nengard@gmail.com</a>]<br>
>>> >>>>>> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 4:32 PM<br>
>>> >>>>>> To: Walls, Ian<br>
>>> >>>>>> Cc: Owen Leonard; Koha List<br>
>>> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Koha] importing authorities<br>
>>> >>>>>><br>
>>> >>>>>> Ian do you know what command I need to type and what file I need to<br>
>>> >>>>>> create to use <a href="http://bulkauthimport.pl" target="_blank">bulkauthimport.pl</a>?<br>
>>> >>>>>><br>
>>> >>>>>> And Owen - yeah I think we should have some default Auth records we<br>
>>> >>>>>> can fill the system with like we do with catalog data and patrons.<br>
>>> >>>>>><br>
>>> >>>>>> Nicole<br>
>>> >>>>>><br>
>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Walls, Ian<br>
>>> >>>>>> <<a href="mailto:Ian.Walls@med.nyu.edu">Ian.Walls@med.nyu.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> >>>>>>> As far as I know, the only way currently is to use<br>
>>> >>>>>>> <a href="http://bulkauthimport.pl" target="_blank">bulkauthimport.pl</a><br>
>>> >>>>>>> . I would think it wouldn't be that difficult to modify the<br>
>>> >>>>>>> Stage MARC Records for Import tool to do authorities as well as<br>
>>> >>>>>>> biblios. My cataloger tells me that authorities are going to be<br>
>>> >>>>>>> particularly important in RDA, so we may want to consider<br>
>>> >>>>>>> beefing up that end of the codebase. I will happily look into<br>
>>> >>>>>>> it as I get the time.<br>
>>> >>>>>>><br>
>>> >>>>>>> Cheers,<br>
>>> >>>>>>><br>
>>> >>>>>>><br>
>>> >>>>>>> Ian Walls<br>
>>> >>>>>>> Systems Integration Librarian<br>
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>>> >>>>>>><br>
>>> >>>>>>><br>
>>> >>>>>>><br>
>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message-----<br>
>>> >>>>>>> From: <a href="mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz">koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:koha-">koha-</a><br>
>>> >>>>>>> <a href="mailto:bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz">bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz</a>] On Behalf Of Owen Leonard<br>
>>> >>>>>>> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 4:04 PM<br>
>>> >>>>>>> To: Koha List<br>
>>> >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Koha] importing authorities<br>
>>> >>>>>>><br>
>>> >>>>>>>> Is there a way to import authority records?<br>
>>> >>>>>>><br>
>>> >>>>>>> If so, I'd love to get my hands on some MARC21 authority<br>
>>> >>>>>>> records. I<br>
>>> >>>>>>> always end up creating a couple of dummy records, and having<br>
>>> >>>>>>> some to<br>
>>> >>>>>>> import would be so much better for testing.<br>
>>> >>>>>>><br>
>>> >>>>>>> -- Owen<br>
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>> @INC is simply Perl's list of directories that it is looking for Perl<br>
>> modules in.<br>
>><br>
>> You need to run the following, or put in your ~/.bashrc:<br>
>><br>
>> export PERL5LIB=/home/nengard/kohaclone/<br>
>><br>
>> Basically, Koha imports modules from the C4 module. It needs to be told what<br>
>> directory to look for the C4 directory in, however. In a dev install, this<br>
>> is your Git clone; on a standard install, it would be something like<br>
>> /usr/share/koha/lib/.<br>
>><br>
>> On my machine, for instance, since my Koha git clone is at<br>
>> /home/jesse/projects/koha, and the C4 directory with Koha's Perl modules is<br>
>> thus at /home/jesse/projects/koha/C4, I do this:<br>
>><br>
>> export PERL5LIB=/home/jesse/projects/koha<br>
>><br>
>> Opted to explain too much rather than too little, hope this helps,<br>
>> --<br>
>> Jesse Weaver<br>
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